Product Description

This collection of lullabies and night songs celebrates the magical world of a happy, sleepy child. Intended both to lull a child to sleep, as well as celebrate the happiness of the day, this charming collection will please adults as well as children. This volume originally was released in the early 1960s. Featuring both traditional classics such as Go Tell Aunt Rhody and Rock-A-Bye, Baby and the original compositions of Alec Wilder such as Windy Nights and The Crocodile, charming new arrangements of these tunes have been contributed by Gil Goldstein. The American soprano Heidi Grant Murphy is one of the outstanding vocal talents of her generation. Since being named winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council, she has gone on to a stellar career now entering its 20th year. She has appeared with many of the world's finest opera companies and symphony orchestras, and has been privileged with most of the notable conductors. As a mother herself, this project is close to Heidi's heart.

About the Artist

Heidi Grant Murphy is one of the outstanding vocal talents of her generation. A native of Bellingham, Washington, she began vocal studies while attending Western Washington and Indiana Universities. Her graduate studies were interrupted when she was named a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and engaged by Maestro James Levine to participate in the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. As of the 2009-2010 season, Ms. Murphy will have been part of the Metropolitan Opera roster for twenty years.

Ms. Murphy has appeared with many of the world's finest opera companies and symphony orchestras. She enjoys an active chamber music and recital career and has performed throughout the U.S. and in London and Salzburg as well as at the Ravinia, Tanglewood, Verbier and Edinburgh festivals. She has worked with such esteemed conductors as Roberto Abbado, Herbert Blomstedt, Christoph Eschenbach, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano, and Sir Simon Rattle, to name but a few.

Heidi Grant Murphy has been a featured guest on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, A&E's Breakfast with the Arts and BBC Radio 3. Ms. Murphy received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Western Washington University, where she pursued a bachelor's degree in music performance. Ms. Murphy resides in New York City with her husband and four children.