Walking Through Clouds - Bernward Koch   List Price: $14.95 An hour of instrumental melodies for complete relaxation. Koch's piano work is accented by flute, guitar and light percussion, making this a reflective, relaxing and sentimental collection of new age music.

Reviews
" Bernward Koch's signature mix of intricate compositions and flowing piano technique appears once more on Walking through Clouds. Koch's sparkling piano work is accented by flute, guitar and understated percussion, making this a reflective, relaxing and sentimental collection of contemporary instrumental music."

- Heather Phares, All Music Guide


"This is Koch’s third effort with Real Music and much like its predecessors it avoids the obvious pitfalls of the commercial aspects of this genre. Restrained and calm, Bernward’s piano plays the lead throughout the album, though he is significantly complimented by the flighty flute work of Christiane Boehm. No better place than the regal and graceful opening track “Touched By Love” or “The Silver Veil” revealed later in the album.

However, Koch does not hesitate to play it solo as found on the slower paced lullaby “Childhood Hour” or even the more optimistic “Flight Being”. The latter includes some nice light unobtrusive string embellishments. Speaking of embellishments, Christoph Koch adds sprinkles of percussion and a glimmer of acoustic guitar on “Following Stars” and “Simply Great”. Okay, the very light drum machine on the latter sounds very mechanical but it still remains entrenched within the boundaries of the album; to lift you up and allow you to rest your head on a soft pillow of white fluffy clouds."

- Michael Debbage, Solo Piano Publications