00:00 Caverna Magica 3:54 
03:54 Mandragora 3:10 
07:04 Lunar Pond 2:10 
09:14 Schajah Saretosh 3:15 
12:29 Sena Stanjena 2:41 
15:10 Belladonna 5:23 
20:33 Angoh! 2:42 
23:15 Huiziopochtli 5:07 
28:22 Con Chiglia 2:30 
30:52 Geastrum Coronatum 1:44 
32:36 La Paix Verde 0:46 

Andreas Vollenweider - Vocals, Harp, Keyboards, Guzheng, Flute 
Erdal Kızılçay - Keyboards, Oud 
Walter Keiser - Drums 
Andi Pupato - Percussion 
Roger Bonnot - Sound effects 
Corin Curschellas - Voices 

Caverna Magica is the second studio album by New Age artist Andreas Vollenweider, released in 1983. It is almost entirely instrumental.

It was the direct followup to Vollenweider's breakthrough album, "Behind the Gardens."

The album opens with the sound of a man and woman walking and talking in an unknown language (some of the words -- notably in Spanish -- can be discerned when the track is played backwards) and then stumbling into an echoing cave and reacting with awe.

The sound of dripping water in the cave turns into the rhythm of the music that fades in at this point. While the album originally stood on its own, in 1990 it and the preceding and subsequent albums (Behind the Gardens and White Winds) were re-released as a two-CD set entitled "Trilogy," suggesting they collectively constituted a single musical entity.

The full titles of the first two albums lend credence to the suggestion that the three albums are thematically connected. The full title of the first album is "Behind the Gardens—Behind the Wall—Under the tree

1/5 "Dancing With The Lion (Live) (1989)"
- http://youtube.com/watch?v=FEtu9ZJtE0M
2/5 "And The Long Shadows (Live) (1989)"
- http://youtube.com/watch?v=i7oKpnoU7Jg
3/5 "Night Fire Dance (Live) (1987)"
- http://youtube.com/watch?v=HTmIFvRjnS4
5/5 "In Vienna (Live) (1990)"
- http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y63pWsT6_08

Studio Album, released in 1991

Songs / Tracks Listing

01 - La Strega 1:03
02 - The Grand Ball Of The Duljas 1:46
03 - Morning At Boma Park 3:15
04 - The Five Curtains - 1:43
05 - Book Of Roses - 3:30
06 - In Doga Gamee - 4:40
07- Passage To Promise 2:27
08 - In The Woods Of Kroandal - 3:12
09 - Jugglers In Osidian - 3:28
10 - Chanson De L'Heure Bleue 1:34
11 - Czippa And The Ursanian Girl 3:11
12 - The Birds Of Tilmun 2:09
13 - Hirzel 5:13
14 - Jours D'Amour 3:56
15 - Manto's Arrow And The Sphynx 2:34
16 - Letters To A Young Rose 5:06

Line-up / Musicians

Andreas Vollenweider - Harp, Vocals, Keyboards, Flute, Chinese Bamboo, Dulcimer, Violin, Orchestral Percussion, Acoustic, Classical, 12-strings and Electric Guitar, Piano, Crumhorn, Bassoon, Kora
Saynho Namtchilak, Dodo Hug, Regina Günthard, Sue Mathys, Corin Curschellas - Vocals
Christian M. Siegmann - Bassoon
Daniel Pezzotti - Cello
Max Lässer - Acoustic Guitar
Thomas Fessler - Charango, Electric Guitar, Sitar, Lute
Walter Keiser - Drums
Pedro Haldemann - Drums, Percussion, vocals
Santino Famulari - Piano, Accordion
Peter Kaiser - Arco Bass
Roman Schmid - English Horn
Hans-Peter Hass - Trombone
Hugo Helfenstein - Bass Trombone
Roland Van Straate - Harmonica
Sandro Friedrich - Flute
Gerardo Nuñez - Spanish Guitar
Carmen Cortes, Guadiana - Handclaps
Matthias Ziegler - Flute
Other - Tutu Smirnovitch
Cristoph Stiefel - Keyboards
Marilyn Mazur - Percussion
Hans Hassler - Accordion
Vali Mayer - Acoustic Bass
Heiri Känzig - Acoustic Bass

Basel Sinfonietta Orchestra directed by Anders Joho
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Choir
Silver Symphony Orchestra & Choir - Choir
The Silver Brass Ensemble
Bulgarian Man Choir: Andrzej Poraszka, Angel Petkov, Assen Toschef, Gerassim Gerassimov, György Antalffy, Jvaylo Jvanov, Sacho Jelev, Tadeusz Tomaszczuk

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