Editorial Reviews
Moonfinder: A Sleepytime Journey For All Ages
Moonfinder: A Sleepytime Journey For All Ages, Music, Molly Conole, Children's
Rounder Kids/Rounder Records, December, 1999
This is a collection that will soothe the soul and set the spirit free.
L.A. Parent Magazine, November, 1999
This beautifully performed mixture of lullabies should encourage multiple listenings and an open door to the Land of Nod.
Album Description
"Moonfinder" , dreamsisters' second album, won the 1999 National Parenting Publications Award for best Lullaby Album. It is a captivating yet soothing musical journey--from the onset of evening, the celebration of the night, a settling down into a magical bedtime story--into the warm comforts of nighttime and dreamland. As with their first album, "Beautiful Dreamer", natural sounds have important transitional and background soothing qualities--the wind, the chime of the hall clock, a lyrical songbird, the call of the owl, and a team of horses drawing a bell-laden sleigh through a winter's snowy night. Cello and violin are added to Nancy's arranged and improvized piano and rich alto voice, as well as Molly's bell-like soprano and plaintive flute. Textures range from the simple and personal a capella voice or solo instrument to richly intricate tapestries of sound. Selections include classics from folk, jazz, classical and contemporary repertoire, as well as or! iginal songs. Thoughtful and tasteful. 19 Selections. Total Running Time: 53:47.
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Moonfinder: A Sleepytime Journey For All Ages
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ASIN: B000028U3P Release Date: 1999-09-07 |
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Album Description
"Moonfinder" , dreamsisters' second album, won the 1999 National Parenting Publications Award for best Lullaby Album. It is a captivating yet soothing musical journey--from the onset of evening, the celebration of the night, a settling down into a magical bedtime story--into the warm comforts of nighttime and dreamland. As with their first album, "Beautiful Dreamer", natural sounds have important transitional and background soothing qualities--the wind, the chime of the hall clock, a lyrical songbird, the call of the owl, and a team of horses drawing a bell-laden sleigh through a winter's snowy night. Cello and violin are added to Nancy's arranged and improvized piano and rich alto voice, as well as Molly's bell-like soprano and plaintive flute. Textures range from the simple and personal a capella voice or solo instrument to richly intricate tapestries of sound. Selections include classics from folk, jazz, classical and contemporary repertoire, as well as or! iginal songs. Thoughtful and tasteful. 19 Selections. Total Running Time: 53:47.Customer Reviews:
Moonfinder is a real find!!!.......2000-03-29
Moonfinder is indeed "for all ages" but is especially ideal for children, offering an eclectic mix of classical, blues, jazz and folk influences. As they fall to sleep they'll grow to variations of songs by Duke Ellington, Manuel de Falla, The Beatles, Puccini, Scott Joplin, Indonesian and French traditional folk tunes as well as works by such renowned poets as Robert Frost and Robert Louis Stevenson.
The opening three selections put us in our pajamas and prepares us for our lulling journey of imagery and sound. Our first major stop is Moonhorse.
Moonhorse, is certainly one of the gems of the album. The story, about a girl's magical journey to the moon and back (by Mary Pope Osborne), is read by Molly while Nancy plays the 2nd and 3rd movements of Ravel's Sonatine in strikingly perfect synchronicity. After hearing this sublime pairing of story and music, you may find it hard to imagine these pieces apart from one another. The dreamsisters thoughtfully placed this little miraculous bedtime story toward the beginning of the CD, so don't worry about falling asleep before you hear it. (Track 4)
The Dreamsisters' voices blend like...well...cocoa and marshmallows, while the songs themselves blend delicately in and out of one another like the steady rolling of a rocking chair. Molly and Nancy even soften the edges of Lennon and McCartney's classic Golden Slumbers beautifully, extracting its most dreamy elements in a variation filled with cascading piano and angelic harmonies. (Track 11)
I highly recommend this Album. If you're wondering where the magic of slumber, enchanted lullabies, and the mystery of the moon have gone in the craziness of today's world, look no further: The Dreamsisters seem to have found them all.
Moonfinder finds its audience.......2000-03-27
Moonfinder is indeed "for all ages" but is especially ideal for children, offering an eclectic mix of classical, blues, jazz and folk influences. As they fall to sleep they'll grow to variations of songs by Duke Ellington, Manuel de Falla, The Beatles, Puccini, Scott Joplin, Indonesian and French traditional folk tunes as well as works by such renowned poets as Robert Frost and Robert Louis Stevenson.
The opening three selections put us in our pajamas and prepares us for our lulling journey of imagery and sound. Our first major stop is Moonhorse.
Moonhorse, is certainly one of the gems of the album. The story, about a girl's magical journey to the moon and back (by Mary Pope Osborne), is read by Molly while Nancy plays the 2nd and 3rd movements of Ravel's Sonatine in strikingly perfect synchronicity. After hearing this sublime pairing of story and music, you may find it hard to imagine these pieces apart from one another. The dreamsisters thoughtfully placed this little miraculous bedtime story toward the beginning of the CD, so don't worry about falling asleep before you hear it. (Track 4)
The Dreamsisters' voices blend like...well...cocoa and marshmallows. The songs blend delicately in and out of one another like the steady rolling of a rocking chair. Molly and Nancy even soften the edges of Lennon and McCartney's classic Golden Slumbers beautifully, extracting its most dreamy elements in a variation filled with cascading piano and angelic harmonies. (Track 11)
I highly recommend this Album! If you're wondering where the magic of slumber, enchanted lullabies, and the mystery of the moon have seem to have found them all.
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