Nightingale

Sarah Swersey | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 1, 2002)
• Original Release Date: December 1, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sassy Sounds
• ASIN: B000086G1C
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #545,965 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soothing, for babies AND parents, December 11, 2003

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Mac's Daddy (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nightingale (Audio CD)

The music on this disc is absolutely beautiful. Very peaceful and soothing. We started playing it for our newborn at bedtime from day one. She loves it...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Ethereal Journey into Sleep, March 17, 2004

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nightingale (Audio CD)

When you come across music as enchanting as "Sarah Swersey's Nightingale" it becomes increasingly difficult to describe the sheer electricity and vibration of this soul-lifting sound. Solo flute reaches new levels of creativity in the hands of Sarah Swersey. Not only will this music lull you to sleep or enhance your yoga practise, it surrounds you in a comforting blanket of long-forgotten memories.

Sarah began playing at the early age of 9 and then later earned her master's degree at Yale University School of Music. She has toured the United States, Soviet Union and Europe with the American Soviet Youth Orchestra. She also spent years as principal flutists with Oruesta Sinfonica de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Since her return to her native New York, she has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Her music has been featured in Yoga Journal and Body & Soul.

She is also a trained and accredited Kripalu Yoga Teacher and her music does speak of the inward journey. She seems to excel at spontaneous expression and when she leaves the cage of sheet music at home, her true inner beauty is set free in spellbinding sounds.

It is as if you are being called by a dancing spirit winding its way into a mountainous region where the notes echo in the most mysterious of ways. Or perhaps it is a magical nightingale singing sweetly to you as you remember moments of your childhood when you felt safe and nurtured as you fell into a contented sleep. These are the dreams of babies or the fulfilled longings of the soul. Either way, this music will take you back to the most peaceful place in your life.

"Sounds echoing off walls of caves in the distance" explains the haunting quality, but doesn't even explain the sweet innocence and heart stirring elements of Sarah's playing. Then, there are elements of wistfulness, a lingering and delicate ambiance and mesmerizing elements that will lead you to a state of complete peace.

A number of tracks in this collection are improvised lullabies based on cultural favorites. This collection is haunting, calming, beautiful and inspired! A must-have CD for your relaxation collection. Sarah Swersey's music frees the heart.

~The Rebecca Review

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mesmerizing, haunting..., February 20, 2004

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V. Heimerich (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nightingale (Audio CD)

...soothing, soulful, devastatingly personal, and a thousand other descriptions that don't quite capture the effect of this deceptively simple music. This incredible CD could be used as medicine for anyone with high blood pressure or anxiety.