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Beautiful Dreamer: Lullabies for All Ages

Beautiful Dreamer: Lullabies for All Ages

1995 Music
Ages: All Ages
Artist: Molly Conole
Artist: Nancy Waldman
CD Price: $15.99
Tape Price: $11.99
Review:
Side one on this aptly named collection of contemporary, classical and traditional songs ends with an exquisite performance of Bela Bartok's "For Children, vol. 1, no. 3," an instrumental with piano and soothing bird sounds. This unusual selection, Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer," an a capella "Mockingbird, A La Nanita" from Mexico and other carefully chosen pieces are musical balm for restless souls. Flutist Molly Conole's pure, silvery soprano perfectly complements keyboard artist Nancy Waldman's delicate, knowledgeable touch.
Lynne Heffley   ©1995 Parents' Choice
A long-time Parents' Choice music critic, Lynne was a staff writer for 25 years at the Los Angeles Times where she established and maintained the paper's first weekly children's arts and entertainment beat and was a general arts reporter. Now a freelance writer, Lynne works in the areas of non-profit communications, the arts and family entertainment (specializing in children's theater, music, audio books and book illustration). In her spare time, when she's not reading, Lynne is likely to be found strumming American Songbook standards and Tin Pan Alley novelty songs on one of her seven ukuleles.
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