Award-winning pianist Fred Hersch plays 15 luxuriously gentle and lyrical selections to relax and soothe the senses. The CD features compositions from Hersch as well as Debussy, Mozart, Bach, and Gershwin. The accompanying leaflet features tips and resources for caregivers.
A Message from Fred Hersch:
I am truly gratified that a very personal project that began as a simple expression of my love for two wonderful children may now have a positive impact beyond my immediate circle of family and friends. I sincerely hope that the music touches you and the ones you love.
A pianist and composer whose work has received nearly universal acclaim in a career spanning over twenty years, Fred Hersch is among the foremost artists in the world of jazz today. Described as "a master who plays it his way" by The New York Times, "a poet of a pianist" by The New Yorker and "one of the small handful of brilliant musicians of his generation" by Downbeat. Hersch has released eighteen albums as a solo artist or bandleader, two of which were nominated for Grammy awards for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance; he has co-led another twenty albums and has appeared as sideman or featured soloist on over eighty further recordings. In addition, Hersch was awarded a 2003 Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in Music Composition.
Hersch was the subject of a TV feature profile on CBS Sunday Morning with Dr. Billy Taylor and has been featured on such popular National Public Radio programs as Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Jazz From Lincoln Center, and Jazz Set. Hersch has twice been Marian McPartland's guest on her long-running NPR series, Piano Jazz. He is the recipient of grants from The National Endowment for the Arts and Meet the Composer.
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Tracks:
1. A Child's Song (Hersch)
2. Lullabye (Hersch)
3. Traumerei (Schumann)
4. From Foreign Lands and Peoples (Schumann)
5. The Poet Speaks (Schumann)
6. Medley: Black is the Color, Theme from Spartacus (Traditional, North)
7. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
8. A Child is Born (Jones)
9. Sonata in F minor (Scarlatti)
10. Andante in G (Mozart)
11. Aria from The Goldberg Variations (Bach)
12. Embraceable You (Gershwin)
13. Somewhere (Bernstein)
14. Shenandoah (Traditional)
15. Intermezzo, Op. 118 #2 (Brahms)
