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Baby To Be - Tender Classical Music For Your Unborn Baby


Release Date: 09/27/2011 
Label:  Warner Classics   Catalog #: 28842  
Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Johannes Brahms,  Léo Delibes,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,   ... 
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Baby to Be is a beautiful collection of tender classical music for the unborn child. With serene classical music from greats like Mozart, Brahms, Bach and Chopin, this is the perfect soundtrack to help soothe and relax mum and baby. Ensuring a bright beginning to the baby's formative days, this collection encourages the special bond between a mother and her child with gentle lullabies and ambient melodies. Baby to Be is a beautiful collection of tender classical music for the unborn child. With serene classical music from greats like Mozart, Brahms, Bach and Chopin, this is the perfect soundtrack to help soothe and relax mum and baby. Ensuring a bright beginning to the baby's formative days, this collection encourages the special bond between a mother and her child with gentle lullabies and ambient melodies. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Songs (5), Op. 49: no 4, Wiegenlied by Johannes Brahms
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Austria 
2.
Lakmé: Viens, Mallikà...Sous le dôme épais "Flower Duet" by Léo Delibes
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883; France 
3.
Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": 2nd movement, Romanza by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Vienna, Austria 
4.
Suite bergamasque: 3rd movement, Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1890/1905; France 
5.
Carmen: Act 3 Prelude "Intermezzo" by Georges Bizet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
6.
Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; France 
7.
Carnival of the animals: no 7, Aquarium by Camille Saint-Saëns
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; France 
8.
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a: no 7, Dance of the Reeds by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Russia 
9.
Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172: no 3 in D flat major, Lento placido by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849-1850; Weimar, Germany 
10.
Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air by Johann Sebastian Bach
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1729-1731; Leipzig, Germany 
11.
Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Christoph W. Gluck
Period: Classical 
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria 
12.
Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57 by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1844; Paris, France 
13.
Peer Gynt, Op. 23: no 13, Act 4 Prelude - Morning by Edvard Grieg
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875/1892; Norway 
14.
Divertimento for 2 Horns and Strings no 17 in D major, K 334 (320b): 3rd movement, Menuetto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical 
Written: 1779-1780; Salzburg, Austria 
15.
Madama Butterfly: Humming Chorus by Giacomo Puccini
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
16.
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208 "Hunt Cantata": Schafe können sicher weiden by Johann Sebastian Bach
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1713; Cöthen, Germany 

Sound Samples

Sheep may safely graze from Cantata No. 208 (arr. Marriner)
5 Lieder Op. 49 (arr. Truls Mørk): IV. Wiegenlied (Lullaby) (Scherer)
Lakmé (2002 Remastered Version): Duetto: Viens, Mallika (Lakmé/Mallika): Lakmé (2002 - Remaster): Duetto: Viens, Mallika (Lakmé/Mallika)
Serenade No. 13 in G Major "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" K.525, II. Romanze: Andante: Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G Major "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" K.525, II. Romanze: Andante
Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
Carmen: Entr'acte, Act 3 (Intermezzo)
The Swan (Le Cygne)
Le Carnaval des animaux, 'Carnival of the Animals': The Aquarium
The Nutcracker Op. 71, Divertissement: Dance of the Reed Flutes
Consolations S.172: III. Lento placido
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "On the G string": Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "On the G string"
Orfeo ed Euridice (1997 Remastered Version), Act II, Scene 2: Dance of the Blessed Spirits: Orfeo ed Euridice (1997 Digital Remaster), Act II, Scene 2: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Berceuse in D flat Op. 57
Peer Gynt: Prelude (Morning)
Divertimento No. 17 in D K334/K320b: Menuetto I
Madama Butterfly, Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa / Humming Chorus

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