Track Listing

1. In The Arms Of Love
2. Sea Of Tranquility
3. When I Close My Eyes
4. Dreaming On The Starlight Train
5. Ode 2 The Morning Star
6. Twilight Rain
7. Querencia
8. A Secret Garden
9. Caminar Solo
10. Quiet Dawn
11. Soft Blue Spiral: The Lull Of Falling Waters
12. The Music Box: Dreaming Next 2 U
13. Waves Of Sound (4 Captain Eno)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #60418 in Music
• Released on: 2002-08-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

From Amazon.com
In this disc's press notes, guitarist Ottmar Liebert explains that he created In the Arms of Love as an antidote to both a clamorous world and its accompanying music. The latter, he finds, "is not always very nice." He also notes that selections found on this recording (subtitle: Lullabies 4 Children and Adults) will likely never be performed in concert. "I might fall asleep, too," he says, "and what then?" Give Liebert high marks for candor and a modest grade for the slow-go music on In the Arms of Love. The disc's 13 tracks (66 minutes' worth) are solo guitar selections for grown-ups (with minimal embellishments) that elicit a tempo-free state of reflection and calm, though some listeners may find the music's repetitive inclinations and occasional plaintive digressions less than rapturous. But approach this disc with a sleepyhead's fading attentiveness, and several of Liebert's blown kisses, such as "Querencia," "Sea of Tranquility," "Ode 2 the Morning Star" and "A Secret Garden," can blossom into dreamy delights. Anyone seeking serious nod-out music might want to consider a vintage electronic gem, And the Stars Go with You from keyboardist Jonn Serrie. --Terry Wood