tracks

Gabriel's Message
Soul Cake
There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue
The Snow It Melts The Soonest
Christmas At Sea
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
Cold Song
The Burning Babe
Now Winter Comes Slowly
The Hounds Of Winter
Balulalow
Cherry Tree Carol
Lullaby For An Anxious Child
The Hurdy-Gurdy Man
You Only Cross My Mind In Winter

notes

Digi Packaging with booklet

CD tracks 1, 10 and 13 are new recordings. "Inspired by Sting's favourite season, If On A Winter's Night… takestraditional music from th British Isles as its starting point and evolves into a compelling and personal journey with music spanning over five centuries (including two Sting's own songs).
An evocative collection of lullabies, carols and songs, Sting's new album celebrates the many facets of winter - before the snows melt and the cycle of the seasons begin once more."

Recorded at Steerpike Studios, Il Palagio, Italy; The Source, Malibu; Clinton Recording Studios, New York; Manhattan Center Studios, New York; SevenSeas Studios, New York.
Mixed at Clinton Recordings Studios, Steerpike Studios, Il Palagio, Italy, Burning Kite Digital, Bass Hit Recordings.
Mastered at Battery Studios, New York, "Soul Cake" mastered at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine.

℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
© 2009 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg.

[50:53]

Tracks 1, 10 and 13 are new recordings versions.

credits

Arranged By – Robert Sadin, Sting
Backing Vocals – Jasmine Thomas (tracks: 11), Joe Sumner (tracks: 2, 3), Lisa Fischer (tracks: 8, 11), The Webb Sisters (tracks: 2, 3)
Bass – Ira Coleman (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 15)
Bass Clarinet – John Ellis (5) (tracks: 7, 10)
Cello – Charles Curtis (tracks: 11), Melissa Meell (tracks: 9), Vincent Ségal, (tracks: 6 to 8, 10, 11, 13, 16)
Conductor [Strings Of The Musica Aeterna Orchestra] – Robert Sadin (tracks: 6, 11, 15)
Drums – Jack DeJohnette (tracks: 8)
Dulcimer [Lap] – David Mansfield (tracks: 5, 8)
Frame Drum – Bashri Johnson (tracks: 11)
Guitar – Dean Parks (tracks: 2), Dominic Miller (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16), Sting (tracks: 5, 8, 10 to 12, 14)
Harmonium – David Hartley, (tracks: 3)
Harp – Mary Macmaster (tracks: 5, 8, 13, 16)
Horn – John Clark (2) (tracks: 2)
Lute – Edin Karamazov (tracks: 15), Sting (tracks: 3)
Lyrics By – John Dryden (tracks: 7), Robert Southwell (tracks: 8), Sting (tracks: 15), Thomas Betterton (tracks: 9), Trad., (tracks: CD-11)
Lyrics By [English Adaptation] – Sting (tracks: 14)
Lyrics By [English Translation] – Theodore Baker (tracks: 6)
Lyrics By [Poem] – Robert Louis Stevenson (tracks: 5), Wilhelm Müller (tracks: 14), William Blake (tracks: 16)
Mandocello – David Mansfield (tracks: 8)
Mandolin – David Mansfield (tracks: 2, 8), Dean Parks (tracks: 2)
Melodeon – Julian Sutton (tracks: 6, 8, 10, 13, 14)
Music By – Chris Wood (9) (tracks: 8), Franz Schubert (tracks: 14), Henry Purcell (tracks: 7, 9), J. S. Bach, (tracks: 15), Mary Macmaster (tracks: 5), Michael Praetorius (tracks: 6), Peter Warlock (tracks: 11), Vaughan Williams, (tracks: 16), Sting (tracks: 5)
Northumbrian Pipes [Northumbrian Smallpipes] – Kathryn Tickell (tracks: 6)
Organ – David Sancious (tracks: 10)
Oud, Ney – Bassam Saba (tracks: 3)
Percussion – Bashri Johnson (tracks: 5, 10), Bijan Chemirani (tracks: 3, 10), Cyro Baptista (tracks: 1, 8, 10, 13, 16), Daniel Freedman (tracks: 3), Donald Hay (tracks: 5), Rhani Krija (tracks: 3), Robert Sadin (tracks: 7), Sting (tracks: 2, 8, 10, 16)
Performer [Soundscape] – Robert Sadin (tracks: 9)
Recorder – Daphna Mor (tracks: 7)
Snare [Snare Drum] – Daniel Druckman (tracks: 8, 11), Sting (tracks: 5)
Soprano Saxophone – Kenny Garrett (tracks: 8)
Strings – Strings Of The Musica Aeterna Orchestra (tracks: 6, 11, 15)
Trombone – Chris Dudley (tracks: 2)
Trumpet – Brent Madsen (tracks: 2), Chris Botti (tracks: 11, 16), Chris Gekker (tracks: 2), Ibrahim Maalouf (tracks: 1)
Tuba – Leslie Neish (tracks: 2), Marcus Rojas (tracks: 2)
Twelve-String Guitar [12-string] – David Mansfield (tracks: 5)
Viola – Dov Scheindlin (tracks: 9)
Violin – Daniel Hope (tracks: 9, 14, 16), Kathryn Tickell (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13), Peter Tickell (tracks: 2), Svetlana Tsovena (tracks: 7)
Vocals – Lisa Fischer (tracks: 10), Mary Macmaster (tracks: 5), Sting
Written-By – Anon., (tracks: 3), Dominic Miller (tracks: 13), Elena Mezzetti (tracks: 2), Paul Stookey, (tracks: 2), Sting (tracks: 10, 13), Tracey Batteast (tracks: 2), Trad., (tracks: 1, 4, 12)
Arranged By – Robert Sadin, Sting
Artwork – Joseph Hutchinson (3)
Bass – Ira Coleman (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13, 15)
Cello – Vincent Ségal, (tracks: 6 to 8, 10, 11, 13)
Engineer – Clark Germain, Dave Darlington, Donal Hodgson
Engineer [Additional] – Tim Mitchell (5), Todd Whitelock
Engineer [Assistant] – Adam Miller (5), Joshua Cutsinger, Mark Crowley, Martin Hollis, Royce Jeffres, Tim Mitchell (5)
Guitar – Dominic Miller (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13), Sting (tracks: 5, 8, 10 to 12, 14)
Mastered By – Mark Wilder (tracks: 1, 3 to 15)
Melodeon – Julian Sutton (tracks: 6, 8, 10, 13, 14)
Mixed By – David Darlington (tracks: 1, 3 to 15), Robert Sadin (tracks: 1, 3 to 15), Sting
Photography By [Cover] – Tony Molina
Violin – Kathryn Tickell (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13)
Vocals – Sting

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Manufactured By – Universal Music Classical
Marketed By – Universal Music Classical
Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC
Glass Mastered At – Arvato

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