Customer Reviews

Mediterranean Lullaby

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I was looking for a lullaby cd that wasn't "kid's music" and that would reflect my baby's Meditteranean heritage. This cd is so beautiful some of the songs bring tears to my eyes. I listen to it every night, and will do so when my baby arrives. I can't recommend this cd enough.

this album became an immediate hit with myself and my 3-month old son. we have all of the other ellipsis arts lullaby CDs and this new one is our current favorite. definitely lullabies for all, not "kids music." we like to listen to real music from around the world, and this is some of the best we've found anywhere. LOVE IT!!

The editorial reviews underline the gentleness of this cd, and that point cannot be overemphasized; too many so called lullaby cd's are really rousing happy versions of children's songs. But this music is wonderful, reflective, and very rooted in Mediterranean cultures. I feel as though grandmothers and grandfathers from each village are crooning their beautiful emotional songs to me & baby. This is the cd I put on every single night for the past 4 months while I breastfeed my baby to sleep. In the beginning, I would get so emotionally drawn into the music (combined with post-partum emotionality) that I would cry through the songs - especially tracks 5, 7 and 9; so beautiful! The liner notes make it easy to sing the syllables to these foreign languages. I'd say only one song approaches a slightly rousing lilting quality, but it's track 3, early on the cd, and it's still gently sung. I don't care much for track 10, the womens' voices are a little too shrill for my taste. The guitar pieces are all lovely. There's a sweet 'au clair de la lune' with the singer's young daughter providing a cute whispery high soprano. Two tracks are sung by male vocalists and are very droning and sleep inducing, I imagine the grandfathers softly crooning in old rocking chairs. It's really a cd you can float into, and away towards slumber.

This is a wonderful CD, my baby enjoys it as much as I do. The songs are soothing and melodic. The selection of songs from countries around the Meditterranean is great. I memorised some of them even though I don't know the language, I sing them to my little one when we are not home or simply when I want a peaceful and intimate moment with her. I recommend this CD very much.

I bought this CD for my daughter(3). What beautiful music. I have grown quite fond of listening to it myself. I highly recommend this compact disc, especially if you are tired of listening to the same old Disney/Sesame Street stuff. It is quite a refreshing change.

I'm so glad I registered for this CD! Its SO beautiful!

What a lovely CD. We listen to it during quiet time, or just when we want to slow things down a bit. We like it because, quite simply, it's just beautiful music.

I bought this CD for my daughter to help her relax when I lay her down. And so far it has done the job. I especially like the mix of music from around the mediterranean, the songs come from a variety of countries including Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Lebanon, Israel, and Catalonia. All the songs are beautiful and calming. Basically a wonderful CD.

I've sent copies to my nephews ages 16 months and 4 years. But I love listening to it myself, and I'm much older. There's an authenticity and sincerity, an emotional depth to this music missing from most commercial fare for children of all ages. This is music for turning the mind around, away from world's daily hustle and bustle toward introspection and longing ... Leonardo called dreaming the most important thing to teach children, and music like this will help beautifully.

This CD is so mellow I have trouble falling asleep, myself, when putting my 2 year old to bed! Most of the other lullaby CDs we own have one abrasive cut included (usually about 3/4 the way through, just when you think the little one is ALMOST asleep) which interrupt the soothing mood. For example: the Linda Ronstadt lullabies are terrific...but did she really need to put that "Rock Me!!" cut in there...boom, boom, boom, boom?) Anyway, other than two mandolin cuts which are a tiny bit irritating, the Mediterranean Lullaby CD is great, through and through. Nighty-night!