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If on a Winter's Night... (2009)
  
Symphonicities (2010)

Release date
  
21 October 2009

Producer
  
Robert Sadin

Artist
  
Sting

Label
  
Deutsche Grammophon

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Released
  
October 21, 2009 (2009-10-21)

Genres
  
Rock music, Classical music

Similar
  
Sting albums, Rock music albums

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If on a Winter's Night... is the ninth studio album from British musician Sting. The album is a collection of Christmas and winter-themed songs mostly written by others, including folk songs, madrigals and religious hymns from past centuries, with only the final song written by Sting. Dozens of musicians appear on the album in various configurations, including jazz, folk and classical players.

Contents

It was released in most countries on 26 October 2009, on 27 October 2009 in the United States and 2 November 2009 in the United Kingdom. The album was released in several formats: vinyl LP, a single-disc CD, a limited edition CD and making-of DVD entitled The Genesis of 'If on a Winter's Night...' in Six Chapters in hardback book packaging, an Amazon.com exclusive version, as well as various import editions (of note is the Japanese edition). The limited edition and Amazon exclusive both include bonus songs; the Japanese edition include them as well but adds "The Coventry Carol."

The title of the album is based on the novel If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino.

Track listing

  1. "Gabriel's Message" (2:34)
  2. "Soul Cake" (3:29)
  3. "There Is No Rose of Such Virtue" (4:04)
  4. "The Snow It Melts the Soonest" (3:44)
  5. "Christmas at Sea" (4:38)
  6. "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" (2:42)
  7. "Cold Song" (3:16)
  8. "The Burning Babe" (2:42)
  9. "Now Winter Comes Slowly" (3:06)
  10. "The Hounds of Winter" (5:51)
  11. "Balulalow" (3:10)
  12. "Cherry Tree Carol" (3:12)
  13. "Lullaby for an Anxious Child" (2:50)
  14. "The Hurdy-Gurdy Man" (2:51)
  15. "You Only Cross My Mind in Winter" (2:36)
  16. "Bethlehem Down" [Bonus track available on limited/deluxe editions] (2:56)
  17. "Blake's Cradle Song" [Bonus track available on limited/deluxe editions] (3:32)
  18. "The Coventry Carol" [Bonus track available on Japanese release, & iTunes] (2:33)

Personnel

  • Sting – vocals, percussion, guitar, lute, snare drum, guitar, composer, arranger
  • Mary Macmaster – harp, vocals
  • Dominic Miller – guitar
  • David Mansfield – dulcimer, 12-string guitar, mandocello, mandolin
  • Edin Karamazov – lute
  • Dean Parks – guitar, mandolin
  • David Hartley – harmonium
  • Julian Sutton – melodeon
  • David Sancious – organ
  • Ira Coleman – bass
  • Kathryn Tickell – Northumbrian smallpipes, violin
  • Chris Botti – trumpet
  • Chris Gekker – trumpet
  • Ibrahim Maalouf – trumpet
  • Chris Dudley – trombone
  • Leslie Neish – tuba
  • Marcus Rojas – tuba
  • John Clark – horn
  • John Ellis – bass clarinet
  • Kenny Garrett – soprano saxophone
  • Daphna Mor – recorder
  • Vincent Ségal – cello
  • Melissa Meell – cello
  • Charles Curtis – cello
  • Daniel Hope – violin
  • Peter Tickell – violin
  • Svetlana Tsoneva – violin
  • Dov Scheindlin – viola
  • MusicAeterna – strings
  • Jack DeJohnette – drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – frame drum, percussion
  • Bassam Saba – ney, oud
  • Daniel Druckman – snare drum
  • Bijan Chemirani – percussion
  • Cyro Baptista – percussion
  • Daniel Freedman – percussion
  • Rhani Krija – percussion
  • Donald Hay – percussion
  • Joe Sumner – background vocals
  • Lisa Fischer – background vocals
  • The Webb Sisters – background vocals
  • Jasmine Thomas – background vocals
  • Stile Antico – vocal ensemble

    • Production

  • Robert Sadin – arranger, conductor, mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering

    • Songs

    1Gabriel's Message2:33
    2Soul Cake3:27
    3There Is No Rose of Such Virtue4:03

    References

    If on a Winter's Night... Wikipedia
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