Andreas Vollenweider & Friends "25 years live" (2 CDs)

Andreas Vollenweider & Friends

25 years live (1982-2007)

Live recordings from:

1. London-England, Palladium Theatre
2. Amsterdam-Netherlands, Theatre Carré
3. Florence-Italy Teatro Verdi
4. Venice-Italy, Teatro Goldoni
5. Rome-Italy, Teatro Olimpico
6. Hamburg-Germany, Konzerthalle
7. Munich-Germany, Deutsches Museum
8. Frankfurt-Germany, Alte Oper
9. Mannheim-Germany, Rosengarten
10. Montreux-Switzerland, Montreux Jazz Festival
11. Luzern-Switzerland, KKL
12. Zurich-Switzerland, Corso Theatre & Kaufleuten Theatre
13. Zurich-Switzerland, Live at Sunset
14. Morge-Switzerland, Theatre de Beausorbre
15. Warsaw-Poland, Congress Palace
16. Tokyo-Japan, NHK Hall

The songs:

CD 1

1. Riläx 3:13 (only live, 1982)
2. Vergeletto 4:03 (only live, 1982)
3. Micro-Macro 3:40 (album: Behind the Gardens, 1981/live 1986)
4. Angoh! 4:34 (album: Caverna Magica, 1982/live 1989)
5. Pace Verde 3:49 (album: Caverna Magica, 1982/live 1993)
6. Flight Feet – Root Hands 5:52 (album: White Winds, 1984/live 1989)
7. The Woman & the Stone 3:53 (album: White Winds, 1984/live 1994)
8. Movimenti 2:53 (harp solo improvisation, live only, 1989)
9. Watermoon 2:43 (album: Down to the Moon, 1986/live 1987)
10. Moonday 4:12 (album: Down to the Moon, 1986/live 1987)
11. Cheng Lunar 3:22 (album: Down to the Moon, 1986/live 1987)
12. Steam Forest 6:04 (album: Down to the Moon, 1986/live 1987)
13. Night Fire Dance 4:51(album: Down to the Moon, 1986/live 1987)
14. Down to the Moon 2:43 (album: Down to the Moon, 1986/live 2002)
15. Belladonna 2:48 (album: Caverna Magica, 1982/live 2007)
16. Dancing with the Lion 5:25 (album: Dancing with the Lion, 1989/live 1989)

CD 2

1. Pearls & Tears 4:43 (album: Dancing with the Lion, 1989/live 1989)
2. First Piece 4:14 (only live, 1989)
3. See, my love… 2:50 (album: Dancing with the Lion, 1989/live 1989)
4. And the Long Shadows 3:16 (album: Dancing with the Lion, 1989/live 1989)
5. Letters to a Young Rose 3:32 (album: Book of Roses, 1991/live 1989)
6. Book of Roses 3:28 (album: Book of Roses, 1991/live 1994)
7. Song of Isolde 2:31 (album: Eolian Minstrel, 1993/live 1994)
8. Sailor 4:49 (album: instrumental version of Eolian Minstrel, 1993/live1994)
9. The Years in the Forest 3:31 (album: Eolian Minstrel, 1993/live 1994)
10. Arion 5:05 (harp solo improvisation, live only, 1994)
11. Desert of Rain 5:18 (album: Eolian Minstrel, 1993/live 1994)
12. Princess Kira 4:04 (symphonic works, only live, 2001)
13. Passionata 2:10 (album Kryptos, 1997/live 2002)
14. Hey You! Yes You… 7:36 (album VOX 2004/live 2005)
15. Seven Doors 3:43 (album VOX 2004/live 2007)
16. Pilgrim 5:25 (album VOX 2004/live2007)
17. Pyramid 5:57 (album: Behind the Gardens, 1981/live 2002)

The AVAF-bands:

1980-83 (tours: Behind the Gardens and Caverna Magica)

Andreas Vollenweider; harps, gu-cheng, ocarina, vocals
Walter Keiser; drums, percussion
Pedro Haldemann; percussion, vocals, keys

1983-1985 (tours: Caverna Magica and White Winds

Andreas Vollenweider; electracoustic pedal harp, vocals
Christoph Stiefel; keys
Jörg-Peter Büdi Siebert; saxes, flutes, percussion, keys
Pedro Haldemann; percussion, keys
Walter Keiser; drums

1985-1987 (tour: Down to the Moon)

Andreas Vollenweider; harps, gu-cheng, ocarina, vocals
Walter Keiser; drums, percussion
Pedro Haldemann; percussion, keys
Jon Otis; percussion
Matthias Ziegler; flutes, lyricon
Christoph Stiefel; keys

1988-1991 (tour: Dancing with the Lion)

Andreas Vollenweider; harps, gu-cheng, kora, vocals
Walter Keiser; drums, percussion
Markus Kühne; saxes, flutes, percussion
Santino Famulari; keys, piano, accordion
Thomas Fessler; guitars, vocals, balalayka, pipa, bass

1992-1995 (tour: Eolian Minstrel)

Andreas Vollenweider; harps, guitars, vocals
Eliza Gilkyson; vocals, guitars, keys, percussion
Marc Portmann; lead guitars, vocals
Eberhard Hahn; saxes, bass clarinet, flutes, diggeridoo, percussion
Chris Wiesendanger; keys, organ, piano, accordion
Walter Keiser; drums

1996-2001 (the symphonic projects)

Andreas Vollenweider; harps, gu-cheng (Chinese harp), piano solo (Down to the Moon)
Walter Keiser; drums, percussion
Xiaojing Wang; erhu (Chinese violin)
André Desponds; piano (Pyramid)
Sinfonia Varsovia (orchestra) 
André Bellmont; conductor

2001-2007 (tours: part of Cosmopoly and VOX)

Andreas Vollenweider; harps, gu-cheng, guitars, bowed psaltery, vocals
Daniel Kueffer; saxes, bass clarinet, whistles, keys, accordion, vocals
Walter Keiser; drums, percussion
Andi Pupato; percussion, keys, vocals