Berlin Classics' Steps in Silence, an installment in the budget Moods series, is an album of Classical and Romantic favorites and aside from the CD's title, which strangely suggests the absence of music or sounds altogether, the program is a typical lineup of slow, subdued pieces and movements from longer works that are intended for relaxation or quiet background listening. With the exception of the obscure but pleasant Un poco adagio from the Sonata in D major by Camillo Schumann, all of the selections and their composers ...
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Berlin Classics' Steps in Silence, an installment in the budget Moods series, is an album of Classical and Romantic favorites and aside from the CD's title, which strangely suggests the absence of music or sounds altogether, the program is a typical lineup of slow, subdued pieces and movements from longer works that are intended for relaxation or quiet background listening. With the exception of the obscure but pleasant Un poco adagio from the Sonata in D major by Camillo Schumann, all of the selections and their composers are famous, so the only unexpected thing about this compilation is the inclusion of unusual arrangements of Franz Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat major, impressionistically scored for full orchestra, and Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, revamped for solo violin and orchestra. While one might expect such oddities on cost-cutter discs, some identification of the arrangements should have been noted on the outside of package, instead of being hidden in the booklet....
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Add this copy of Steps in Silence to cart. $16.73, new condition, Sold by Entertainment by Post - UK rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BRISTOL, SOUTH GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2007 by Berlin Classics.
