Album · 2009
Tracklist
1. Gabriel's Message (2:33)
2. Soul Cake (3:27)
3. There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (4:03)
4. The Snow It Melts the Soonest (3:43)
5. Christmas at Sea (4:37)
6. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming (2:41)
7. Cold Song (3:16)
8. The Burning Babe (2:42)
9. Now Winter Comes Slowly (3:05)
10. The Hounds of Winter (5:49)
11. Balulalow (3:10)
12. Cherry Tree Carol (3:11)
13. Lullaby for an Anxious Child (2:50)
14. The Hurdy-Gurdy Man (2:49)
15. You Only Cross My Mind in Winter (2:35)
Total Time: 50:31
Line-up/Musicians
Backing Vocals – Jasmine Thomas (tracks: CD-11), Joe Sumner (tracks: CD-2, CD-3), Lisa Fischer (tracks: CD-8, CD-11), Webb Sisters, The (tracks: CD-2, CD-3)
Bagpipes [Northumbrian Smallpipes] – Kathryn Tickell (tracks: CD-6)
Bass – Ira Coleman (tracks: CD-1, CD-2, CD-4, CD-5, CD-8, CD-9, CD-13, CD-15)
Cello – Charles Curtis (tracks: CD-11), Melissa Meell (tracks: CD-9), Vincent Ségal* (tracks: CD-6 to CD-8, CD-10, CD-11, CD-13, CD-16)
Clarinet [Bass] – John Ellis (5) (tracks: CD-7, CD-10)
Conductor [Strings Of The Musica Aeterna Orchestra] – Robert Sadin (tracks: CD-6, CD-11, CD-15)
Drums – Jack DeJohnette (tracks: CD-8)
Drums [Frame] – Bashri Johnson (tracks: CD-11)
Drums [Snare] – Daniel Druckman (tracks: CD-8, CD-11), Sting (tracks: CD-4)
Dulcimer [Lap] – David Mansfield (tracks: CD-5, CD-8)
Guitar – Dean Parks (tracks: CD-2), Dominic Miller (tracks: CD-1, CD-4, CD-5, CD-7, CD-10, CD-13, CD-16), Sting (tracks: CD-5, CD-8, CD-10 to CD-12, CD-14)
Guitar [12-string] – David Mansfield (tracks: CD-5)
Harmonium – David Hartley (tracks: CD-3)
Harp – Mary Macmaster (tracks: CD-5, CD-8, CD-13, CD-16)
Horn – John Clark (tracks: CD-2)
Lute – Edin Karamazov (tracks: CD-15), Sting (tracks: CD-3)
Mandolin – David Mansfield (tracks: CD-2, CD-8), Dean Parks (tracks: CD-2)
Mandolin [Mandocello] – David Mansfield (tracks: CD-8)
Melodeon – Julian Sutton (tracks: CD-6, CD-8, CD-10, CD-13, CD-14)
Organ – David Sancious (tracks: CD-10)
Oud, Ney – Bassam Saba (tracks: CD-3)
Percussion – Bashri Johnson (tracks: CD-5, CD-10), Bijan Chemirani (tracks: CD-3, CD-10), Cyro Baptista (tracks: CD-1, CD-8, CD-10, CD-13, CD-16), Daniel Freedman (tracks: CD-3), Donald Hay (tracks: CD-5), Rhani Krija (tracks: CD-3), Robert Sadin (tracks: CD-7), Sting (tracks: CD-2, CD-8, CD-10, CD-16)
Performer [Soundscape] – Robert Sadin (tracks: CD-9)
Saxophone [Soprano] – Kenny Garrett (tracks: CD-8)
Strings – Strings Of The Musica Aeterna Orchestra (tracks: CD-6, CD-11, CD-15)
Trombone – Chris Dudley (tracks: CD-2)
Trumpet – Brent Madsen (tracks: CD-2), Chris Botti (tracks: CD-11, CD-16), Chris Gekker (tracks: CD-2), Ibrahim Maalouf (tracks: CD-1)
Tuba – Leslie Neish (tracks: CD-2), Marcus Rojas (tracks: CD-2)
Viola – Dov Scheindlin (tracks: CD-9)
Violin – Daniel Hope (tracks: CD-9, CD-14, CD-16), Kathryn Tickell (tracks: CD-2, CD-5, CD-6, CD-8, CD-10, CD-13), Peter Tickell (tracks: CD-2), Svetlana Tsovena (tracks: CD-7)
Vocals – Lisa Fischer (tracks: CD-10), Mary Macmaster (tracks: CD-5), Sting
About this release
Deutsche Grammophon / Cherrytree Records – 06025 270 1743 GH (EU)
Recorded at Steerpike Studios, Il Palagio, Italy; The Source, Malibu; Clinton Recording Studios, New York; Manhattan Center Studios, New York; SevenSeas Studios, New York.
Thanks to snobb for the updates
