The Storyteller (Best Of)

A musical journey with a special BEST OF collection with songs from almost all of the historic albums, selected by Andreas. Songs, which are particularly refering to Andreas' speciality: musical storytelling.
The CD comes with a bonus DVD containing excerpts of historic concerts and background information.

International release (except USA&Canada): November 2005, only on EDEL RECORDS
EDEL RECORDS: Western-, Eastern- and Southern-Europe, South Africa, Scandinavia
all other territories will shortly be announced

The tracklist:

1. Hall of the Stairs - The White Boat (White Winds) 4:15
2. Sunday (Behind the Gardens...) 1:59 
3. Li'l Limba (COSMOPOLY, Annex „World“, feat. Bobby McFerrin, vocals) 2:06 
4. Whitespread Wings (COSMOPOLY, Annex „World“, feat. Carlos Nunez, whistle) 1:15 
5. Stella (COSMOPOLY) 3:59 
6. In the Woods of Kroandal (Book of Roses) 3:03 
7. Jugglers in Obsidian (Book of Roses, feat. Gerardo Nunez, Spanish guitar) 3:25 
8. Flight Feet & Root Hands (White Winds) 3:32 
9. Cor do Amor (COSMOPOLY, feat. Milton Nascimento, vocals) 2:33 
10. Micro-Macro (Behind the Gardens...) 2:35 
11. The Play of the Five Balls (White Winds) 6:03 
12. Dance of the Masks (Dancing with the Lion) 5:47 
13. Jacobs Dream (Traumgarten, previously unreleased, feat. Andreas on Afghan sheppard's flute and his father Hans Vollenweider, organ) 2:09 
14. Hirzel (Book of Roses) 4:49 
15. Little Snap, Blues with Ray (COSMOPOLY, Annex „Jazz“, feat. Ray Anderson, trombone) 1:37 
16. Angoh! (Caverna Magica) 2:50 
17. The Secret, the Candle and Love(Down to the Moon) 3:57 
18. Three Silver Ladies Dance - La Lune et l'enfant (Down to the Moon) 4:58

Total Time: 60:45  

Content of bonus DVD:

1. Intro
2. at the Rockpalast Festival, Germany 1981
3. Down to the Moon, live in Tokyo, 1987
4. Locarno, Piazza Grande, 1989
5. Pearls & Tears, Music Video 1989
7. Montreux Jazz Festival 1994
8. COSMOPOLY project, Basle, Switzerland, 2002
9. COSMOPOLY project, New York, 2000
10. AVAF live 2005, VOX, Zurich, Switzerland
11. Live at Sunset Festival, orchestral works, 2003
 

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1 Hall of the Stairs

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