Wings of Slumber

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
The "Slugs" are the best ecological musicians on the planet! Science teachers and naturalists by profession, the Slugs have been delighting children coast-to-coast with their ingenious blend of original music, zany antics and eco-education for more than 20 years. Their unique blend of rock, folk, and world beat offers something for every music lover. It can be fun and easy to learn about Earth Science while singing!

Album Description
More than 60 minutes of lovely lullabies lure listeners of all ages to join in on a musical journey marked with messages of environmental stewardship and wonder, featuring special guests including Grammy Award winners George Winston and Laurie Lewis! Swim with the whales, sing to the moon and get ready for your dreams with this new collection of original Banana Slug songs.

Tracks:

Christmas Oratorio: Bereite Dich, Zion
Messiah: He Was Despised
Elijah: O Rest In The Lord
Alto Rhapsody
Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen
L'Invitation Au Voyage
Pie Jesu (From The Requieum Op.9)
Sea Pictures Op.37: I. Sea Slumber-Song
Sea Pictures Op.37: II. In Haven
Sea Pictures Op.37: III. Sabbath Morning At Sea
Sea Pictures Op.37: IV. Where Corals Lie
Sea Pictures Op.37: V. The Swimmer
The Angel's Farewell - Ambrosian Singers

Tracks:

Linden Lea
A Boy Was Born, Op.3: Corpus Christi Carol
Pretty Ring Time
Prison
Soir
Clair De Lune
Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III)
Gretchen Am Spinnrade
Wiegenlied (Schlafe, Schlafe)
Die Forelle
Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen
An Die Musik
An Sylvia
Nacht Und Traume
Heidenroslein
Du Bist Die Ruh'
Auf Flugeln Des Gesanges
Liederkreis, Op.39: Mondnacht
Frauenliebe Und -Leben Op.42: Du Ring An Meinem Finger
Geistliches Wiegenlied
Befreit
Morgen!

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While it is impossible to really squeeze The Very Best of Janet Baker onto just two CDs, this two and a half hour anthology is a fine portrait of the British mezzo-soprano. Central to CD 1 is Elgar's Sea Pictures, a definitive account with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. While other British music is represented by Vaughan Williams's "Linden Lea," Britten's "Corpus Christie Carol," and Warlock's "Pretty Ring Time," CD 2 balances the program with 10 Schubert songs accompanied at the piano by either Gerald Moore or Geoffrey Parsons, which range from "Ave Maria" to Shakespeare. The set lends equal weight to orchestral and more intimate song, as well as to works in English--a very moving reading of Handel's "He was despised" from Messiah--and European landmarks, including Mendelssohn's On Wings of Song and Brahms's Alto Rhapsody, the latter with a superlative London Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Adrian Boult. In an age of technically dazzling but sometimes bland singers, this release is a reminder of emotionally intense musicianship that retains vocal clarity and commitment to the composer's intentions over superstar ego. The word great is often used all too easily, but it could not be more appropriate for this outstanding collection of a great singer. --Gary S. Dalkin

Customer Reviews:

The Very Best of Janet Baker is simply the very best!.......2005-02-09

This cd and this amazing musician are an absolute must have for any music lover or music snob alike! Her voice is amazing!

Grace Incarnate.......2002-09-02

If there is one singer who has ever truly been able to master the singer's art of interpretation, this is her. She is a gift to music, I truly believe this. A few words, or glowing adjectives could not accurately describe the singing of a woman who epitomizes art. And music. Grace and beauty.
Each track on this cd is a perfect union of poetry, melody and technicality. Dame Janet Baker fully immerses herself into each piece, and delivers highly commited, intelligent & emotional performances.

A Rare & Glorious Singer.......2002-06-10

This is a pretty good cross-section of Dame Janet's output from the prime of her career. There are few if any singers like her around today. There are many mezzos who can sing beautifully, with great articulation and finesse, but they lack the moral and musical integrity Dame Janet always brought to her singing. The voice is ardent, seeking, yearning, finding, exulting. Listen to the excerpt from "Dream of Gerontius" or the third of the "Sea Pictures" to see what I mean.
She does not sing to show off. She sings to enlighten, to illuminate, to reveal, to enter into. Her voice carries us off, near to Heaven.
Dame Janet has been neglected of late. This recording shows us why, in these perilous times, we need her more than ever.

