The Most Soothing Lullabies in the Universe! [2010]

by MOST SOOTHING LULLABIES IN THE

Overview

Despite its overly emphatic title, The Most Soothing Lullabies in the Universe! is actually a pretty restful double-disc collection of soothing classical music. Disc one's track listing is pretty standard, featuring Debussy's Clair de Lune, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Andante, Massenet's Meditation from Thais, and Bach's Goldberg Variations: Aria. Disc two is a little more creative, with highlights including Handel-Wiener's Sicilienne, Verdi's When the Evening Becomes Peaceful, and Mendelssohn's Three Songs Without Words: Op. 19, No. 4. But what the collection lacks in originality, it makes up in quality; The Most Soothing Lullabies in the Universe! offers plenty of relaxing, sophisticated music for falling asleep or any other quiet activities. ~ Heather Phares

Product Details

Release Date:	04/06/2004
Label:	Denon Records
UPC:	0795041735225
Rank:	182654

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, CT. 47~Larghetto  - Frederic Chopin
2. Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from "Suite Bergamasque" for piano), L. 75/3  - Claude Debussy
3. Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3/12 "Christmas Pastorale"~1. Largo (Pastorale)  - Francesco Manfredini
4. Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525~Andante  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27/2~Adagio  - Ludwig van Beethoven
6. Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-¿¿bung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9)~Aria  - Johann Sebastian Bach
7. The Swan of Tuonela, tone poem for orchestra (Lemmink¿¿inen Suite No. 3), Op. 22/3  - Jean Sibelius
8. Liebestr¿¿ume, notturno for piano No. 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/3 (LW A103/3)  - Franz Liszt
9. Kinderszenen No. 7 ("Tr¿¿umerei"), for piano, Op. 15/7  - Robert Schumann
10. M¿¿ditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Tha¿¿s")  - Jules Massenet
11. Greensleeves, folk song for chorus (from the opera Sir John in Love)  - Ralph Vaughan Williams

Disc 2

12. Work(s)~[Unspecified] Sicilienne  - George Frederick Handel  - ? Wiener
13. Concerto Grosso in G minor ("Christmas Concerto"), Op. 6/8~Pastorale
14. Luisa Miller, opera~When the evening becomes peaceful  - Giuseppe Verdi
15. Prelude for piano No. 13 in F sharp major, Op. 28/13, CT. 178  - Frederic Chopin
16. Prelude for piano No. 15 in D flat major, Op. 28/15, CT. 180  - Frederic Chopin
17. Prelude for piano No. 17 in A flat major, Op. 28/17, CT. 182  - Frederic Chopin
18. Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622~2. Adagio  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
19. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5~2. Andante espressivo
20. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20~Excerpt  - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
21. Song Without Words for piano No. 4 in A major, Op. 19b/4  - Felix Mendelssohn
22. Song Without Words for piano No. 6 in G minor ("Venetianisches Gondellied"), Op. 19b/6  - Felix Mendelssohn
23. Song Without Words for piano No. 25 in G major, Op. 62/1  - Felix Mendelssohn
24. Symphony No. 3 in D minor~4. Sehr Langsam  - Gustav Mahler

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dubravka Tomsic   Primary Artist,Piano
Gennady Rozhdestvensky   Primary Artist,Conductor
Libor Pesek   Primary Artist,Conductor
Alexander von Pitamic   Primary Artist,Conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Peter Schmalfuss   Primary Artist,Piano
Bohdan Warchal   Primary Artist,Conductor
Joanna Brzezinska   Primary Artist,Piano
Frank Shipway   Primary Artist,Conductor
Daniela Ruso   Primary Artist,Piano
Marko Munih   Primary Artist,Conductor
Viktoria Postnikova   Primary Artist,Piano
Pietro Cavaliere   Primary Artist,Conductor
Moscow Conservatory Chamber Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Aladar Mozi   Primary Artist,Violin
USSR State Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Ljubljana Radio Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Gennadi Cherkasov   Primary Artist,Conductor
Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Dieter Goldmann   Primary Artist,Piano
Vladimir Fedoseyev   Primary Artist,Conductor
Riga Radio Choir   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
RTV Moscow Large Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Ilmar Lapinsch   Primary Artist,Conductor
Ida Cernecka   Primary Artist,Piano
Chamber RSO Ljubljana   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Rudi Knabl   Primary Artist,Zither
Christiane Jaccottet   Primary Artist,Harp
Slovak Chamber Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
South German Philharmonic   Primary Artist,Orchestra

Technical Credits

? Wiener   Arranger
Ludwig van Beethoven   Composer
Jean Sibelius   Composer
Robert Schumann   Composer
Franz Liszt   Composer
Jacques Offenbach   Composer
Claude Debussy   Composer
Johannes Brahms   Composer
George Frederick Handel   Composer
Jules Massenet   Composer
Arcangelo Corelli   Composer
Remo Giazotto   Arranger
Francesco Manfredini   Composer
Gustav Mahler   Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Composer
Tomaso Albinoni   Composer
Frederic Chopin   Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Felix Mendelssohn   Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams   Composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov   Composer
Giuseppe Verdi   Composer
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky   Composer