Product Description

2005 NAPPA (National Parenting Publications Association) award winner, 'Dream the Ocean Blue: Musical Images for Bedtime' is a calming, gentle, and soothing musical experience that will help children transition into a relaxing and peaceful sleep. Inspired by the innocence, purity, and free spirit of children, the album is dedicated to children of all nations, worlds, and time. Each of the 19 tracks is accompanied by poems and vignettes written by the artist (except #4 and #14 which have accompanying lyrics) to give both parent and child a dreamy and blissful storytelling experience.

Track Listing

1. Timid Snowfall
2. Wandering in the Clouds on a Cloudy Day
3. Aquinah's Song
4. Sunshine Hair
5. Rosy Cheeks on a Fresh Winter Morning
6. Reflections Under Water
7. Land of Bells
8. A Walk at Dusk Through the Misty Forest at the End of the World
9. Stillness in a Drop of Water
10. Jaden's Song
11. Baby's Breath
12. Through These Eyes for the First Time
13. The Importance of a Proper Introduction
14. You and Me
15. A Horse's Prance to the Royal Wedding
16. Distant Dreams
17. Gentle Caress
18. Sailboating
19. Coda

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #211476 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-10
• Number of discs: 1

The John Wood Revue (www.kidzmusic.com-2005 Music Reviews from July through December)
"Gentle, drifting, peaceful, original piano pieces perfect for bedtime and as a musical backdrop for story time" —John Wood, Kidzmusic.com

VegetarianBaby.com, September 2005 (Review by Angela Elliot)
"...[Jennifer's] love for children and our precious planet comes through...love and warmth envelop me when I listen..."

Juno Magazine, Issue 7 Winter 2005 (Review by Emma Hiwaizi)
"...Not just for bedtime-I often play it in the morning when everyone's at school and I'm pottering around cleaning."

Customer Reviews

Timeless
Dream The Ocean Blue is both excellent and beautiful music and excellent and beautiful art. It contains two great vocal performances by Jennifer. The performances are: "You and Me" and "Sunshine Hair." These two songs hi-light and demonstrate Jennifer's unique voice as she expressively sings in cadence and harmony with the background piano. "You and Me" is a beautiful composition about enduring love and the hope for a life long relationship. "Sunshine Hair" is a story about how a child, from sunrise to night, is able to light-up our days. The remaining compositions are all excellent piano solos. With each of these classical music-based solos, Jennifer creates and paints spectacular and varied musical images ranging from snowfall to prancing horses. "Aquinah's Song" and "A Walk at Dusk through the Misty Forest at the End of the World" illustrates Jennifer's ability to compose music with heighten intensity, energy, and tempo. Dream the Ocean Blue mixes the beauty and timeless appeal of classical music with Jennifer's very unique and special vocal harmonies.

Beautiful
This children's album is a real jem. The songs are playful, peaceful, and beautful. We play it at bedtime, in the car and I love using it as a peaceful backdrop in the afternoon. I happily give it 5 stars. My husband, my kids and I all love it... something we parents really appreciate in a children's album!

A fabulous CD for kids, adults and dogs!
I love the caption on the back of the CD: "To Children of all nations, worlds, and time, may you always be surrounded by peace, grace, and abundance." This is one of the most profound loving statements I have ever read. Jennifer Yeung is a gorgeous pianist, and her love for children and our precious planet really comes through in her music. I feel a blanket of love and warmth envelop me when I listen to the CD.

Although this CD was artfully composed to lull little ones to sleep, I found myself drifting off to another time, another place. A magical misted wooded area with fairy folk dancing around wild mushrooms. This CD is a rare gem, each song is an adventure in dreamland. In this often chaotic world, it is nice to know that all of us, especially the children, have a safe and happy place waiting for them at bedtime. Lately, I've been leaving it on for my dogs. Its calming effect leaves them at peace and fully rested when I come home instead of anxious and frustrated.

All of the musical pieces are fabulous and written with a pure and loving heart, but here are my absolute favorites: Aquinah's Song, A Walk At Dusk Through The Misty Forest At The End Of The Day, and The Importance Of A Proper Introduction. I especially like the lyrics to The Importance Of A Proper Introduction: "First we start with just a handful of clouds. Then we add two teaspoons of stardust from our very own Milky Way. Oh careful there, just a smidgeon. And then we brew and brew and brew." "What are we making today Mama?" asks Phinneaus. "Well, quite frankly I don't know!" exclaims Mother, "But we soon shall see!" A gentle whiff of something delightful gathers at the tip of Phinneaus' nose. "Ooh" he croons like a small hummingbird. "It smells beautiful, just like you Mama."

Even if you don't have small children in your home, buy it for yourself to experience not only the love, but the chance to de-stress! --By Angela Elliot