Sleep Softly: Classical Lullabies by Brahms, Schubert, Satie, Debussy...

Winner of:
2015 Parents' Choice, Gold Award

Timeless tunes for tots

 

This selection of beloved melodies from some of the world’s more revered composers, including Brahms, Schubert, Ravel, and Debussy, will lull babies into a sweet, blissful sleep. Along with the whimsical, dream-like illustrations, the storybook and accompanying CD feature 16 classical lullabies orchestrated for a wind quintet and harp performed by the critically acclaimed L'Ensemble Agora. In addition, a brief commentary accompanies each featured musical work.

 

COMPOSITION / COMPOSER / DURATION:

 

1. Barcarolle 2.22 Jacques Offenbach

2. Après un rêve (After a Dream) 3.08 Gabriel Fauré

3. Von Fremden Ländern (Of Foreign Lands) 1.30 Robert Schumann

4. La boîte à Joujou (The Toybox) 1.16 Claude Debussy

5. Gymnopédie No. 1 3.24 Eric Satie 

6. La poupée (The Doll) 2.07 Georges Bizet

7. Sändmannchen (The Little Sandman) 2.31 Johannes Brahms

8. Wiegenlied (Lullaby) 0.56 Johannes Brahms 

9. Solveig's Song 3.16 Edvard Grieg

10. Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein (Sleep, My Little Prince, Fall Asleep) 0.48 Bernard Flies

11. Ständchen (Serenade) 4.17 Franz Shubert

12. Gute nacht (Good Night) 2.48 Franz Shubert

13. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty’s Pavane) 1.46 Maurice Ravel

14. Feuillet d’album (Album Leaf) 1.46 Emmanuel Chabrier

15. Dors, ami (Sleep, my friend) 0.52 Jules Massenet

16. Brezairola (Lullaby) 1.51 Traditional

 

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Sleep Softly: Classical Lullabies by Brahms, Schubert, Satie, Debussy...

Winner of:
2015 Parents' Choice, Gold Award

Timeless tunes for tots

 

This selection of beloved melodies from some of the world’s more revered composers, including Brahms, Schubert, Ravel, and Debussy, will lull babies into a sweet, blissful sleep. Along with the whimsical, dream-like illustrations, the storybook and accompanying CD feature 16 classical lullabies orchestrated for a wind quintet and harp performed by the critically acclaimed L'Ensemble Agora. In addition, a brief commentary accompanies each featured musical work.

 

COMPOSITION / COMPOSER / DURATION:

 

1. Barcarolle 2.22 Jacques Offenbach

2. Après un rêve (After a Dream) 3.08 Gabriel Fauré

3. Von Fremden Ländern (Of Foreign Lands) 1.30 Robert Schumann

4. La boîte à Joujou (The Toybox) 1.16 Claude Debussy

5. Gymnopédie No. 1 3.24 Eric Satie 

6. La poupée (The Doll) 2.07 Georges Bizet

7. Sändmannchen (The Little Sandman) 2.31 Johannes Brahms

8. Wiegenlied (Lullaby) 0.56 Johannes Brahms 

9. Solveig's Song 3.16 Edvard Grieg

10. Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein (Sleep, My Little Prince, Fall Asleep) 0.48 Bernard Flies

11. Ständchen (Serenade) 4.17 Franz Shubert

12. Gute nacht (Good Night) 2.48 Franz Shubert

13. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty’s Pavane) 1.46 Maurice Ravel

14. Feuillet d’album (Album Leaf) 1.46 Emmanuel Chabrier

15. Dors, ami (Sleep, my friend) 0.52 Jules Massenet

16. Brezairola (Lullaby) 1.51 Traditional

 

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Sleep Softly: Classical Lullabies by Brahms, Schubert, Satie, Debussy...

Sleep Softly: Classical Lullabies by Brahms, Schubert, Satie, Debussy...

Sleep Softly: Classical Lullabies by Brahms, Schubert, Satie, Debussy...

Sleep Softly: Classical Lullabies by Brahms, Schubert, Satie, Debussy...

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Winner of:
2015 Parents' Choice, Gold Award

Timeless tunes for tots

 

This selection of beloved melodies from some of the world’s more revered composers, including Brahms, Schubert, Ravel, and Debussy, will lull babies into a sweet, blissful sleep. Along with the whimsical, dream-like illustrations, the storybook and accompanying CD feature 16 classical lullabies orchestrated for a wind quintet and harp performed by the critically acclaimed L'Ensemble Agora. In addition, a brief commentary accompanies each featured musical work.

 

COMPOSITION / COMPOSER / DURATION:

 

1. Barcarolle 2.22 Jacques Offenbach

2. Après un rêve (After a Dream) 3.08 Gabriel Fauré

3. Von Fremden Ländern (Of Foreign Lands) 1.30 Robert Schumann

4. La boîte à Joujou (The Toybox) 1.16 Claude Debussy

5. Gymnopédie No. 1 3.24 Eric Satie 

6. La poupée (The Doll) 2.07 Georges Bizet

7. Sändmannchen (The Little Sandman) 2.31 Johannes Brahms

8. Wiegenlied (Lullaby) 0.56 Johannes Brahms 

9. Solveig's Song 3.16 Edvard Grieg

10. Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein (Sleep, My Little Prince, Fall Asleep) 0.48 Bernard Flies

11. Ständchen (Serenade) 4.17 Franz Shubert

12. Gute nacht (Good Night) 2.48 Franz Shubert

13. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Sleeping Beauty’s Pavane) 1.46 Maurice Ravel

14. Feuillet d’album (Album Leaf) 1.46 Emmanuel Chabrier

15. Dors, ami (Sleep, my friend) 0.52 Jules Massenet

16. Brezairola (Lullaby) 1.51 Traditional

 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9782924217245
Publisher: The Secret Mountain
Publication date: 04/01/2015
Edition description: Bilingual
Pages: 36
Product dimensions: 8.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Elodie Nouhen is a children’s album illustrator and the illustrator of the award-winning Songs from the Baobab. She studied at the Ecole Supérieure d’arts graphiques Penninghen in Paris. David Pastor is a horn player and the founder and artistic director of the Ensemble Agora, a wind and harp ensemble based in Lyon, France, that has released several critically acclaimed book-CDs for children.

Table of Contents

MUSIC TRACKS 1. Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffman) JACQUES OFFENBACH 2:22 2. Après un rêve GABRIEL FAURÉ 3:08 3. Von Fremden Ländern (Of Foreign Lands and Peoples) ROBERT SCHUMANN 1:30 4. La boîte à joujoux CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1:16 5. Gymnopédie No. 1 ERIK SATIE 3:24 6. The Doll (Children's Games) GEORGES BIZET 2:07 7. Sandmännchen (No. 15 from Volks-Kinderlieder) JOHANNES BRAHMS 2:31 8. Wiegenlied JOHANNES BRAHMS 0:56 9. Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt) EDVARD GRIEG 3:16 10. Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein BERNHARD FLIES 0:48 11. Ständchen (Swan Song) FRANZ SCHUBERT 4:17 12. Gute Nacht (Winter Journey) FRANZ SCHUBERT 2:48 13. Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty MAURICE RAVEL 1:46 14. Feuillet d'album EMMANUEL CHABRIER 1:46 15. Dors, ami (Don César de Bazan) JULES MASSENET 0:52 16. Brezairola TRADITIONAL 1:51 CD DURATION: 34 MINUTES
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