Average customer rating:

Great Lullaby
An exceptionally well performed, flawlessly recorded album

Wings of Slumber
Banana Slug String Band
Manufacturer: Slug Music (BMI)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007N2I9Q
Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

Mother Nature's Lullaby
Wings of Slumber
Up They Get to My Sunset
Return to Me in the Morning
Swimming With Whales
So Why Aren't You?
Singing to the Moon
A Season's Lullaby
Beauty
This Little Island
Ready for Your Dreams
I'd Like to Be
The Camper's Lullaby
Where Dreams Can Grow

Album Description

More than 60 minutes of lovely lullabies lure listeners of all ages to join in on a musical journey marked with messages of environmental stewardship and wonder, featuring special guests including Grammy Award winners George Winston and Laurie Lewis! Swim with the whales, sing to the moon and get ready for your dreams with this new collection of original Banana Slug songs.

Customer Reviews:

Great Lullaby.......2005-08-24

This CD is great lullaby music for older children. It gives what is needed for a proper age range. Our four year old asks for it every night!

An exceptionally well performed, flawlessly recorded album.......2005-06-18

The home of every small child should have a collection of lullabies for the purpose of midmorning quiet time napping as well as gently ushering children to nighttime sleep after a busy day. Wings Of Slumber is a very highly recommended CD album for that purpose. With a total running time of 61 minutes and 25 seconds, the fourteen compositions comprising this exceptionally well performed and flawlessly recorded album include Mother Nature's Lullaby; Up they Get To My Sunset; Return To Me In The Morning; Swimming With Whales; So Why Aren't You?; Singing To The Moon; A Season's Lullaby; Beauty; This Little Island; Ready For Your Dreams; I'd Like To Be; The Camper's Lullaby; Where Dreams Can Grow; and the hauntingly beautiful title piece, Wings Of Slumber.

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Ward Marston does it again

The Complete Johanna Gadski, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Marston
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B00000JQF6
Release Date: 1999-08-10

Customer Reviews:

Ward Marston does it again.......1999-08-24

The soprano's essays into classical singing were vast and varied, and all represented here; glorious sonic echoes of the "Golden Age of Opera" as presented by one of the finest singers of her time. From Wagner to Verdi to Mozart and back again, Johanna Gadski's voice has been preserved as never before under Ward Marston's remarkably skillful remastering hands. Rare second takes, sometimes third takes, lieder, art songs and oratorio excerpts all ring out with with brilliance. Also included are the fascinating "Mapleson cylinders," maddeningly brief excerpts of actual performances at the Met in 1903, but thrilling just the same. This 3 CD set is a must for all interested in the history of classical singing, generously illustrated with rare photographs and notes.

Julia Culp: The Complete Victor and Electrola Recordings, 1914-26

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A lovely introduction to a lovely lady
A lovely introduction to a lovely lady

Julia Culp: The Complete Victor and Electrola Recordings, 1914-26

Manufacturer: Romophone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004SDCS
Release Date: 2000-04-11

Customer Reviews:

A lovely introduction to a lovely lady.......2000-04-13

Dutch born, Julia Culp was a noted Lieder singer who died in 1970 at age 90. Like so many of her time, she left a good deal of her legacy on the acoustic and the later electric 78s that were state of the art then. Romophone has gathered 41 of her Victor recordings made between 1914 and 1924 and 6 of her Berlin Electrola offerings into a 2-CD set titled simply (81035-2) and added it to their fine collection of similar sets such as the ones by Nellie Melba, Lotte Lehmann, and Leonard Warren which I have reviewed in my columns.

Here we have 20 selections in German, 2 in Dutch, 4 in French and the rest in English--ranging from Brahms Lieder to a Romberg show song and some French opera. Seldom have I heard a more relaxing program; but alas I do not use that adjective in an altogether complimentary sense. Her contralto (some claim it to be mezzo) is lovely but seldom exciting. (The press release calls her style "intimate.") For example, her seduction song "Mon coeur" from the Saint-Saens opera is so lovingly and seamlessly sung that it is devoid of all drama. Now I know that many singers treat concert numbers in that way, but their doing so does not make it an acceptable practice.

It is good to hear such old time favorites as "Silver threads among the gold" and even "All through the night," but one could wish for a little more emotional involvement. All right, so Culp is not Callas or Bartoli! And others may very well not find her as dramatically wanting as I do. On the whole, I will indeed play selections from this set many times in the future; but I will go to other singers for more excitement.

A lovely introduction to a lovely lady.......2000-04-13

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