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Summary:

A collection of lullabies inspired by the need to lull infants to sleep in a loving way.

Table of Contents:

• Cradle song / Brahms (3:36)
• Porgy and Bess. Summertime / Gershwin (2:54)
• Beautiful dreamer / Foster (3:36)
• Pinnochio. When you wish upon a star / Harline/Washington (4:01)
• What child is this (traditional) (2:51)
• I dream of Jeanie / Foster (4:17)
• Shenandoah (traditional) (3:10)
• Ave Maria / Schubert (5:29)
• Maria's lullaby / Reger (2:23)
• Sleep, my little prince, sleep / Mozart (3:27)
• Hansel & Gretel. I am the little sandman / Humperdinck (2:52)
• Hansel & Gretel. Children's prayer / Humperdinck (2:49)
• Ave Maria / Bach-Gounod (2:41)
• Lullaby / Schubert (3:28)
• O Danny boy (traditional) (5:16)
• Madama Butterfly. Humming chorus / Puccini (3:01)
• Hine e Hine. Maori lullaby / Princess te Rangi Pai (1:46)
• Songs of Auvergne. Brezairola / Canteloube (3:29)
• Songs my mother taught me / Dvorak (2:39)
• Bist du bei mir / Bach (3:23)

• Sea pictures. Sea slumber song / Elgar (5:06).

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Contributors:

Freni, Mirella, 1935-2020 , singer

Price, Leontyne , singer

Horne, Marilyn , singer

Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010 , singer

Te Kanawa, Kiri , singer

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864

Harline, Leigh

Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828

Reger, Max, 1873-1916

Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924

Te Rangi Pai, Princess of New Zealand, 1868-1916

Canteloube, Joseph, 1879-1957

Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904

Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich, 1690-1749

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

Languages:

English
German
Occitan (post-1500)
Czech

Language Notes:

Sung in English, German, Provençal, or Czech.

Included Works:

Lieder [by Brahms, J.] > Op. 49 > Wiegenlied (arranged)

Porgy and Bess [by Gershwin, G.] > Summertime

Beautiful dreamer [by Foster, S.C.]

Pinocchio [by Harline, L.] > When you wish upon a star

Jeanie with the light brown hair [by Foster, S.C.] (arranged)

Ellens Gesang, D. 839 [by Schubert, F.] (arranged)

Schlichte Weisen [by Reger, M.] > Mariä Wiegenlied (arranged)

Hänsel und Gretel [by Humperdinck, E.] (Selections)

Ave Maria (Vocal version) [by Gounod, C.]

Wiegenlieder, voice, piano [by Schubert, F.] > D. 498 (arranged)

Madama Butterfly [by Puccini, G.] > Coro a bocca chiusa

Hine e hine [by Te Rangi Pai, Princess of New Zealand]

Chants d'Auvergne [by Canteloube, J.] > Brezairola

Zigeunermelodien [by Dvořák, A.] > Als die alte Mutter (arranged; English)

Diodemes [by Stölzel, G.H.] > Bist du bei mir

Sea pictures [by Elgar, E.] > Sea slumber song

Greensleeves

Shenandoah (Song)

Londonderry air

Subjects:

Lullabies

Songs with orchestra

Performers:

Mirella Freni, Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, sopranos ; Marilyn Horne, mezzo sopranos ; and others with various orchestras, choruses, and conductors.

General Notes:

Principally for voice with orchestral acc.; some selections originally with piano acc.
The Mozart work is of spurious attribution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)
D. 498

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

Other Standard Numbers:

International Standard Recording Code: GBF078012280
International Standard Recording Code: GBBBA6051040
International Standard Recording Code: GBF078540402
International Standard Recording Code: GBF078640814
International Standard Recording Code: GBF078311020
International Standard Recording Code: GBF078540401
International Standard Recording Code: GBF078540408
International Standard Recording Code: GBF076140410
International Standard Recording Code: GBF077813290
International Standard Recording Code: GBF077813260
International Standard Recording Code: GBF077840511
International Standard Recording Code: GBF077811640
International Standard Recording Code: GBF076140412
International Standard Recording Code: GBF077813280
International Standard Recording Code: GBF077210783
International Standard Recording Code: GBF077440530
International Standard Recording Code: GBF079440010
International Standard Recording Code: GBF078241612
International Standard Recording Code: GBF077813320
International Standard Recording Code: GBF076711740
International Standard Recording Code: GBF079310551
Publisher Number, Decca: 00028946635827

OCLC Numbers:

1249940916