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Andreas Vollenweider, Kryptos
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1743548
Disk length: 55m 35s (12 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1998
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Domus Cordis - Father's Tree - The Painted Gate | 4:13 |
| 2. Morgana Palace | 3:51 |
| 3. Hermes' Wedding | 3:01 |
| 4. Under the Trees of Hope | 4:07 |
| 5. Passionata | 5:52 |
| 6. Wanja the Wanderer (Concerto for Harp & Orchestra) | 6:35 |
| 7. Bhamboror | 1:50 |
| 8. Forest Folks | 5:07 |
| 9. Quendel and Rhomas | 4:15 |
| 10. Trigon - East of Times - Missa Obscura - South of Times | 6:59 |
| 11. May Green be the Grass... | 6:23 |
| 12. Circulus Finalis - Return of the Heroes - The Heroes' Telling | 3:14 |
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Review
Kryptos, Andreas Vollenweider has stated, is a Greek word meaning "the encoded" or "hidden." Those would be fitting terms to describe the intent behind this ambitious, meandering symphonic production. Not entirely a classical recording, far afield from the Swiss harpist's pop-inclined bestsellers of the 1980s, Kryptos comes across as a culture-hopping soundtrack for a one-world vision that is screening in Vollenweider's imagination. His approach, tinged with numerous Asian flourishes, yields some interesting moments--the vibrant global jam of pennywhistle, harp, voices, and orchestra in "Under the Tree of Hope"; the murmurings of Ladysmith Black Mambazo in "Bhambororo"; the gates-of-heaven mood pieces that open and close the disc; the anthemic, three-part "Trigon," which features saxophonist Michael Brecker and brings to mind the curtain-closing spectacle of Supertramp's "Fool's Overture." Yet the disc also has a few dead spots (go-nowhere pieces such as "Passionata" and "Quendel and Rhomas"), and offers less cohesion than some listeners might prefer. Uneven, but intriguing; worth examining if you're an open-minded Vollenweider fan. --Terry WoodColumbia. 1997.
Other Versions
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Tracks: 12, Disk length: 55m 33s (-1m 58s)
Tracks: 12, Disk length: 55m 33s (-1m 58s)
Tracks: 13 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 58m 42s (+3m 7s)
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Tracks: 19 (+7 tracks), Disk length: 1h 18m 58s (+23m 23s)
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