If on a Winter’s Night…

~ Release by Sting (see all versions of this release, 13 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Gabriel’s Message
bass:
Ira Coleman
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist)
percussion:
Cyro Baptista (percussionist)
trumpet:
Ibrahim Maalouf (French-Lebanese jazz musician)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
The Angel Gabriel
written in:
País Vasco, Spain
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) and [traditional] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Sabine Baring‐Gould (in 1895)
translated version of:
Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen
32:34
2Soul Cake
guitar:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
horn:
John Clark (flute & horn player)
mandolin:
David Mansfield and Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
percussion:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
trombone:
Chris Dudley
trumpet:
Chris Gekker
tuba:
Leslie Neish and Marcus Rojas
violin:
Kathryn Tickell and Peter Tickell
background vocals:
Joe Sumner and The Webb Sisters
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
cover recording of:
A'Soalin'
writer:
Elaina Mezzetti, Noel Paul Stookey and Tracy Batteaste
43:30
3There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
harmonium:
David Hartley (bass player)
lute:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
ney and oud:
Bassam Saba
percussion:
Bijan Chemirani, Daniel Freedman and Rhani Krija
background vocals:
Joe Sumner and The Webb Sisters
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
There Is No Rose of Such Virtu (15th century carol)
lyricist and composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
There Is No Rose
34:04
4The Snow It Melts the Soonest
bass:
Ira Coleman
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
The Snow It Melts the Soonest
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3154)
23:44
5Christmas at Sea
12 string guitar and hammered dulcimer:
David Mansfield
bass:
Ira Coleman
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
harp:
Mary MacMaster
percussion:
Donald Hay and Bashiri Johnson
snare drum:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
violin:
Kathryn Tickell
vocals:
Mary MacMaster and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
Christmas at Sea
lyricist:
Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish writer)
composer:
Mary MacMaster and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
is based on:
Christmas at Sea (poem)
34:39
6Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
cello:
Vincent Ségal
diatonic button accordion:
Julian Sutton
Northumbrian pipes and violin:
Kathryn Tickell
strings:
Musica Æterna Orchestra (US ensemble)
choir vocals:
Stile Antico
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
conductor:
Robert Sadin
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (English version of “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”)
additional composer:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist)
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
translator:
Theodore Baker (in 1894)
translated version of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius’ harmonisation)
22:43
7Cold Song
bass clarinet:
John Ellis (tenor saxophone player)
cello:
Vincent Ségal
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist)
percussion:
Robert Sadin
recorder:
Daphna Mor
violin:
Svetlana Tsoneva
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
33:17
8The Burning Babe
bass:
Ira Coleman
cello:
Vincent Ségal
diatonic button accordion:
Julian Sutton
drums (drum set):
Jack DeJohnette
guitar:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
hammered dulcimer, mandocello and mandolin:
David Mansfield
harp:
Mary MacMaster
percussion:
Cyro Baptista (percussionist) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
snare drum:
Daniel Druckman
soprano saxophone:
Kenny Garrett
violin:
Kathryn Tickell
background vocals:
Lisa Fischer (American vocalist)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
32:46
9Now Winter Comes Slowly
bass:
Ira Coleman
cello:
Melissa Meell (American cellist)
instruments:
Robert Sadin
viola:
Dov Scheindlin (violist)
violin:
Daniel Hope (violinist)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
23:06
10The Hounds of Winter
bass clarinet:
John Ellis (tenor saxophone player)
cello:
Vincent Ségal
diatonic button accordion:
Julian Sutton
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
organ:
David Sancious
percussion:
Cyro Baptista (percussionist), Bijan Chemirani, Bashiri Johnson and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
violin:
Kathryn Tickell
vocals:
Lisa Fischer (American vocalist) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
The Hounds of Winter
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Matthew Sumner (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
35:51
11Balulalow
cello:
Charles Curtis (American cellist) and Vincent Ségal
frame drum:
Bashiri Johnson
guitar:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
snare drum:
Daniel Druckman
strings:
Musica Æterna Orchestra (US ensemble)
trumpet:
Chris Botti
background vocals:
Lisa Fischer (American vocalist) and Jasmine Thomas
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
conductor:
Robert Sadin
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
33:11
12Cherry Tree Carol
guitar:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
33:12
13Lullaby for an Anxious Child
bass:
Ira Coleman
cello:
Vincent Ségal
diatonic button accordion:
Julian Sutton
guitar:
Dominic Miller (guitarist)
harp:
Mary MacMaster
percussion:
Cyro Baptista (percussionist)
violin:
Kathryn Tickell
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
recording of:
Lullaby to an Anxious Child
writer:
Dominic Miller (guitarist) and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
32:51
14The Hurdy-Gurdy Man
diatonic button accordion:
Julian Sutton
guitar:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
violin:
Daniel Hope (violinist)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
32:51
15You Only Cross My Mind in Winter
bass:
Ira Coleman
lute:
Edin Karamazov
strings:
Musica Æterna Orchestra (US ensemble)
vocals:
Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
conductor:
Robert Sadin
arranger:
Robert Sadin and Sting (singer, songwriter & member of The Police)
22:35