Last night, after a 3-hour flight and a couple of hours of playing duets with Travis Carey on his home turf, I set the clock radio to the only classical music I could find quickly and went to sleep. This morning the first thing that came out of the radio was a brief passage of violin music in double stops, vaguely reminiscent of Biber or Muffat, fading immediately to a version of Dowland's "Come Again" sung by a voice and in a style unmistakably Stung, but bestowed with garlands of violin obligato in a style unmistakably non-HIP. The announcer then explained (in French) that this was at home with friends. I began to wonder on what planet I had landed....
After a brief search, it turns out that there is actually a newly released album, primarily the work of Joshua Bell, collaborating with a series of different musicians of various genres and genders. It is listed on Amazon (US), but no audio samples are available, and it will cost you $27.98 to purchase a copy to get the pleasure of hearing it. Only one of the tracks is credited to Sting. Regards, Daniel To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
