Traditional, popular, and art songs, arranged or composed for voice and instrumental ensemble; some selections from operas. 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. Compact disc. Program notes and lyrics ([24] p. : ill. (some col.)) inserted in container.
Contents:
You only cross my mind in winter / music by J.S. Bach ; lyrics by Sting (2:36). 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).
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