▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▓█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▄███▓▀████▓▄ ▀▀ ▄▄▄▓▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▓▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█▓ ▓ ▓████ ████▓▓▄███▓▀████▓▄ ▄▄█████▓▓ ▓ ░ ▀████▄ ▀▀ █████ ▀▓████▓ ▄██▓▀ ▓████▓ ░ ▄ ▀▀▓▀▀███▓▄▀████▄ ▀▀ ▓███ ▓████ ▄ ███▓▓ ▀▀▓▀▀███▓▄ ████ ▄█▓████ ░ ▓███▓ ███▓▓ █████▀▀███▓▄ ░ ▓█ ▄███▀▓ ▓███▓▓████▓ ███▓▓ ▓ ▓██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄██▀▀ ▄░▄▄▄▄░ ▄███▀▓ ▄██▓▓▓▄ ▄░███▓▓ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▓ ▄■░▀▀ ▄▄██▀▀ ░ ▓████░ ▀ ▄■░▀▀ ▄██▓▀▓ ▄██▀▀ ░ ▄■░▀▀ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ VA - Brahms at Bedtime │ └─┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─┘ │ │ │ ARIST...[ VA ] │ │ TITLE...[ Brahms at Bedtime ] │ │ GENRE...[ Classical ] │ │ DATE....[ 05.06.2002 ] │ │ SOURCE..[ CDDA ] │ │ LABEL...[ Philips ] │ │ ENCODER.[ Lame 3.92 MMX ] │ │ GRABBER.[ EAC 0.9 Beta 3 ] │ │ QUALITY.[ 192kps / 44.1z ] │ │ MODE....[ Full Stereo ] │ │ SIZE....[ 87,6 MB ] │ │ TIME....[ 63:48 min ] │ │ TRACKS..[ 14 ] │ │ │ ┌─┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─┐ ││█▓░ TRACK LIST │ └─┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─┘ │ │ │ [ 01 Lullaby 02:41 ] │ │ [ 02 Piano Concerto in B-Flat 06:13 ] │ │ [ 03 Violin Concerto in D 09:31 ] │ │ [ 04 'double' Concerto in A Minor 07:36 ] │ │ [ 05 Clarinet Quintet in B Minor 05:06 ] │ │ [ 06 Piano Quartet in C Minor 09:59 ] │ │ [ 07 As Melodies Were Passing by 02:14 ] │ │ [ 08 Sonata in D Minor 04:15 ] │ │ [ 09 Piano Trio in C Minor 01:58 ] │ │ [ 10 Intermezzo No. 1 in E-Flat 04:54 ] │ │ [ 11 Fantasy No. 4 in E 03:54 ] │ │ [ 12 Variations & Fugue on A Theme by Handel-Variation V 01:20 ] │ │ [ 13 Waltz No. 15 in A-Flat 01:31 ] │ │ [ 14 Lullaby (Reprise) 02:36 ] │ │ │ ┌─┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─┐ ││█▓░ RELEASE NOTES │ └─┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─┘ │ │ │ For years young mothers have rocked their babies to sleep while │ │ singing this enchanting "Lullaby" that Brahms (rhymes with bronze) │ │ wrote over a century ago. │ │ │ │ Brahms at Bedtime begins (and ends) with this tender song, played │ │ here on the cello. In between you'll be gently cradled by graceful, │ │ dreamy night pieces that set the mood for sleep and sweet dreams. │ │ Brahms music is full of beautiful lullabies and love songs. His │ │ greatest inspirations came to him as songs, weather they ended up in │ │ orchestral works (symphonies or concertos) or as chamber music for a │ │ small group of instrumentalists (sonatas, trios, quartets and │ │ quintets). │ │ │ │ The songs heard here reveal the secret springs of his emotional │ │ life. They have a peaceful depth and intensity of feeling -- a │ │ yearning for love and tenerness -- that is found nowhere else in his │ │ music. │ │ │ │ The main theme from the slow movement of this Second Piano Concerto │ │ [track 2] - introduced by the cello - is baed on a sad love song - │ │ "Ever Gentler Grows My Slumber." The "Adagio" from the Violin │ │ Concerto [track 3] has the soloist spinning rapt, twilight dreams, │ │ while the "Adante" from the "Double" Concerto [track 4] is a gentle │ │ love duet between lovers so in synch with each other that they speak │ │ as one (portrayed here by the violin and cello). │ │ │ │ In the intimate moments of the slow movements from his chamber music │ │ Brahms reveals his warm heart, gentle soul and heartbreaking pain. │ │ The pain came from unconsummated love affirs with the beautiful │ │ singers: Agathe von Seibold, Elisabeth von Herzogenburg and Hermine │ │ Spies. But this greatest love was Clara Schumann, the │ │ pianist/composer wife of Robert Schumann, who introduced the young │ │ Brahms to Vienna. Brahns forged a life-long self-sacraficing │ │ friendship with Clara which he immortalized in his music. │ │ │ │ The Clarinet Quintent [track 5] - writen shortly before he died - │ │ has an autumnal beauty, a quiet resignation and, at the same time, │ │ joy in a life well lived. The slow movement heard here has some of │ │ the greatest music that Brahms ever wrote. There is something │ │ melancholy in the sound of the clarinet. Brahms enhances the │ │ intimacy by softening the sound of the strings with mutes (devices │ │ that make the instruments sound like they are whispering their │ │ innermost thoughts into your ear.) The effect is sheer magic...a │ │ love song you'll never forget. │ │ │ │ Brahms' late piano pieces reveal the innermost depths of his soul. │ │ His "Fantasies" and "Intermezzi" [tracks 10 & 11] are very intimate: │ │ by turns thoughtful, reflective, dreamy, resigned, and elegiac...the │ │ perfect soundtrack to bring on sleep. These qualities were also in │ │ Brahms' earlier music, as you'll hear in th ever popular "Waltz" │ │ [track 13] and the song-like variation from his "Variations and │ │ Fugue on a Theme by Handel" [track 12]. │ │ │ │ Our sleepytime serenade ends as it began - with the beloved │ │ "Lullaby." So grab your pillow, pull up the covers, put out the │ │ lights and zzzzzzzzzzz..... │ │ │ ┌─┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴─┐ ││█▓░ GROUP INFORMATION │ └─┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬─┘ │ │ │ Music is our life. │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SMOOTH STEEL RELEASE (c) 1998-2002 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