If on a Winter’s Night…

If on a Winter’s Night…

If on a Winter’s Night…

CD, DVD-Video (limited deluxe CD + DVD edition, made in UK)

If on a Winter’s Night…

Album by Sting

Released 3 September 2009

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Gabriel’s Message
2:34
2.0 ★
2
Soul Cake
3:29
2.5 ★
3
There Is No Rose of Such Virtue
4:04
2.0 ★
4
The Snow It Melts the Soonest
3:44
1.5 ★
5
Christmas at Sea
4:38
2.0 ★
6
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
2:42
1.5 ★
7
Cold Song
3:16
2.0 ★
8
The Burning Babe
2:45
3.0 ★
9
Now Winter Comes Slowly
3:06
2.0 ★
10
The Hounds of Winter
5:51
2.0 ★
11
Balulalow
3:10
3.0 ★
12
Cherry Tree Carol
3:12
3.0 ★
13
Lullaby for an Anxious Child
2:50
2.0 ★
14
The Hurdy‐Gurdy Man
2:51
3.0 ★
15
You Only Cross My Mind in Winter
2:36
2.0 ★
16
Bethlehem Down
2:56
17
Blake’s Cradle Song
3:30
DVD-Video 2
1
Mystery and Storytelling
0:57
2
A Primal Memory
1:52
3
Shaping the Repertoire
1:07
4
Inviting Chaos
2:08
5
Outside Their Comfort Zone
7:54
6
Slowly Coalescing
7:48

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Release credits

Bashiri Johnson
frame drum [11], percussion [5, 10]
Bassam Saba
ney [3], oud [3]
Bijan Chemirani
percussion [3, 10]
Brent Madsen
trumpet [2]
Charles Curtis
cello [11]
Chris Botti
trumpet [11, 17]
Chris Dudley
trombone [2]
Chris Gekker
trumpet [2]
Cyro Baptista
percussion [1, 8, 10, 13, 17]
Daniel Druckman
snare drum [8, 11]
Daniel Freedman
percussion [3]
Daniel Hope
violin [9, 14, 17]
Daphna Mor
recorder [7]
Dave Hartley
harmonium [3]
David Mansfield
12 string guitar [5], hammered dulcimer [5, 8], mandocello [8], mandolin [2, 8]
David Sancious
organ [10]
Dean Parks
guitar [2], mandolin [2]
Dominic Miller
guitar [1, 4-5, 7, 10, 13, 17]
Donald Hay
percussion [5]
Dov Scheindlin
viola [9]
Edin Karamazov
lute [15]
Ibrahim Maalouf
trumpet [1]
Ira Coleman
bass [1-2, 4-5, 8-9, 13, 15]
Jack DeJohnette
drums (drum set) [8]
Jasmine Thomas
background vocals [11]
Joe Sumner
background vocals [2-3]
John Clark
horn [2]
John Ellis
bass clarinet [7, 10]
Julian Sutton
diatonic button accordion [6, 8, 10, 13-14]
Kathryn Tickell
Northumbrian pipes [6], violin [2, 5-6, 8, 10, 13]
Kenny Garrett
soprano saxophone [8]
Les Neish
tuba [2]
Lisa Fischer
background vocals [8, 11], vocal [10]
Marcus Rojas
tuba [2]
Mary Macmaster
harp [5, 8, 13, 17], vocal [5]
Melissa Meell
cello [9]
Musica Æterna Orchestra
strings [6, 11, 15-16]
Peter Tickell
violin [2]
Rhani Krija
percussion [3]
Robert Sadin
arranger [1-17], conductor [6, 11, 15-16], percussion [7], sound effects [9]
Stile Antico
choir vocals [6]
Sting
arranger [1-17], guitar [5, 8, 10-12, 14], lute [3], percussion [2, 8, 10, 17], snare drum [5], vocal [1-17]
Svetlana Tsoneva
violin [7]
The Webb Sisters
background vocals [2-3]
Vincent Ségal
cello [6-8, 10-11, 13, 17]

Issues

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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD
3 September 2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD, DVD-Video (limited deluxe cd + dvd edition, made in Germany)
23 October 2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
Digital Media (bonus track version)
26 October 2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
Digital Media
26 October 2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
Digital Media
26 October 2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD (Starbucks edition)
27 October 2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD
27 October 2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD (limited deluxe cd + dvd edition)
27 October 2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
12" Vinyl
2 December 2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD
2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD
2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD
2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD, DVD-Video (limited edition, Amazon.com exclusive CD/DVD deluxe edition)
2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD
2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
CD, DVD-Video (limited deluxe CD + DVD edition, made in UK)
2009
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If on a Winter’s Night…
Digital Media (Japanese version)
6 August 2013