Where Dreams Begin - Music for Profound Sleep

Claude Debussy

2025-11-07
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Ma mère l'Oye, M. 60:I. Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Flute Concerto in G Minor, Op. 10 No. 2, RV 439 "La notte":V. Il sonno. Largo

Emmanuel Pahud, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti, Stephen Johns

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La boîte à joujoux, CD 136, L. 128:I. Prélude. Le sommeil de la boîte (Orch. Caplet)

Berliner Philharmoniker, ベルリン・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団, ベルリンフィルハーモニーカンゲンガクダン, Majella Stockhausen, マイエラ・シュトックハウゼン=リーゲルバウアー, Sir Simon Rattle, サイモン・ラトル

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Orphée aux enfers, Act 2:Entr'acte et chœur du sommeil. "Dormons, dormons !" (Chœur)

Chœur du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson, Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

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Violin Sonata, Op. 5 No. 12 "Psyché":V. Du sommeil. Largo e piano

Alain Lanceron, Alessandra Galleron, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Nicolas Bartholomee

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Dormant

Boston Camerata, Joël Cohen

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Alcyone, Act 4:Symphonie du sommeil

Daniel Zalay, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Madeleine Sola, Marc Minkowski

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Suíte infantil No. 1, W053:II. Nenê vai dormir

Didier Jean, Georges Pludermacher, Ysabelle Van Wersch-Cot

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Schlaflied, Op. 24 No. 2, D. 527

Gerald Moore, Janet Baker

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Schlaf in deiner engen Kammer, Hob. XXXIb:9 (German Version of Welsh Folksong "Ar Hyd Y Nos")

Christfried Bickenbach, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Eduard Drolc, Fritz Ganss, Gerald Moore, Irmgard Poppen, Victoria de los Angeles

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15 Volkskinderlieder, WoO 31:No. 4, Sandmännchen (Orch. Mackerras)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Walter Legge

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Falstaff, Op. 68:No. 12, He Is Asleep and Snoring

Andrew Keener, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

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First Book of Songs:No. 20, Come, Heavy Sleep

Boston Camerata, Jacques Doll, Joël Cohen, Ysabelle Van Wersch-Cot

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Sonette Lieder:No. 9, An den Schlaf

Aribert Reimann, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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Nisi Dominus, HWV 238:III. Cum dederit dilectis suis somnum

Andrew Parrott, David R. Murray, Margaret Cable, Mike Clements, Taverner Players

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Canzoniere, Op. 17:No. 30, Preghiera. "Quando a letto vo' la sera"

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gerald Moore, Walter Legge

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La courte paille, FP 178:No. 1, Le sommeil

Dalton Baldwin, Elly Ameling, Eric Macleod, Paul Vavasseur

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Ercole amante, Act 2, Scene 6:"Dormi, dormi o Sonno" (Coro)

English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra, English Bach Festival Chorus, Luciano Sgrizzi, Michel Corboz, Michel Garcin, Pierre Lavoix

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5 Canciones negras:No. 4, Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Victor Olof, Victoria de los Angeles

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Métaboles:IV. Torpide

Michel Plasson, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

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L'Orfeo, Act 3:"Dormite, begl'occhi, dormite" (Coro)

Lorenza Donadini, Caterina Iora, Alice Rossi, Isabella Hess, I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis

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Dormi, Jesu (Transc. Hennequin for Soprano & Guitar)

Roxane Macaudière, Thibaut Hennequin

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Roméo et Juliette, Act 5:Le sommeil de Juliette

Peter Andry, Ronald Kinloch Anderson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham

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Orff-Schulwerk:Weihnachtsgeschichte: XIII. Dormi Jesu

Christfried Bickenbach, Collegium Pro Musica Innsbruck, Die Oberammergauer Hirtenbuben, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Tölzer Knabenchor, Wolfgang Gülich

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Care-Charming Sleep (For Fletcher's "Valentinian")

Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Anthony Rooley

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Dardanus, Act 4:Sommeil. Rondeau tendre

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Act 2:"Oblivion soave" (Arnalta)

Philippe Jaroussky, L'Arpeggiata, Christina Pluhar

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Ouverture-Suite for 3 Oboes in C Major, TWV 55:C6: V. Sommeille

Concentus Musicus Wien, Heinrich J. Weritz, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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7 Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok, Op. 127:No. 4, The City Sleeps

Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya, Ulf Hoelscher, Vasso Devetzi

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Poèmes intimes:No. 4, Tu dors

Alain Lombard, Colette Herzog, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg

