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| Bach at Bedtime: Lullabies for the Still of the Night | 
 enlarge | Creators: Andreas Greger, Janos Starker, Johann Sebastian Bach, Arpad Gerecz, Eugen Jochum, Iona Brown, Karl Munchinger, Neville Marriner, Peter Schreier, Raymond Leppard, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Les Solistes Romands, Jean-pierre Rampal, Pepe Romero, George Malcolm, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-fields, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Gyoergy Seboek
Label: Philips
Category: Music
List Price: $7.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11660
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 446915
UPC: 028944691528
EAN: 0028944691528
ASIN: B0000041E0
Release Date: October 17, 1995
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great for kids! November 28, 2001
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this CD for my daughter when she turned six. It's been a year and she still listens to it a lot. Yes, she also listens to Britney and Christina, but on many nights she will request Bach (aka: that one with no words). It's great to know that they selected soothing, relaxing pieces. It's a wonderful way to broaden my daughter's horizons while also getting her to sleep.
My Kind of Bedtime October 17, 2001
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This CD is lovely and soothing, and I have to take exception to R. Loam's contention that the entire CD is in the minor key. I can determine from listening to the samples that certainly #1 and #5 are in the major key, and there are probably more. The minor key does not have to invoke meloncholia - it is many times in the eyes of the beholder.
Amazing & Relaxing! April 23, 2000
33 out of 35 found this review helpful
Incredibly beautiful! that's what everyone says after hearing such album. And it is true! Here is an excellent compilation of famous arias played with solo of oboe, violin,harpsichord.... with chamber orchestra driven by Leppard, Jochum or Marriner to list few of them... Interesting to note the larghetto of the Bach's concerto for oboe d'Armore by Heinz Holliger. This artist is phenomenal and we may appreciate his contribution as an added gift! For people who appreciate the larghetto of this concerto of Bach, i can only recommend the complete CD with the three concerto for Oboe (same artist with the ASMF, an outstanding record with the wellknown masterpiece in D minor BWV 1059). Breathless interpretation, ie the time this artist can play without interruption! He is magic. The Oboe d'Armore has a soft & deep sound which contrasts with the conventionnal instruments. Also the extraits with Grumiaux are magnificent with a violin full of emotion and sensitivity. We can highly recommend this record for people who love beautiful classical music, played with top class artists and for relaxing everyday! By the way this collection by Philips seems quite an achievement for its selection and quality of sound. Look also after the fantastic "Baroque at bathtime" or other albums of the same collection.....for discovering classical music there is nothing better. Then you may investigate and look for complete record of the one you appreciate the most.
 Minor Keys Make Melancholy March 11, 2000
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
While there is no disputing that the selections on this disc are top notch recordings, the fact that they are for the most part in minor keys is to its great detriment. There is in the minor keys an underlying anxiety, which would seem to be counterproductive to the cd's theme of "bedtime", unless your name happens to be Bram Stoker or Edgar Allen Poe. In fact, even the tracks in major keys are a bit edgy on this disc. Go instead with "Beethoven At Bedtime" if you're in search of an aesthetically excellent sleep aid.
Minor Keys Make Melancholy March 11, 2000
12 out of 27 found this review helpful
While there is no disputing that the selections on this disc are top notch recordings, the fact that they are all--every one, unless I'm mistaken--in minor keys is to its great detriment. There is in the minor keys an underlying anxiety, which would seem to be counterproductive to the cd's theme of "bedtime", unless your name happens to be Bram Stoker or Edgar Allen Poe. Go instead with "Beethoven At Bedtime" if you're in search of an aesthetically excellent sleep aid.
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