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Sting & Edin Karamazov – Songs From The Labyrinth / Dowland Anniversary Edition / Special CD & DVD Edition - All audio recordings and video material in a single deluxe set / Deutsche Grammophon Audio CD + DVD Video CD
UPC 602537414536 / 060253741453
Songs from the Labyrinth is the eighth studio album by British singer-songwriter Sting. On this album, he collaborates with Bosnian lutenist Edin Karamazov. The album features music by John Dowland (1563–1626), a lutenist and songwriter. It entered the UK Official Albums Chart at #24 and reached #25 on the Billboard 200, strong charting peaks for a classical record on the pop album charts. The release was a slow seller for a Sting album, his first since 1986's Bring on the Night to fail to break the UK top 10.
The album was released and re-released in several versions: LP vinyl and CD editions with 23 tracks, a CD/DVD edition with 8 tracks on the CD and a DVD documentary, The Journey and the Labyrinth (released in both "CD size" and "DVD size" packaging), and a CD re-release with 26 tracks (including live versions of Sting's own "Fields of Gold" and "Message in a Bottle", originally recorded with The Police). In late August 2013, a "Dowland Anniversary Edition" was released, which includes 32 tracks on one CD (the full original album, six live versions of album tracks and Sting's non-Dowland live songs), as well as a DVD with the original documentary.
| Label: | Deutsche Grammophon – 06025 374 1453 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album + DVD, DVD-Video, All Media, Special Edition
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2007 |
| Genre: | Non-Music, Classical |
| Style: | Renaissance, Spoken Word |
Tracklist:
| CD-1 | Walsingham | 0:38 | |
| CD-2 | Can She Excuse My Wrongs | 2:36 | |
| CD-3 | "Ryght Honorable: As I Have Bin Most Bounde Unto Your Honor..." |
0:40 | |
| CD-4 | Flow My Tears (Lachrimae) | 4:42 | |
| CD-5 | Have You Seen The Bright Lily Grow |
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2:35 |
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| CD-6 | "...Then In Time Passing On Mr. Johnson Died..." | 0:32 | |
| CD-7 | The Most High And Mighty Christianus The Fourth, King Of Denmark, His Galliard |
3:01 | |
| CD-8 | The Lowest Trees Have Tops | 2:16 | |
| CD-9 | "...And Accordinge As I Desired Ther Cam A Letter To Me Out Of Germany..." | 0:55 | |
| CD-10 | Fine Knacks For Ladies | 1:50 | |
| CD-11 | "...From Thenc I Went To The Landgrave Of Hessen..." | 0:24 | |
| CD-12 | Fantasy | 2:42 | |
| CD-13 | Come, Heavy Sleep | 3:45 | |
| CD-14 | Forlorn Hope Fancy | 3:07 | |
| CD-15 | "...And From Thence I Had Great Desire To See Italy..." |
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0:29 |
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| CD-16 | Come Again | 2:56 | |
| CD-17 | Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me | 2:40 | |
| CD-18 | "...After My Departure I Caled To Mynde Our Conference..." | 0:29 | |
| CD-19 | Weep You No More, Sad Fountains | 2:38 | |
| CD-20 | My Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home |
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1:34 |
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| CD-21 | Clear Or Cloudy | 2:47 | |
| CD-22 | "...Men Say That The Kinge Of Spain Is Making Gret Preparation..." | 1:01 | |
| CD-23 | In Darkness Let Me Dwell | 4:16 | |
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From St. Luke's Concerette |
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| CD-24 | Flow My Tears (Lachrimae) | 4:42 | |
| CD-25 | The Lowest Trees Have Tops | 2:26 | |
| CD-26 | Fantasy | 2:45 | |
| CD-27 | Come Again | 2:53 | |
| CD-28 | Have You Seen The Bright Lily Grow |
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2:38 |
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| CD-29 | In Darkness Let Me Dwell | 4:05 | |
| CD-30 | Hellhound On My Trail |
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3:15 |
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| CD-31 | Message In A Bottle |
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6:00 |
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| CD-32 | Fields Of Gold |
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3:32 |
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| DVD-1 | Come Again | 3:39 | |
| DVD-2 | Discussion: Project Origin | 3:18 | |
| DVD-3 | Can She Excuse My Wrongs | 2:38 | |
| DVD-4 | Discussion: The Lute And The Labyrinth | 2:26 | |
| DVD-5 | The Lowest Trees Have Tops | 3:02 | |
| DVD-6 | Flow My Tears | 3:49 | |
| DVD-7 | Discussion: Dowlands Exile | 1:56 | |
| DVD-8 | Clear Or Cloudy | 2:47 | |
| DVD-9 | Discussion: Political Intrigue | 3:33 | |
| DVD-10 | Have You Seen The Bright Lily Grow | 3:00 | |
| DVD-11 | Weep You No More, Sad Fountains | 2:36 | |
| DVD-12 | Le Rossignol | 1:13 | |
| DVD-13 | Discussion: Religion | 1:36 | |
| DVD-14 | Discussion: Sting And The Lute | 1:53 | |
| DVD-15 | Come, Heavy Sleep | 5:22 | |
| DVD-16 | In Darkness Let Me Dwell | 4:04 | |
| DVD-17 | Discussion: Choir Rehearsal | 2:41 | |
| DVD-18 | Fine Knacks For Ladies | 2:09 | |
| DVD-19 | Can She Excuse My Wrongs | 4:09 |
- Art Direction – Fred Muenzmaier
- Design [Package Design] – Richard Frankel
- Engineer, Mixed By – Donal Hodgson
- Lute, Lute [Archlute] – Edin Karamazov
- Mastered By – Ian Cooper
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Iain Gore
- Music By – John Dowland (tracks: CD-1 to CD-4, CD-6 to CD-23)
- Photography – Kasskara
- Photography [Lute Labyrinth Sound-board Inlay] – Michael O'Neill
- Producer, Performer, Arranged By – Edin Karamazov, Sting
- Technician [Sound Designer] – Kipper Eldridge
- Vocals – Sting
To commemorate the 450th anniversary of John Dowland's birth, Deutsche Grammophon presents a special edition of Sting and Edin Karamazov's critically acclaimed album Songs From The Labyrinth, bringing together for the first time all of the audio recordings and video material in a single deluxe set.
CD Tracks 3, 6, 9, 11, 15, 18, and 22 are tracks in which Sting reads passages (with minimal musical accompaniment) from a letter written by John Dowland in Nuremburg to Sir Robert Cecil on 10 November, 1595.
Track 23 audio runs for 4:07, but the remaining 9 seconds are silent to separate the bonus tracks from the full album.
CD Tracks 1 to 23 recorded at Steerpike Studios, Il Palagio, Italy. Tracks 24 to 32 were originally broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and were part of a live concert at St. Luke's Church in London, 2007. Tracks 28 and 31 are different than those found on Songs From The Labyrinth.
DVD Bonus Features:
ST LUKES CONCERETTE
Walsingham
Extract from letter to Robert Cecil
Flow My Tears
Have You Seen The Bright Lily Grow
Clear Or Cloudy
Fields Of Gold
BEHIND THE SCENES REHEARSAL
Message In A Bottle
EDIN KARAMAZOV SOLO
Forlorn Hope Fancy
