Baby Needs Baroque

Gentle Baroque music to sooth your baby…

It’s never too early to enrich your baby’s environment with beautiful music that can stimulate brain development while it calms and comforts. Introduce your little one to the spiritually uplifting music of the Baroque with timeless favorites carefully chosen for young ears.

“Everyone Needs Baroque, truth be known. And now it’s Baby’s turn: the best music of the ages, Bach to Pachelbel and back, dependable as the mother heart — and perfect for any audience, from wide-eyed cherub to the new crooner in your nursery.

It’s OK if parents listen, too.” — John Stone, M.D. (Cardiologist and poet)

  1. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759): AIR from Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F [3:00] ~ Gerard Schwarz, conductor • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  2. ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741): LARGO from The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 4, “Winter” [2:14] ~ Elmar Oliveira, violin • Gerard Schwarz, conductor • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  3. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750): MENUET from Ouverture No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 [1:12] ~ Eugenia Zukerman, flute • The Shanghai Quartet: Weigang Li, violin; Yiwen Jiang, violin; Honggang Li, viola; James Wilson, cello • Anthony Newman, harpsichord
  4. JOHANN PACHELBEL (1653-1706): CANON IN D [4:26] ~ Brazilian Guitar Quartet: Paul Galbraith, Everton Gloeden, Edelton Gloeden, Tadeu Do Amaral
  5. GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767): ADAGIO from Concerto in D Major for Trumpet and Orchestra [2:12] ~ Gerard Schwarz, trumpet and conductor • New York Chamber Symphony
  6. J. S. BACH: LARGO from Sonata No. 3 for Violin, BWV 1005, arranged by Paul Galbraith [2:32] ~ Paul Galbraith, 8-string guitar
  7. J. S. BACH: ARIA from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 [5:11] ~ Carol Rosenberger, piano
  8. HANDEL: SARABANDE from Water Music, Suite in G [2:47] ~ Gerard Schwarz, conductor • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  9. HANDEL: LENTEMENT from Water Music, Suite in D [2:04] ~ Gerard Schwarz, conductor • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  10. J. S. BACH: POLONAISE from Ouverture No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 [3:05] ~ Eugenia Zukerman, flute • The Shanghai Quartet: Weigang Li, violin; Yiwen Jiang, violin; Honggang Li, viola; James Wilson, cello • Anthony Newman, harpsichord
  11. VIVALDI: ALLEGRO from The Four Seasons, Concerto No. 1, “Spring” [3:25] ~ Elmar Oliveira, violin • Gerard Schwarz, conductor • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  12. BACH: MENUETS 1 AND 2 from Partita No. 3 for Violin, BWV 1006, arranged by Paul Galbraith [2:44] ~ Paul Galbraith, 8-string guitar
  13. TELEMANN: LARGO from Trio Sonata in E-Flat [2:40] ~ Allan Vogel, oboe • Patricia Mabee/Nancy Sartain, harpsichords • Mark Chatfield, viola da gamba
  14. J. S. BACH: SINFONIA in E-Flat, BWV 791 [3:13] ~ Carol Rosenberger, piano
  15. J. S. BACH: SICILIANO from Sonata No. 1 for Violin, BWV 1001, arranged by Paul Galbraith [2:44] ~ Paul Galbraith, 8-string guitar
  16. J. S. BACH: MINUET, TRIO I, POLACCA, TRIO II from Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046 [7:34] ~ Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: William Purvis, Daniel Grabois, horns; Stephen Taylor, Randall Ellis, Mark Hill, oboes; Milan Turkovic, bassoon; Daniel Phillips, violino piccolo; Ani Kavafian, violin; Joseph Silverstein, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; Edgar Meyer, bass; John Gibbons, harpsichord
  17. GIUSEPPE TORELLI (1658-1709): ANDANTE from Sonata a cinque No. 1 in G [2:20] ~ Gerard Schwarz, trumpet and conductor • New York Chamber Symphony
  18. TELEMANN: ANDANTE from Sonata No. 4 in E Minor [2:36] ~ Jean-Pierre Rampal, Claudi Arimany, flutes
  19. J. S. BACH: LOURE from Partita No. 3 for Violin, BWV 1006, arranged by Paul Galbraith [1:30] ~ Paul Galbraith, 8-string guitar
  20. J. S. BACH: SARABANDE from French Suite No. 5 in G, BWV 816 [5:56] ~ Carol Rosenberger, piano
  21. HANDEL: ALLEGRO from Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F [4:14] ~ Gerard Schwarz, conductor • Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
  22. J. S. BACH: ADAGIO from Sonata in G Minor, BWV 1020 [3:09] ~ Allan Vogel, oboe • Patricia Mabee, harpsichord