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It's no secret that Sting is a serious man, so it's only logical that his holiday album -- his first new music since the Police reunion, not that it really matters -- is a serious endeavor, thank you. No niceties for him, no comforts of carols; he favors formal over familiar, writing madrigals, not ditties. It is music made by someone who lives in a castle, which isn't necessarily such a bad thing: the austerity is genuine, not affected, and the cerebral nature of the album is fascinating, albeit mildly so, as this is as sleepy as it is thoughtful. And it's that thoughtfulness that does distinguish If on a Winter's Night...; no other Christmas album exists in the head like this. It's a holiday album for people who have never wanted to hear a holiday album, let alone own one.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Robert Sadin, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Coleman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ibrahim Maalouf, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Parks, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Sadin, Producer - Kathryn Tickell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - The Webb Sisters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Stookey, ComposerLyricist - Sting, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Coleman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Joe Sumner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Clark, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Gekker, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Marcus Rojas, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Dudley, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Tracey Batteast, ComposerLyricist - Elena Mezzetti, ComposerLyricist - Peter Tickell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Madsen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Leslie Neish, Tuba, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - The Webb Sisters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Anonymous, ComposerLyricist - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Sumner, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bijan Chemirani, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David Hartley, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Freedman, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Rhani Krija, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Bassam Saba, Oud, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Coleman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - Kathryn Tickell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Mansfield, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Author - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Coleman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mary MacMaster, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Hay, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 A&M Records
Robert Sadin, Producer - Kathryn Tickell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Praetorius, ComposerLyricist - Vincent Segal, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Stile Antico, Chamber Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Strings of Musica Aeterna, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Sutton, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Theodore Baker, Translator
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Ellis, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Segal, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Purcell, Composer - John Dryden, Author - Svetlana Tsovena, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Daphna Mor, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - Kathryn Tickell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jack DeJohnette, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Mansfield, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Fischer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sting, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - KENNY GARRETT, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Segal, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Coleman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Chris Wood, Composer - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Druckman, Snare Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Southwell, Author - Mary MacMaster, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Sutton, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer, Sound Effects, AssociatedPerformer - Melissa Meell, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - William Shakespeare , Author, Original Text Author - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Ira Coleman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Daniel Hope, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Elkanah Settle, Author - Dov Scheindlin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - Kathryn Tickell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Sancious, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Bashiri Johnson, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Fischer, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - John Ellis, Bass Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Sting, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Segal, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mary MacMaster, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Sutton, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Bijan Cheminari, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bashiri Johnson, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Botti, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Fischer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vincent Segal, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Druckman, Snare Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Strings of Musica Aeterna, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Curtis, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jasmine Thomas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Sting, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Ritchie, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - Kathryn Tickell, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sting, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - DOMINIC MILLER, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Vincent Segal, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Coleman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Cyro Baptista, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mary MacMaster, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Sutton, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - Franz Schubert, Composer - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Translator, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Hope, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Müller, Author - Julian Sutton, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Sadin, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Sting, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Coleman, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Edin Karamazov, Lute, AssociatedPerformer - Strings of Musica Aeterna, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
It's no secret that Sting is a serious man, so it's only logical that his holiday album -- his first new music since the Police reunion, not that it really matters -- is a serious endeavor, thank you. No niceties for him, no comforts of carols; he favors formal over familiar, writing madrigals, not ditties. It is music made by someone who lives in a castle, which isn't necessarily such a bad thing: the austerity is genuine, not affected, and the cerebral nature of the album is fascinating, albeit mildly so, as this is as sleepy as it is thoughtful. And it's that thoughtfulness that does distinguish If on a Winter's Night...; no other Christmas album exists in the head like this. It's a holiday album for people who have never wanted to hear a holiday album, let alone own one.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:26
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sting
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sting - Winter Album
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2009 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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