Andreas Vollenweider - Book of Roses (1991) IMPORT Vinyl •PLAY-GRADED•

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Catalog Number: 468827-1

CONDITION DETAILS EUROPEAN IMPORT. Vinyl plays nicely (play-tested). Cover looks great; very light scuffing center bottom (front and back). Inner sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is unbroken, clean, and easy-to-read with one tiny wear mark near top. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; top edge has text. Opening is crisp with signs of light-use. (Not a cut-out.)

ABOUT THE RECORD Book of Roses, a New Age album by Andreas Vollenweider, marries concept to contemporary instrumentalism, and blends the music of numerous cultures into the composer's already worldly sound. Separated into four chapters (where each song is an "episode"), the album chronicles the journey of a young girl from dances in grand ballrooms, through mysterious woods full of magical jugglers, to an eventual meeting with the Sphinx. In between there are numerous other adventures, each punctuated by some of the most ambitious music of Vollenweider's career. His trademark electric harp is still here, and the flair for sweeping arrangement is intact. But the straightforward pop-jazz of In Doga Gamee (complete with lyrics) suggests Soul Cages-era Sting, while In the Woods of Kroandal marries a romantic classical swell to flamenco guitar and nature sounds. Fans of the composer's early, more ethereal work might be a little put off by Book of Roses worldbeat flair and pop leanings. But they will no doubt enjoy the album's more thematic elements, which cleverly tie its various sections and sounds together with the turning pages of a book. Likewise, the finale, Letters to a Young Rose, is classic Vollenweider, matching his modified harp to a shuffling accordion as it moves through various moods and tempos. Book of Roses isn't recommended for the casual Vollenweider fan, but it's a must-read for the faithful.
(allmusic.com)

TRACK LISTING Chapter One La Strega (Her Journey To The Grand Ball) The Grand Ball Of The Duljas Morning At The Boma Park The Five Curtains Book Of Roses In Doga Gamee Passage To Promise Chapter Two In The Woods Of Kroandal Jugglers In Obsidian Chapter Three Chanson De L'Heure Bleue Czippa And The Ursanian Girl The Birds Of Tilmun Hirzel Chapter Four Jours D'Amour Manto's Arrow And The Sphinx Letters To A Young Rose

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