''Book of Roses'' is the eighth studio album by

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and

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artist

Andreas Vollenweider Andreas Vollenweider (born 4 October 1953) is a Swiss harpist. He is generally categorised as a new-age musician and uses a modified electroacoustic harp of his own design. He has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Carly Simon, Luciano Pavarotti and in ...

, released in 1991. It is almost entirely instrumental.

Track listing

# "La Strega (Her Journey to the Grand Ball)" – 1:03 # "The Grand Ball Of The Duljas" – 1:46 # "Morning At Boma Park" – 3:15 # "The Five Curtains" – 1:43 # "Book Of Roses" – 3:30 # "In Doga Gamee" – 4:40 # "Passage To Promise" – 2:27 # "In The Woods Of Kroandal" – 3:12 # "Jugglers In Osidian" – 3:28 # "Chanson De L'Heure Bleue" – 1:34 # "Czippa And The Ursanian Girl" – 3:11 # "The Birds Of Tilmun" – 2:09 # "Hirzel" – 5:13 # "Jours D'Amour" – 3:56 # "Manto's Arrow And The Sphynx" – 2:34 # "Letters To A Young Rose" – 5:06

Personnel

– harp, vocals, keyboards, flute, chinese bamboo, dulcimer,

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, orchestral percussion, acoustic, classical, 12-strings and electric guitar, piano,

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, bassoon, kora *

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– vocals on "La Strega (Her Journey To The Grand Ball)", "The Birds Of Tilmun", "Manto's Arrow And The Sphinx" and "Letters To A Young Rose" * Corin Curschellas – vocals on "Czippa And The Ursanian Girl" and "Jours D'Amour" * Matthias Ziegler – flute on "Chanson De L'Heure Bleue" and "The Birds Of Tilmun" *

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– choir on "Passage To Promise" *

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– percussion on "Hirzel" * Gerardo Nuñez – Spanish guitar on "Jugglers In Obsidian" *

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– orchestra on "La Strega (Her Journey To The Grand Ball)" and "In The Woods Of Kroandal". conductor: Andres Joho * Dodo Hug, Regina Günthard, Sue Mathys – vocals on "The Grand Ball Of The Duljas", "Morning At The Boma Park", and "In Doga Gamee". * Christian M. Siegmann – Bassoon on "The Grand Ball Of The Duljas" and "Book of Roses" * Daniel Pezzotti – Cello on "The Grand Ball Of The Duljas" and "Chanson De L'Heure Bleue" * Max Lässer – acoustic guitar * Thomas Fessler –

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, electric guitar, sitar,

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* Walter Keiser – drums * Pedro Haldemann – drums, percussion, vocals * Santino Famulari – piano on "Morning At The Boma Park"; Piano and Accordion on "Letters To A Young Rose". * Peter Kaiser – arco bass * Roman Schmid – English horn * Hans-Peter Hass – trombone * Hugo Helfenstein – bass trombone * Roland Van Straate – harmonica * Sandro Friedrich –

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(Czechoslovakian Shepherd's Flute) on "In The Woods Of Kroandal" * Carmen Cortes and Guadiana ( Antonio Suárez Salazar) – Handclaps on "Jugglers In Obsidian" * Cristoph Stiefel – keyboards * Hans Hassler – accordion *

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– acoustic bass * Heiri Känzig – acoustic bass * Silver Symphony Orchestra & Choir – choir * The Silver Brass Ensemble * Bulgarian Men's Choir – vocals on "Jours D'Amour". Choir: Andrzej Poraszka, Angel Petkov, Assen Toschef, Gerassim Gerassimov, György Antalffy, Jvaylo Jvanov, Sacho Jelev, Tadeusz Tomaszczuk

References

Andreas Vollenweider albums 1991 albums {{1980s-album-stub