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Baroque for Beauty Sleep: Sweet Dreams for Beautiful Dreamers

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I commend the compilers for creating such a wonderful CD. The music is quite mellow, especially the pieces that are preformed by Zamfir, the famous panpipist. That whimsical woodwind gives a rustic, almost mythical feel the piece of music. You almost feel like you are in Arcadia awaiting a lecture by Chiron!

There is a good cross sampling of various Baroque pieces and Baroque artists. The variety is the spice that makes this CD worth buying and listening to over and over again. This CD also works well on shuffle, which remakes it into a brand new album.

There are a lot of oboes and string on this disc, and being a former oboist, I am electrified as I hear that instruments mellow honk!

Guys! Don't be put off by the cover-this is a good disc. Good for the mind, heart, and soul!

I don't know how to sum this one up. It is mellow, but you can't meditate to it. It's more upbeat than I would normally prefer to sleep to, but it works all the same. The music is performed so beautifully that I almost want to stay up and listen.

This CD is also good for reading to, because it is easy on the ears but won't put you to sleep.

I've been looking for some quiet collections for quiet reading or falling asleep that weren't new age schmaltzy or the same old collections of classical works. This CD hits the spot with restful and unique selections.

This album is from the popular series "Set Your Life To Music"
series. The theme for this one is "Baroque For Beauty Sleep" which seems to be a companion to "Baroque For Bathtime". Baroque music, especially the slower movements in many concertos, are exquisite nocturnal pieces that ease the transition from being awake to falling asleep. The beautiful, elegant, slow, graceful music of many of these pieces will definately relax you and even help you fall asleep. It's therapeutic. There are so many reasons one can buy this album. It can help you relax and soothe you, as already mentioned, and it can be played in the background of a message therapy session. It can serve as music for a romantic evening or dinner. And lastly, it hits the spot after a long day and you're ready to visit the world of dreams.

Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances, scored for lute and other Baroque period instruments, is the newest piece on the album. Respighi, a modern composer, was delving into neoclassic music and deliberately evoking the Baroque Era. It works wonderfully.
Naturally, no Baroque album is complete without Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Here is the Largo from "Winter" only it is played on panpipes by the New Age artist Zamfir. The sound is hauntingly beautiful. There is a sonata for flute and harp by Bach, the biggest name in the period and Vivaldi's "L'Estro Armonico" as well as Telemann's Suite in A for Recorder. One particular piece I enjoy and think you will too is the melodic and elegant Concerto Grosso No. 12 by Handel, the slow movement Larghetto E Piano. It is sheer tonal beauty. There is more concertos by Vivaldi, whose use of the flute is always very reflective and dreamy and even a solo aria from a motet of his, the soprano Elly Ameling sings "Nulla In Mundo Pax", a lyrical-coloratura showcase which crowns and concludes this gorgeous album.

Baroque is such a wide and wonderful musical discovery for us modern types. It is soothing and quieting to the soul, and in this case for the body as well.

Whether used as lullaby inducing or just listening pleasure and relaxation, this is nice collection. Including wide array of instruments: strings, flute, panpipes, oboe, flute, harp, guitar, recorder, piano, and voice --- this is truly enjoyable.

There is wide array of baroque composers as well --- Rephighi, Vivaldi, Bach, Albinoini, Telemann, and more.

Great price, great variety, great addition to your CD collection.

This is my favorite cd for winding down at the end of the day. Some nights, I just can't fall asleep unless I'm listening to this.

This music is perfect for bed time.
Beautiful classic music that lulls you to sleep.

Picked this up not for the playlist which is standard baroque highlights, but for some panpipe renditions that make you feel like you're in a Sergio Leone flick. Beautiful and something I've never come across, though then again, I did not know to look. The tempo is slowed down on most of these, so beware if you are the sort of person who says "I could never listen to classical music while driving because it puts me to sleep" then this will definitely put you to sleep. But if you are an active musical devotee, then you can probably make it through just fine. A lot of overlap with their other Baroque CD in this series, so get this one, its more special than the bathtub playlist.

I purchased this CD to play for my son while he sleeps. The first night I played it for him I started it while we were doing storytime and he got down from my lap and went to investigate where the music was coming from. He really seemed to enjoy the sound. Very please with this purchase. The length of the CD is 76+ minutes, so I put it on all repeat, and he gets a wide variety of soft soothing music through the night without too much repeat. Very satisfying.

I listen to this CD nearly every night as I am going to bed and I never get tired of the music. The choice of songs on this album is wonderful. You will be sure to wake up feeling refreshed!