Sting is back singing classical music

You may remember the flutter in classical dovecotes when the rock star Sting performed an album of John Dowland songs on Deutsche Grammophon.

Well, he’s back – though just with a cameo sing.

An album of piano trios by Stanley Silverman, played by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson trio – features a lute song from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline ‘inspired by Sting’s performances of songs by John Dowland’ and sung by Sting in his inimitable hoarse vocalisation.

You can listen to the track below.

“Fear No More the Heat o’ the Sun” is out now from Stanley Silverman and the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio featuring @OfficialSting
Written to commemorate 9/11.

Listen/stream/pre order: https://t.co/KcaVIQ1jW5

The full album will be out on 3rd March
Sound on pic.twitter.com/taMU4e1zVO

— Signum Classics (@SignumRecords) February 2, 2023

The composer, 85 this year, is a famed Broadway arranger much in demand by theatre luminaries.