Lullabies

My dear one,

Nighttime is when I am most lonely. The silence in my apartment can be deafening, so I play music. All night long. Sometimes it might be the classics by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Johannes Brahms, J. S. Bach, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Other times it's the blissful sounds of Eric Whitacre, Arvo Pärt, and John Rutter. Ella Fitzgerald, João Gilberto, Chet Baker, and Eliane Elias serenade me often. Secret Garden, Libera, and Ludovico Einaudi receive their fair share of my attention as well. 

Indeed, my iTunes library is quite extensive. I offer you this small sampling:

Adele, Alison Krauss, The Andrews Sisters, Anonymous 4

Bela Fleck, Benny Goodman, Bill Evans, Bob Marley, Buckwheat Zydeco

The Cambridge Singers, The Carpenters, Celtic Woman, Chris Thile

Dean Martin, Dinah Washington, Dmitri Shostakovich, Duke Ellington

Edith Piaf, Edvard Grieg, Enrico Caruso, Esperanza Spalding

Felix Mendelssohn, Fernando Ortega, Frederic Chopin, Fritz Kreisler

Gil Shaham, Glenn Miller, Gretchen Parlato

Harry Connick Jr., Hayley Westenra, Hilliard Ensemble

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Itzhak Perlman

Jean-Pierre Rampal, Jeri Southern, John Barry, John Williams, Johnny Cash

Keith and Kristyn Getty, Kiri Te Kanawa, The Kronos Quartet

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Luciano Pavarotti

Michael Buble, Michala Petri, Midori, The Mills Brothers, Mumford & Sons

Nat King Cole, Nico Muhly, Nora Jones

Ola Gjeilo, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Owl City

Pat Boone, Paula Robison, Philip Glass, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

Quarteto Vivace Brasil, Quartetto Gelato

Rachel Portman, Ray Stevens, Renee Fleming, Roy Orbison

Sammy Davis Jr. The Seldom Scene, Sons of Korah, The Swingle Singers

Tallis Scholars, Tito Puente, Turtle Island Quartet

University of Utah Singers

Vanessa Carlton, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Wanda Jackson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Wynton Marsalis

Yael Naim, Yiruma, Yo-Yo Ma

Zaz, Zeca Baleiro 

Tonight I begin with a Billy Joel favorite, courtesy of The King's Singers...

What lullabies do you want me to sing to you, my dear one?

Waiting,
Me