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Title:
If on a winter's night-- [CD]
Author:
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Publication Date:
2009
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Deutsche Grammophon : Cherry Tree Records, p2009.
Physical Description:
1 compact disc (50 min., 53 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
General Note:
Traditional, popular, and art songs, arranged or composed for voice and instrumental ensemble; some selections from operas.
Compact disc.
Program notes and lyrics ([24] p. : ill. (some col.)) inserted in container.
Performers:
Sting, vocals, guitar, percussion ; with additional assisting musicians.
Contents:
Gabriel's message / trad. (2:32) -- Soul cake / music and lyrics by Paul Stookey, Tracey Batteast, and Elena Mezzetti (3:26) -- There is no rose of such virtue / anon. (4:01) -- The snow it melts the sooner / trad. (3:42) -- Christmas at sea / poem by Robert Louis Stevenson ; music by Sting and Mary Macmaster (4:34) -- Lo, how a rose e'er blooming / music by Michael Praetorius ; English translation by Theodore Baker (2:40) -- Cold song / music by Henry Purcell ; lyrics by John Dryden (3:14) -- The burning babe / music by Chris Wood ; lyrics by Robert Southwell (2:46) -- Now winter comes slowly / music by Henry Purcell ; lyrics by Thomas Betterton (3:04) -- The hounds of winter / music and lyrics by Sting (5:45) -- Balulalow / music by Peter Warlock ; lyrics trad. (3:08) -- Cherry tree carol / trad. (3:10) -- Lullaby for an anxious child / music and lyrics by Sting and Dominic Miller (2:52) -- The hurdy-gurdy man / music by Franz Schubert ; poem by Wilhelm Müller ; English adaptation by Sting (2:48) -- You only cross my mind in winter / music by J.S. Bach ; lyrics by Sting (2:36).
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Sung in English.
