The Suspended Step Of The Stork

once heard, this music is haunting and calming together....for prayerful and meditative listening, this CD is all you need...nothing sissy, sweet, or sappy about this recording....music of the spheres.....

I can't quite put my finger on it, but E.K. may be somekind of sorceress of sound, and has devised a way tojust suck us in to her velvety, luscious clutches. :?)

Wonderful to just sit and feel healed by....

another most beautiful score by Eleni Karaindrou.

may be this work is not one of the best Eleni Karaindrou but it is still good enough to take you to the other worlds...

Eleni Karaindrou's music for the films of the great Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos are usually just variations on a theme (and the theme doesn't vary much). For fans of minimalist music her themes for "Ulysses' Gaze," "Landscape in the Mist" and "The Suspended Step of the Stork" ought to be in your collection. If you want to slip into a meditative state (or sleep) I suggest you turn to any of Karaindrou's soundtracks - you won't be let down. "The Suspended Step of the Stork" is a CD for rainy days when you're stuck inside. I imagine that if you set it on repeat you could stare at the rain dribbling down your window for hours. "The Suspended Step" is a notch below "Ulysses' Gaze" only because it lacks the stunning viola of Kim Kashkashian. However, it's still great music if you're in the right mood. In the end, though, it's perhaps music best heard with Angelopoulos' cinematic accompaniment.

Como toda la música de Eleni Karaindrou una obra maestra: inconfundible por ese aire greco-oriental que posee, con ecos de un mundo ya desaparecido, una música de compás tierno, suave, nostálgico y melancólico.