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3 Songs, Op. 10:No. 2, Sleep Now

Antoine Palloc, Jennifer Larmore

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5 Elizabethan Songs:No. 4, Sleep

Jonathan Allen, Ian Bostridge, John Fraser, Julius Drake

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Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2, Op. 43:Prélude. Ariane dort

David Groves, Georges Prêtre, John Kurlander, Orchestre National de France

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, Act 2:"On the Ground, Sleep Sound" (Fairies)

Andrew Keener, City of London Sinfonia, Mark Vigars, Richard Hickox, Trinity Boys' Choir

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Love in Spring-Time:No. 3, Young Love Lies Sleeping

Anna Leese, Graham Johnson, John Fraser

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By the Sleepy Lagoon

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

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La sonnambula, Act 2:"Ah! Non credea mirarti" (Amina)

Alceo Galliera, Geraint Jones, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Legge

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Les rêves de Jacob, Op. 294:I. L'oreiller de Jacob

Daniel Raclot, Jacques Prat, Jean-Baptiste Brunier, Jean-Louis Capezzali, Jean-Marc Loisel, Madeleine Sola

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Upon a Quiet Conscience, Z. 184 "Close Thine Eyes and Sleep Secure"

Lynne Dawson, Peter Harvey, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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Gavotte

Gerald Moore, Janet Baker

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Suite from Les enfants terribles:II. The Somnambulist

Giorgia Tomassi, Carlo Maria Griguoli, Alessandro Stella

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Il secondo libro de madrigali a quatro voci:No. 5, O sonno

Paul Hillier, Simon Rhodes, Simon Woods, The Hilliard Ensemble

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Schlaf wohl, du Himmelsknabe du (From Geistliche Volkslieder, WoO VI/14)

Diana Damrau, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Richard Whilds

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6 Choruses, Op. 53:No. 6, Before Sleep

Baccholian Singers of London, English Chamber Orchestra, John Willan

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The Sleeping Princess

Galina Vishnevskaya, Mstislav Rostropovich

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Rocking Carol. "Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep"

Brian Culverhouse, Clare College Singers, Jeremy Blandford, John Rutter, Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge, Roger Garland

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Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50, Pt. 2:No. 17, Schlaf' nun und ruhe in Träumen voll Duft

Chor des städtischen Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Edda Moser, Henryk Czyż

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Persée, LWV 60, Act 3:"Ô tranquille sommeil" (Mercure)

Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Patrick Fournillier, Rockwell Blake

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Psyché, Act 2:"Non, ne la suivons pas" - Romance. "Sommeil, ami des dieux" (Éros)

Marianne Crebassa, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Marc Minkowski

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Suite d'orchestre No. 3 "Scènes dramatiques":II. Mélodrame - Le sommeil de Desdémone

John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo

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Dormi Jesu "The Virgin’s Cradle Hymn"

Benjamin Bayl, King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury

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Questo silenzio ombroso:III. Duetto. "Or mentre io dormo"

Michel Pierre, Sandrine Piau, Gerard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale, Michel Bernard

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Schlafe, mein Kind!

Elisabeth Schumann, Unknown Orchestra, Walter Goehr

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Egmont, Op. 84:VIII. Süsser Schlaf

Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Sylvia McNair, Will Quadflieg

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Psyché, FWV 47, Pt. 1:Le sommeil de Psyché

Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Paul Strauss

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The First Booke of Ayres:No. 18, Sleep, Slumb'ring Eyes

Eugen Dombois, Nigel Rogers, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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5 Tango Sensations:No. 1, Asleep

Alban Berg Quartett, Johann-Nikolaus Matthes, Per Arne Glorvigen

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Phidylé

Barbara Hendricks, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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3 Auden Songs:No. 3, Lay Your Sleeping Head, My Love

Jonathan Allen, Jorn Pedersen, Stephen Frost, Tony Harrison, Ian Bostridge, Julius Drake, John Fraser

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Cradle Song

Alexandre Labinsky, Boris Christoff

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Siesta

NORTHERN SINFONIA OF ENGLAND, Richard Hickox

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Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 2:No. 19, Aria. "Schlafe, mein Liebster"

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Elisabeth von Magnus, Ton Koopman

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Turangalîla-Symphonie:VI. Jardin du sommeil d'amour

Berliner Philharmoniker, Dominique Kim, Eberhard Sengpiel, Kent Nagano, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tobias Lehmann

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Psyché

Ana Higueras, Charles Dutoit, Charles Dutoit Ensemble