Lily I

[barondave]

Convergence was fun, but I didn't feel a part of it. Ah well. The Young Whippersnappers are doing a good job. Right now, Closing Ceremonies is going on, and I'm at home playing with my music. Whee! All weekend I was talking about my various music projects, notably the lullaby collection for my 14 week old niece. Since I know you're interested (or at least polite enough to let me ramble at the con), here is my final selection. I tried to alternate instrumentals with songs, and introduce Lily to music from around the world (hmm... only five continents...).


Lily I
Lullabye
1 All Through The Night – Peter, Paul & Mary 2:35
2 Kanon in D – Pachelbel 4:48 (one of several versions I have)
3 Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain
– Ladysmith Black Mambazo 2:18
4 Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun – Debussy 10:25
5 Jennifer Rabbit – Tom Paxton 2:13
6 Quintet in A for Clarinet and Strings – Mozart 6:27
7 Little Tomorrow – Sandy Andina 4:46
8 The Four Seasons: Spring – Musici di Zagreb 3:26
9 Turning Toward The Morning
– Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir & Ed Trickett 5:24
10 La India Verela – Garrido, Osvaldo 4:40 (Tierra del Fuego/Argentina)
11 Crested Hens/Laridé – Karen Ashbrook 3:48
12 Laila Laila – Various Artists 5:09 (Israel)
13 Far Away – Ceoltoiri 4:33
14 Cannily Cannily – Tim Hart & Maddy Prior 2:23
15 Blue Danube Waltz – J. Strauss 10:04
16 Acua De Beber – Astrud Gilberto/Tom Jobim 2:18 (Brazil)

Comments

[asimovberlioz.livejournal.com]

How come all the selections get the performers named except for (most of) the classical ones? All those lessons, conservatory, getting the recording contract, and no recognition? *sob snif*

By the way, #16, "Agua de beber," is one of my favorite Brazilian tunes, and is on my MP3 player playlist. Surprised?

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Art is it's own reward...

Besides, she's 14 weeks old. Give her a few years and I'll send the full annotation.

And if it comes to that... my classical collection is mainly stuff that was on sale and/or in the cheap bins. Several months ago I sent you e-mail asking for good recordings of classical music for an infant, and I never heard back. *sob*

No, it doesn't surprise me about "Acua" de Beber (that's how it comes up on CDDB).

[asimovberlioz.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm 2,740 weeks older than she is. May I get the performer names? I try to fight the good fight against double standards in art.

I'm very sorry. I got your email, and I kept meaning to reply, and kept putting it off. I can be such a procrastinator! (Were you aware that I finally learned to drive when I was 37? On my last two visits to Minneapolis [August 1994 and July 2001], I rented cars at the airport and greatly enjoyed driving to such of my old haunts as still existed.)

There are plenty of first-rate recordings of classical music that happen to be very inexpensive. There are also plenty of crappy ones that are inexpensive -- and, to be sure, plenty in any part of the quality scale that are more expensive. I guess that's why you asked for my opinion. I'll try to be more on the ball next time you need me.

Not knowing the performers, I'll opine that the classical works you picked are mostly good ones, with happy melodies and distinct rhythms which will be very easy for her to perceive as music. I'd have suggested waiting a few years before giving her that particular Debussy (his "Children's Corner" suite would have been a much better choice); and my loathing of the Pachelbel is known to many of my friends, but that's just me.

CDDB's database, which is entirely volunteer-driven, has been known to be wrong on occasion. Google gives me 67,100 links on "Agua de beber," and only one on "Acua de beber." It all depends on which group of data-enterers you trust more, I guess.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Pachelbel: Kanon (From Ordinary People); Alfred Gerhardt; Royal Promenade Orchestra

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun: Philippe Entremont; Denver Symphony Orchestra

Quintet in A for Clarinet and Strings: Mozart (which came up Mozzart on CDDB). The case lists several performers without saying who did what. Mozart Festival, Pro Arte CDM 818

I couldn't identify the artist on Laila Laila, so I left the iTunes slot)

Blue Danube Waltz (From 2001): Alfred Gerhardt; Royal Promenade Orchestra

Well, off to give a face to the music...

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

I dont recognize them all, but the ones I do recognize are all lovely songs for a soothing lullabye collection.

Of course, you never know for sure what will be soothing to an infant. Baby thorintatge was so entranced by Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds that we made a tape with the song repeated a dozen times. He didn't want to listen to the whole album, just that song. I dimly remember baby-sitting for some baby that would only stop crying when I set his/her infant seat in the middle of the dining room table and blasted a particular rock song with a very steady beat and distinctive lead singer at top volume from the speakers on either side of the room. I don't remember what the song was, but I'd guess something by the Rolling Stones.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I minorly struggled with this, as babies tend to be idiosyncratic. Maybe the kid likes bass and drums. We'll find out.