Beautiful Dreamer (2000)

About this title: This album grew out of pianist Robin Spielberg's experience giving birth to her daughter Valerie. The baby was born prematurely andSpielberg was convinced that playing the piano during her pregnancy and by her incubator were major factors in contributing to the eventual well-being of her baby. The other event emanating from this birth experience was a heightened interest in music therapy. The songs on the play list were clearly selected to lull a baby, and parent, off to blissful sleep. Certainly Spielberg's tender playing is a major factor in achieving this objective. Some of these ... read more

Tracks:

1. Beautiful Dreamer [Foster]
2. Lullaby and Goodnight [Brahms]
3. The Inchworm [Loesser]
4. Lavender Blue [Morey/Daniel]
5. Sing [Raposo]
6. The Water Is Wide [Traditional]
7. Puff (The Magic Dragon) [Lipton/Yarrow]
8. Valerie [Spielberg]
9. Children's Medley: I'm a Little Teapot/Twinkle Twinkle Little Star [Kelly/Sanders/Tradi]
10. On Top of Old Smokey [Traditional]
11. Edelweiss [Rodgers/Hammerstein]
12. You Are So Beautiful [Preston/Fisher]
13. Still, Still, Still [Traditional]
14. Goodnight Irene [Leadbelly/Lomax]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.