Songs / Tracks Listing
1 Song Of Isolde 1:42
2 Across The Iron River (The Return) 2:43
3 Reason Enough (All The King's Men) 4:26
4 Eolian Minstrel 5:01
5 Jaden Maiden 4:04
6 The Secret Shrine Of Icarus 0:55
7 Harvest 5:21
8 The Years In The Forest 3:45
9 Desert Of Rain 4:27
10 Private Fires 4:08
11 The Five Sisters 4:48
12 Painter's Waltz 4:09
13 Leaves Of The Great Tree 3:39
14 Lake Of Time 1:27
Total Time 50:35
Line-up / Musicians
Andreas Vollenweider - Harp, Vocals, Woodwind, Ghuzeng
Eliza Gilkyson - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Walter Keiser - Drums
Marc Portman - Electric Guitar
Eberhard Hahn - Flute, Clarinet, Didgeridoo
Ernst Ströer - Percussion
Matthieu Michel - Trumpet
Cristoph Stiefel - Keyboards
Richard Greene - Violin
Hanspeter Brüggemann . Accordion
Pedro Haldemann - Percussion
Carly Simon - Vocals
Sandro Friedrich - Bagpipes
Max Lässer - Lute
Thomas Fessler - Pipa
Review
Eolian Minstrel is Andreas Vollenweider's debut SBK Records release and the long awaited followup to his 1991 #1 NAC and jazz album, Book of Roses. Andreas plays a harp, but one that has been modified to produce an extraordinary range of sounds. A damper which he designed himself allows him to strum and pluck with more crispness and percussive attack. A microphone attached to each string allows for greater articulation of individual notes, and hand-made strings further define his unique sonorities. This recording is Andreas' most daring album to date and for the first time features guest vocalists, such as Carly Simon and Eliza Gilkyson.
