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Lullaby: a Beautiful and Soothing Collection of Night Time Songs for Children and Grown Ups

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by: Sophie Barker

November 22, 2004
This is a wonderful CD for babies - and parents ! Doctors should prescribe this to soothe babies to sleep.
After trying many different techniques to get our 11 month old daughter to sleep ( I am not a fan of letting babies "cry it out" ! ) my friend suggested playing some relaxing music. After reading the reviews on Amazon we decided to try this CD.
We have used it religiously every night for 3 weeks and every night our daughter has settled into her cot and lay and listened to the music until she falls asleep. We then have the delight of listening to the rest of the CD on the baby monitor.
We now play it on random as our daughter is asleep by the 5th or 6th song and it seems a shame she misses out on the rest of the CD ! ... Read More:

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The John Rutter Christmas Album

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from: Collegium

November 04, 2002
I thought this CD had got lost in our recent house move and was delighted when it turned up in one the last boxes to be opened. I immediately rushed to listen again even though it is early March and am once again entranced by the warmth and beauty of the music and the singing. You really can play this CD anytime in the year and that is what I am doing now! If you buy it you will not be disappointed!

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Lullaby: A Beautiful and Soothing Collection of Night Time Songs for Children and Grown Ups

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by: Sophie Barker

February 11, 2008
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! What a great collection for children and amazingly grown ups will love listening too. Beautiful arrangements and the chill out style make it unlike any other nursery rhyme CD I've heard before and a lot easier on the ear for us adults who have to listen along. You might even find yourself listening when the kids are already asleep! I will probably be buying this for anyone I know who has a baby now! Very highly recommended.

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Sleepytime Lullabies: A Mix of Traditional and Modern Cradle Songs Specifically Designed to put Babies and Infants to Sleep

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by: Nicola Kerr

February 29, 2008
I couldn't help getting my hopes up when I read all the rave reviews, that my six month old might find this CD so soperific he'd not wake me up so much in the night, but instead he listens for a bit then rolls over and smiles - 'no I'm not going to sleep mum'. However I like it so I don't feel too hard done by. It can be useful to time how long I'm feeding him for (ie I'll stop at the end of this song etc). Mind you Skye Boat Song is completely stuck in my head - could be worse!

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Children's Bedtime Lullabies

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by: Kootie Bear Collection

March 03, 2008
This CD is hideous! It is like listening to the worst of Classic FM. Original music turned into 'soft focus slush'. They haven't even kept the original rhythm of the music. Had I had any inkling that it would be like this I wouldn't have bought it.

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Children's Favourite: Lullabies

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by: Various Artists

July 31, 2006
A nice collection of songs and her voice doesn't grate as some female singers' voices do. I prefer the voice on this collection to albums featuring the voice of Susie Tallman whose voice I find altogether too high to be condsidered really relaxing. I note this says various artists and yet the album features one female voice throughout. Maybe it really is different singers but it doesn't sound like it when listening. I don't know why albums like this don't make it known the singer's name, it seem a little unfair that they have to remain anonymous, especially when the renditions are as nice as this.

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Mozart for Mothers-To-Be: Tender Lullabies for Mother and Child

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by: Various Artists

April 09, 1996
I've been playing this cd every day since I was six months pregnant and my son is now six months old, and both of us are still enjoying it, so that's a testament to how good it is. As a musician myself, I'm fussy about what I listen to, but unlike the usual mozart cds, they've gone to an effort to find an interesting choice of (mostly) less well known pieces, which are well-arranged so that there aren't any jarring changes of key from one piece to the next, and most of the performances are really fine, so that the whole effect is, indeed, very, very soothing and soporific. I play this at night and find it very helpful for getting my son off to sleep, but you could also use it as general relaxation music to de-stress to in pregnancy.

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Mnemosyne

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from: ECM New Series

April 12, 1999
I bought this CD and "Officium" some time ago and still marvel at the way the music transports me to another level! My particular favourite is the Tallis track, "O Lord in Thee is all my trust" - it is incredibly haunting and evocative, with the plaintive saxophone melody soaring away, tearing at your soul, and yet so uplifting. Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble really work well together, one complementing the other. I think you either love their musical expressions in these CDs or hate them - there is no in between!

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On Christmas Night

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from: Bmg Classics

November 07, 1998
I bought this CD and "Officium" some time ago and still marvel at the way the music transports me to another level! My particular favourite is the Tallis track, "O Lord in Thee is all my trust" - it is incredibly haunting and evocative, with the plaintive saxophone melody soaring away, tearing at your soul, and yet so uplifting. Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble really work well together, one complementing the other. I think you either love their musical expressions in these CDs or hate them - there is no in between!

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Mother and Child

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by: John Tavener

September 08, 2003
I bought this CD and "Officium" some time ago and still marvel at the way the music transports me to another level! My particular favourite is the Tallis track, "O Lord in Thee is all my trust" - it is incredibly haunting and evocative, with the plaintive saxophone melody soaring away, tearing at your soul, and yet so uplifting. Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble really work well together, one complementing the other. I think you either love their musical expressions in these CDs or hate them - there is no in between!