Andreas Vollenweider

The Profile

Swiss harpist and composer, born 1953 in Zurich, known for pioneering use of the electro-acoustic harp and for New Age instrumental albums.

Book Of Roses was released in 1991 and is classified as New Age. The album features a collaboration with the South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Joseph Shabalala noted in the review). The reviewer highlights Vollenweider's creation of an "electro-acoustic harp" sound and the album's continuous, interlinked tracks.

The available review praises Andreas Vollenweider's 1991 album Book Of Roses as a richly evocative New Age work centered on his electro-acoustic harp. The reviewer links the music to mystical and fantasy imagery and notes a collaboration with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Overall appraisal is strongly positive and nostalgic.