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If On A Winter's Night... | 
| Artist: Sting
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
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Rating:  166 reviews
Sales Rank: 1682
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.3
MPN: 001332902
UPC: 602527017433
EAN: 0602527017433
ASIN: B002H3F7F6
Publication Date: October 30, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Gabriel's Message | | • | Soul Cake | | • | There is No Rose of Such Virtue | | • | The Snow it Melts the Soonest | | • | Christmas at Sea | | • | 6. Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming | | • | Cold Song | | • | The Burning Babe | | • | Now Winter Comes Slowly | | • | The Hounds of Winter | | • | Balulalow | | • | Cherry Tree Carol | | • | Lullaby for an Anxious Child | | • | Hurdy Gurdy Man | | • | You Only Cross My Mind in Winter |
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Album Description
If on a Winter's Night presents an arc of songs that conjure the season of spirits, the eerie silences of the snow; days of solitude and reflection for some, a time of re-birth and celebration for many. With traditional music of the British Isles as their starting point, Sting and his guest musicians draw the listener in through a collection of songs, carols, and lullabies spanning the centuries - such as The Snow it Melts the Soonest (traditional Newcastle ballad), Soul Cake (traditional English "begging" song) Gabriel's Message (14th century carol), as well as two of Sting's own compositions - Lullaby for an Anxious Child and The Hounds of Winter. Also featured on the album is Hurdy Gurdy Man - a musical reworking and English translation (by Sting) of Der Leiermann from Schubert's classic winter song-cycle Winterreise. For this exploration of the themes and emotions of winter Sting is joined by friend and long time colleague, guitarist Dominic Miller - and an ensemble of three remarkable musicians from Northern England and Scotland: Kathryn Tickell (fiddle and Northumbrian pipes) Julian Sutton (melodian) and Mary MacMaster (metal string Scottish harp). Additional guest artists include Vincent Ségal (cello), Daniel Hope (violin), Chris Botti (trumpet), Ibrahim Maalouf (trumpet), Stile Antico (vocal ensemble), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Bijan Chemirani (percussion) and the Webb Sisters (vocals). Together they've created an album with a wonderful, warm, and unique ensemble sound - an acoustic meditation on winter.
Album Description
2009 release from the multi-million selling singer, songwriter, musician and former leader of The Police. This release is dedicated to Sting's favorite season, Winter: a season which has inspired countless songwriters over the centuries and produced a wealth of music exploring all of its many guises. If On a Winter's Night... presents an arc of songs that conjures the season of spirits, resulting in a haunting, spiritual and reflective musical journey. ''The theme of winter is rich in inspiration and material,'' comments Sting; ''by filtering all of these disparate styles into one album, I hope we have created something refreshing and new.''
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 What happened to Sting's voice? September 6, 2010
M. A. Moore (Benicia, CA USA)
Sting is one of my favorite artists and I like these songs. But what in the world is he trying to do with his voice? I can see he's aiming for a more "legit" classical sound with this, but it sounds contrived. I'm kind of disappointed, but that's just my opinion.
 For Sting lovers!!! June 16, 2010
Regina M. Turner (Michigan)
I enjoyed it because I like Medievel and Renaissaince music. I also really love Stings' music-all of it!!!
 This is a joke, right? May 29, 2010
Adam Prall (Kauai, Hawaii)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love Sting. I don't understand what the heck he's trying to do with his voice. It sounds like he's parodying a medieval crooner with those ridiculously exaggerated vowooools. I gave the CD to Salvation Army and erased this album from my music player, sad that it couldn't stay in my library alongside his other, and greater, albums.
Subtle and exquisite music May 11, 2010
Alex Tiuniaev
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is like a howling wind on a lond grey winter day, this is like snow crunching under your boots - and yet, this is like merry fire dancing in the hearth on a cold night when you're wrapped in a warm wool blanket reading stories of old. This is not a Christmas album, yet it celebrates winter as it is - cold and biting, yet full of wonder and bleak but sparkling beauty. Truly great music.
bad mastering...a nightmare May 6, 2010
O. Javier (Miami, FL United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Another great recording ruined by incompetent mastering. All dynamics gone.....a sonic nightmare. When is this annoying trend going to end?
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