The producers of Berlin Classics' Unfold Your Mind seem to have been of two minds about its program, since some of the selections are perfectly predictable relaxation fare, while others are unusual choices, to say the least. It's not extraordinary to find Bach's famous Air on the G String; the Andante from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan"; or Ravel's popular Pavane pour une infante défunte, because these pieces are so ubiquitous that their appearance on any chill-out album seems almost required by ...
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The producers of Berlin Classics' Unfold Your Mind seem to have been of two minds about its program, since some of the selections are perfectly predictable relaxation fare, while others are unusual choices, to say the least. It's not extraordinary to find Bach's famous Air on the G String; the Andante from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan"; or Ravel's popular Pavane pour une infante défunte, because these pieces are so ubiquitous that their appearance on any chill-out album seems almost required by law. Also a bit expected are Grieg's Notturno from the Lyric Suite and Sibelius' tone poem The Swan of Tuonela, both of which are less common than the aforementioned pieces, yet still found on many budget compilations. But for some reason, Berlin Classics appears to have had a tough time finding enough perennial favorites, and slipped in the three Cold Pieces for piano by Erik Satie, which are seldom included on such collections, and dipped into the symphonic repertoire to extract the...
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