Credits:
Music Composed by Christopher Franke
Music Performed by Christopher Franke and the Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra
Conducted by Alan Wagner
Choral Director: Dennis Parnell
Recorded and Produced by Edgar Rothermich
Recording Assistant:Rudy Panke
Ethno-Musicologist:Alex Acuna
Paul Horn: American Flute & Chinese Flute
Andy Abad: Acoustic Guitars, Ukulele & Charango
Kazu Matsui: Shakuhachi & Japanese Flutes
Doerte Lau: Glas Harmonium
Jie Chen: Tibetan Voices
Paul Frederick: Metaphone & Santur
Taiwanes Nay Tribe: Aboriginal Chanting
Karen Han: Er-Hu & Chinese Violin
Arturo Garcia Orozco: SanPona & Peruvian Flutes
Brice Martin: Digerido & Australien Flutes
Jim Walker: Pan Flute & Bamboo Flute
Sirah Vettese: Vocals
Jim Gilstrap: African Voices
Ray Yslas: Peruvian & African Percussion
Li-Chun Chang: Throat Voices
Katie Kirkpatrick: Celtic & Irish Harp
Deborah Holland: Celtic Voices & Vocals
Reviews:
Having grown weary of the continuous stream of the tiresome even iritating recordings being produced
today, Christopher Franke's "The Celestine Prophecy" succeeded in bringing me back to the joy of listening
to music again.
- Roy Rutanen on 4/18/97
Christopher Franke's adaptation of James Redfield's best-selling book The Celestine Prophecy is layered
with worldbeat flourishes, drawing from all manners of Eastern and ancient musics. Franke layers rhythms
and sonic textures, from African percussion to sampled pianos and high falsetto vocals. By and large, the
soundscapes are evocative, even if they aren't necessarily evocative of the book itself. Nevertheless,
The Celstine Prophecy is yet another impressive work from one of the most gifted and adventerous new age
composers of the '80s and '90s.
- Rodney Batdorf
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