Lullabies
"A soothing refrain," runs one dictionary definition for "Lullaby", or, more specifically, "A song to quiet children or lull them to sleep." Surrender to a timeless musical form that covers all traditions with this playlist, lullabies – some sung, some wordless instrumental works – interlaced with other works that soothe and lull.
Read more…- Strauss • Lieder (Songs) op. 41 TrV 195: No. 1 Wiegenlied (Arr. for Trumpet and Orchestra) • Sanft bewegtLieder (Songs) op. 41 TrV 195: No. 1 Wiegenlied (Arr. for Trumpet and Orchestra)
Sanft bewegtTine Thing Helseth (Trumpet), Eivind Aadland
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra℗ 2011 - Arlen • Wiegenlied (1937) • I. Singet leise, leise, leiseWiegenlied (1937)
I. Singet leise, leise, leiseRebecca Nelsen (Soprano), Danny Driver (Piano)2012 - Crawford Seeger • Little Lullaby (1923) • Little LullabyLittle Lullaby (1923)
Little LullabyJenny Lin (Piano)August 2001, Stockholm, Nybrokajen, Stockholm - Pejačević • Berceuse op. 20 • BerceuseBerceuse op. 20
BerceuseNataša Veljković (Piano)2014, Stuttgart, Kammermusikstudio SWR Stuttgart - Bennett • Songs Before Sleep (2000) • 3. Twinkle Twinkle Little StarSongs Before Sleep (2000)
3. Twinkle Twinkle Little StarRoderick Williams (Baritone), Iain Burnside (Piano)℗ 2012 - Garrop • Songs of Lowly Life for Chorus (2011) • 4. LullabySongs of Lowly Life for Chorus (2011)
4. LullabyKelly Ballou (Voice), Jeff Bennett (Voice), Robert Geary
Volti Chorus2012 - 2015, San Francisco, St. Ignatius Church San Francisco - Bowen • Berceuse in D major op. 83 • Berceuse for Piano in D major op. 83Berceuse in D major op. 83
Berceuse for Piano in D major op. 83Cristina Ortiz (Piano)December 2012, Monmouth, Wyastone Concert Hall - Pejačević • Berceuse for Piano op. 2 • BerceuseBerceuse for Piano op. 2
BerceuseNataša Veljković (Piano)2014, Stuttgart, Kammermusikstudio SWR Stuttgart - Cilea • Berceuse op. 20 (1895)
- Bridge • Berceuse H. 8 (Version for Cello and Piano) • Andante con motoBerceuse H. 8 (Version for Cello and Piano)
Andante con motoPenelope Lynex (Violoncello), Alexander Wells (Piano)March 2000, Suffolk, Potton Hall Suffolk - Barber • Petite Berceuse for Piano (1923) • Moderato con espressione
- Zarębski • Berceuse op. 22Berceuse op. 22Piotr Sałajczyk (Piano)November 2014, Lusławice, Concert Hall of the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music
- Rimsky-Korsakov • Sadko: 'Ne schest' almazov v kamennykh peshcherakh' (The Indian Guest, Scene IV) (Song of the Indian Guest) (Arr. for Viola and Piano)Sadko: 'Ne schest' almazov v kamennykh peshcherakh' (The Indian Guest, Scene IV) (Song of the Indian Guest) (Arr. for Viola and Piano)Richard O'Neill (Viola), Christopher Park (Piano)℗ 2009
- Mompou • Fantasia on 'Au clair de la lune' for Piano (1946)Fantasia on 'Au clair de la lune' for Piano (1946)Martin Jones (Piano)2011, Monmouth, Wyastone Leys
- Gershwin • Lullaby (1919) (Version for String Orchestra) • Molto moderato e dolceLullaby (1919) (Version for String Orchestra)
Molto moderato e dolceLeonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra℗ 1987
Lullabies can be charmingly naive or more sophisticated, often suffused with nostalgia, sometimes meditations on parenthood, childhood or sleep itself. But primarily it's where we hear composers' most personal and moving utterances; where we gain a glimpse into the domestic lives of artists who themselves were loving parents, doting aunts or uncles. And in the case of Ilsa Weber's "Wiegala" it's a form that takes on a heartbreaking poignancy. The final song on this playlist was written by Weber while she was interred in the Theresienstadt transit camp before she and her young son died in Auschwitz in 1944.