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<h2>"Ninna nanna"</h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Composer: Alba Clemente, Massimo</h2><h2><br></h2><h2><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Splendor_In_The_Grass_%28Pink_Martini_album%29.jpg" alt="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Splendor_In_The_Grass_%28Pink_Martini_album%29.jpg"></h2><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Splendor in the Grass</em></strong> is the fourth full-length <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">album</a> from the band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Martini" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pink Martini</a>. It was released in October 27, 2009 on their own label <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heinz Records</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendor_in_the_Grass_(album)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a></p><p>The album is named after its third track, and features songs in five languages (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">English</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spanish</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Italian</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">French</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neapolitan_language" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Neapolitan</a>). Collaborators included <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Public_Radio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Public Radio</a> correspondent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Shapiro" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ari Shapiro</a> singing on the track "But Now I'm Back"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendor_in_the_Grass_(album)#cite_note-official-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sesame Street</a> performer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Delgado" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emilio Delgado</a> on a cover of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Raposo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Raposo</a>'s "Sing". Other covers included on the album are "Piensa en mí", written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agust%C3%ADn_Lara" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agustín Lara</a> and his sister Maria Teresa Lara for the 1948 film <em>Revancha</em>; "Tuca Tuca", originally performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaella_Carr%C3%A0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raffaella Carrà</a>; and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondog" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Moondog</a> song "New Amsterdam".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendor_in_the_Grass_(album)#cite_note-official-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a></p><h2>The album debuted at No. 45 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em> 200</a> and No. 10 on the Top Independent Albums chart with 12,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendor_in_the_Grass_(album)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a> The album was certified platinum in Greece.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendor_in_the_Grass_(album)#cite_note-Greece{{{artist}}}{{{title}}}albumCertRef-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a> In 2010. It was awarded a gold certification from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Music_Companies_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Independent Music Companies Association</a> which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendor_in_the_Grass_(album)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a></h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Personnel</h2><ul><li>Hugo Alfvén</li><li>Neil Anderson - Choir, Chorus</li><li>Jennifer Arnold - Viola</li><li>Phil Baker - Guitar, Sitar, Bass</li><li>John Bartley - Choir, Chorus</li><li>Joel Belgique - Viola</li><li>Christopher Benjamin - Choir, Chorus</li><li>Heather Blackburn - Cello</li><li>Gavin Bondy - Trumpet, Cornet, Alto Horn, Vocals, Piccolo Trumpet, Brass Arrangement</li><li>Joe Bozzi - Mastering</li><li>Karen Brooks - Toy Piano</li><li>João Canziani - Cover Photo</li><li>Pansy Chang - Cello</li><li>Julie Coleman - Violin</li><li>Nicholas Crosa - Violin</li><li>Brian Davis - Percussion</li><li>Emilio Delgado - Vocals</li><li>Daniel Dempsey - Choir, Chorus</li><li>Gregory Ewer - Violin</li><li>Joy Fabos - Violin</li><li>Dan Faehnle - Guitar</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Forbes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">China Forbes</a> - Vocals</li><li>Dave Friedlander - Engineer, Mixing</li><li>Paloma Griffin - Violin</li><li>Bernie Grundman - Mastering</li><li>Doree Jarboe - Direction</li><li>Timothy Jensen - Saxophone, Brass Arrangement, Saxophone Arrangement</li><li>Ben Landsverk - Group</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lauderdale" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thomas Lauderdale</a> - Piano, Producer, Photography</li><li>Maureen Love - Harp</li><li>Peter Murray - Photography</li><li>Timothy Nishimoto - Percussion, Vocals</li><li>Charles Noble - Viola</li><li>Derek Rieth - Percussion</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtney_Taylor-Taylor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Courtney Taylor-Taylor</a> - guitar on "Splendor in the Grass"</li><li>Salvador Tercero - Vocal Engineer</li><li>Chavela Vargas - Vocals</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mart%C3%ADn_Zarzar&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Martín Zarzar</a> - Percussion, Vocals, Brass Arrangement<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splendor_in_the_Grass_(album)#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a></li></ul><p><br></p>