Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Deutsche Grammophon : Cherry Tree Records, [2009]
℗2009
℗2009
DESCRIPTION
1 audio disc : digital, stereophonic ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
6313206959 B0013329-02 GH, 9786313206957, 00602527017433, 602527017433
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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
Sting, vocals, guitar, percussion ; with additional assisting musicians
Recorded at Steerpike Studios, Il Palagio, Italy; The Source, Malibu, Calif.; Clinton Recording Studios, Manhattan Center Studios, and SevenSeas Studios, New York, N.Y
Sung in English
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) -- 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) -- 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) -- 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) -- 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)