[ Chandos 241 / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 July 2004
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'Proving music that sends you to sleep is no bad thing, these slumbering classics from Fauré's Berceuse to Schumann's Kinderszenen will soothe parents and children alike.' Classic FM Magazine
Over two hours of enchanting classical music to help your baby sleep.
Includes 'The Swan' from Carnival of the Animals, Schumann's Slumber Song, Ireland's The Holy Boy and Debussy's Clair de Lune - plus many more tracks specially selected to soothe babies and parents alike.
COMPACT DISC ONE
Claude Debussy
1 Clair de Lune 4:15
Ulster Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2 Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21, K 467 7:13
London Mozart Players/Howard Shelley
Camille Saint-Saëns
3 'Aquarium' from Carnival of the Animals 2:19
David Own Norris/I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
Arnold Bax
4 Lullaby 3:54
Eric Parkin
Erik Satie
5 Gymnopédie No. 1 3:22
Simon Wynberg/John Anderson
Robert Schumann
6 'From foreign lands and people' from Kinderszenen, Op. 15 1:27
Howard Shelley
Agustin Barrios
7 Julia florida 3:50
Craig Ogden
Jules Massenet
8 'Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge' from La Vierge 3:30
BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Benjamin Godard
9 'Idylle' from Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116 4:52
Susan Milan/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Johann Sebastian Bach
10 'Air' from Suite No. 3 in D 4:51
Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
11 'Preghiera' from Suite No. 4 'Mozartiana', Op. 61 3:32
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
John Ireland
12 The Holy Boy 2:49
English Chamber Orchestra/David Garforth
Hubert Clifford
13 'Curly Locks' from Five English Nursery Tunes 4:13
BBC Philharmonic/Martyn Brabbins
Igor Stravinsky
14 'Lullaby' from The Firebird 3:34
London Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
Gabriel Fauré
15 'Berceuse' from Dolly Suite, Op. 56 2:32
BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Felix Mendelssohn
16 Allegretto grazioso from Songs without Words, Bk V, Op. 62 3:00
Luba Edlina
Francisco Tárrega
17 Recuerdos de la Alhambra 5:37
Craig Ogden
Peter Warlock
18 'Pied-en-l'air' from Capriol Suite 2:20
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
COMPACT DISC TWO
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1 'Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy' from The Nutcracker 2:26
Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
Takashi Yoshimatsu
2 'Canticle' from Two Little Pieces 1:57
Craig Ogden
Takashi Yoshimatsu
3 'Noël' from Two Little Pieces 1:51
Craig Ogden
Camille Saint-Saëns
4 'The Swan' from Carnival of the Animals 3:34
I Musici di Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
Ralph Vaughan Williams
5 'Eventide' from Two Hymn-tune Preludes 4:51
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
George Dyson
6 'Pastoral' from Children's Suite after Walter de la Mare 4:40
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Ralph Vaughan Williams
7 Lento from Six Studies in English Folksong 1:41
Janet Hilton/Keith Swallow
Johann Pachelbel
8 Canon in D major 7:42
Cantilena/Adrian Shepherd
Johann Sebastian Bach
9 'Sheep May Safely Graze' from Cantata No. 208 5:36
BBC Philharmonic/Matthias Bamert
Antonio Vivaldi
10 Largo from 'Winter' (RV 297) of The Four Seasons 2:25
Ronald Thomas/Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Ludwig van Beethoven
11 No. 3 from Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 2:37
John Lill/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Walter Weller
Robert Schumann
12 'Slumber Song' from Albumblätter, Op. 124 No. 18 4:29
Peter Wallfisch
Frederick Delius
13 'Serenade' from Hassan 2:17
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
George Gershwin
14 'Summertime' from Porgy and Bess 3:34
Simon Wynberg/John Anderson
Miguel Llobet
15 The Mother's Son 2:05
Craig Ogden/Alison Stephens
William Walton
16 Allegro from Music for Children 1:38
London Philharmonic/Bryden Thomson
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
17 'Mother' from Album for Children, Op. 39 2:16
I Musici di Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
Jules Massenet
18 Mélodie - Élegie 2:03
Peter Dixon/BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
Robert Schumann
19 'Child falling asleep' from Kinderszenen, Op. 15 1:56
Howard Shelley
Gustav Holst
20 'Air' from Brook Green Street 2:32
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
Ralph Vaughan Williams
21 Fantasia on Greensleeves (extract) 1:37
BBC Philharmonic/Vernon Handley
Claude Debussy
22 'La Fille aux cheveux de lin' from Preludes, Book 1 2:48
Míceál O'Rourke