Nightlight Daylight

PreS-Gr 5—This excellent double album is divided into two parts: soft, sweet songs for nighttime, and more lively, energetic songs for daytime. Twenty-three of these 30 songs are instrumental pieces, most composed by Anderson and performed by her on harp guitar; but she also covers a few songs by other songwriters, including Vince Gill, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Burt Bacharach, John Philip Sousa, George Harrison, and Stevie Wonder. A couple of string quartets and guitarist Phil Keaggy also perform on several of the songs. Five of the instrumental pieces have vocalizations of "oohs" and "aahs" in the background. On the final seven songs, Anderson sings the lyrics in her lovely alto voice. Some of the songs on the "Nightlight" disc are "Lullaby for Leo," "The Looking Glass," "Prayer Without Ceasing," "Hawaiian Lullaby" (with lyrics by Queen Lili'uokalani), "Prelude to Joy" (Beethoven), and "Sweet Child." On the "Daylight" disc, listeners are treated to "Here Comes the Sun," "Close to You," "Daylight," "Bluegrass Medley," "Superstition," "Bells of Lingenfeld," and more.