Beethoven at Bedtime: A Gentle Prelude to Sleep

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Colin Davis (Conductor), Edo de Waart (Conductor), Frans Brüggen (Conductor), Kurt Masur (Conductor), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Orchestra), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), New Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra), Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century (Orchestra), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Orchestra), Bella Davidovich (Performer), Claudio Arrau (Performer), Stephen Bishop Kovacevich (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Bella Davidovich, Claudio Arrau, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich
• Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Conductor: Colin Davis, Edo de Waart, Frans Brüggen, Kurt Masur
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
• Audio CD (April 11, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B0000041CN
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,524 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #5 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Short Forms > Bagatelles
  • #9 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Preludes
  • #10 in Music > Classical > Chamber Music > Quartets

Track Listings

1. A Gentle Prelude to Sleep: Symphony No. 2 In D - Larghetto

2. A Gentle Prelude to Sleep: Romance No. 2 In F

3. A Gentle Prelude to Sleep: 'Emperor' Concerto - Adagio un poco mosso

4. A Gentle Prelude to Sleep: 'Pastoral' Symphony - Scene By The Brook

5. A Gentle Prelude to Sleep: 'Pathetique' Sonata - Adagio cantabile

6. A Gentle Prelude to Sleep: String Quartet No. 13 In B-Flat - Cavatina

7. A Gentle Prelude to Sleep: Fur Elise

8. A Gentle Prelude to Sleep: Violin Concerto In D - Larghetto

9. A Gentle Prelude to Sleep: 'Moonlight' Sonata - Adagio sostenuto

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 11-APR-1995

Customer Reviews

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD is simply wonderful!, September 30, 1998

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This review is from: Beethoven at Bedtime: A Gentle Prelude to Sleep (Audio CD)

It takes you places you've never been, and once you start lisening, every bit of stress just floats away. I've bought it twice, but have given it away to loved ones because it's so beautiful. I'm now about to buy it for the third time. Bravo, Beethoven!

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not meant for bedtime, September 1, 2003

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The music on this CD is beautiful, but it is not quite right for bedtime. I had my little girl all snuggled in and just as she would start to get sleepy, the music would get very loud and then go soft again awaking her. We did this about 5 times thinking it would get better, before I finally turned it off. I plan to use it in the car instead.

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beethoven Soothes the Soul, August 20, 2000

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I think Beethoven was a masterful composer when it came to the adagios and more peaceful movements. He is quite good at creating an atmosphere of tranquility and meditation. This is a bit unusual considering Beethoven had a stormy and distressed life. How can a tempestuous deaf man.. DEAF man, create such beautiful melodies ? He was as gifted in music as the child prodigy Mozart. Beethoven's slow movements from his symphonies, violin music (quartets and concerto) and the lovely Moonlight and Pathetique sonatas, reflect the eye of a storm. They are soft and soothing.. if you're under stress.. this music can help you out. Or if you want to relax, read a book, vegetate or sleep, this music is a brilliant prelude, in the same way that Brahms does with his Lullaby or Mozart with his slow Romanzas, Adagios and Andante or same way Mahler did in the Adagietto of his 5th symphony. I highly recommend this excellent and inexpensive cd. Don't let these series fool you. The colors and the pictures may appear silly and unproffesional but the music is great. Buy others in the series.. the Mozart in the Morning, Brahms for Book Lovers, etc. The orchestras are marvelous. The English Chamber Orchestra are virtuosic in Baroque music and Sir Neville Marriner appears in many of these cd's, conducting the St. Martin'n- the best interpretors of Mozart music as any music lover would agree. Viva Ludwig van Beethoven ! A composer full of passion and soul and let him soothe your soul with his brilliant music.