Kryptos [Import]

Andreas Vollenweider | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B000007VNJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #744,173 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Domus Cordis: Father's Tree/The Painted Gate

2. Morgana Palace

3. Hermes' Wedding

4. Under the Trees of Hope

5. Passionata

6. Wanja the Wanderer (Concerto for Harp and Orchestra)

7. Bhambororo!

8. Forest Folks

9. Quendel and Rhomas

10. Trigon: East of Time/Missa Obscura/South of Time

11. May Green Be the Grass

12. Circulus Finalis: Return of the Heroes/The Heroes' Telling

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece, September 1, 2005

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Louise Marquis - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kryptos (Audio CD)

I have most of Vollenweider's CDs and listen to them frequently. Each one is like a glorious, aesthetic trip around the world, and sometimes out of this world. I think Kryptos is his greatest achievement so far. It starts with a beautiful theme for choir and orchestra, and that springboards into a rich musical journey which flows from classical to jazz, Japanese to Celtic, solemnity to exhileration. At the end, the first theme is heard again, this time with choir and harp, and this time, instead of springboarding, it simply and exquisitely resolves.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth waiting for, January 30, 2006

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Mary-Clare Natalia Veronikiatis (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kryptos (Audio CD)

I chose to purchase Kryptos from Amazon.com rather than purchase it locally, which meant I had to wait a while. Well, talk about deferred gratification! In no time it arrived, and exceeded my expectations. It was brilliant! Much better than Vox which I had bought a year ago. Andreas Vollenweider really outdoes himself in this album.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites. Very exploratory., October 28, 1999

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B. Maple (CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kryptos (Audio CD)

This is no longer a US import (it should be readily available in the US after having not been released here until I think almost a year after it had been in Europe).

I'm forever an Andreas fan, but this disc just re-affirms my belief that he's one of the most creative (and TALENTED) musicians around today. A lot of people dismiss his music as "new age tinkling" but those people are pre-disposed to hate it by virtue that they don't get it, so I don't give it a lot of thought. A wide variety of pieces on this disc, from a harp/acordian duet that compells me to binge on italian food, to a real orient-flavored Cheng/harp piece that starts off the disc.

Anyway, two thumbs up (and two big toes). I think a lot of people would be or are closet Andreas fans but have a hard time admitting it to their friends because they don't think a guy that plays the harp "sounds cool". So order online so you don't have to wonder what the 16 year old CD store clerk thinks of you!

- A proud "out" fan..