Best selling classical music album of all time. Originally written as a lullaby (this is highly disputed). I’ve listened to this nearly every day since I was 18. The voice leading is almost supernatural. There is an argument amongst (highly autistic) classical music fans as to whether the 1955 or 1980 recording by Gould is better. Clearly the answer is the 1955 version that contains all of Gould’s childlike glee (it was his first recording in America) and trademark humming. The 1980 version sounds like an old man trying to revisit his youth; it sounds like an old man close to death, much too clean. I like this piece of music.
