Dancing with the Lion

Dancing with the Lion
Studio album by Andreas Vollenweider
Released	May 8, 1989
Recorded	April–October 1988
Venue	Zurich, Switzerland
Studio	Lakeside Recording Studio
Label	CBS
Producer	Andreas Vollenweider
Andreas Vollenweider chronology
Down to the Moon (1986) Dancing with the Lion (1989) Traumgarten (collaboration with his father, organist Hans Vollenweider) (1990)

Dancing with the Lion is Andreas Vollenweider's sixth studio album, released in 1989.

Co-produced by Eric Merz & Darryl Pitt. Executive Producers: Hanswalter Huggler & Hugo Fass. Recorded and mixed at Lakeside Recording Studio, Zurich, Switzerland. April–October 1988

The title song made an appearance in the Canadian AC charts on August 7, 1989, at #17.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Unto the Burning Circle" - 3:48
2. "Dancing with the Lion" - 4:00
3. "Hippolyte" - 1:11
4. "Dance of the Masks" - 5:51
5. "Pearls & Tears" - 5:02
6. "Garden of My Childhood" - 1:47
7. "Still Life" - 5:40
8. "And The Long Shadows" - 3:37
9. "See, My Love..." - 3:03
10. "Silver Dew, Golden Grass" - 0:59
11. "Ascent from the Circle" - 4:01

Personnel

• Andreas Vollenweider: Electracoustic Harp, Cheng, Voice & other instruments
• Christoph Stiefel: Piano & other Keyboards
• Pedro Haldemann: Percussion
• Walter Keiser: Drums & Percussion
• Matthias Ziegler: Flutes

Guest Instrumentalists:

• Hans Bergstrom: French Horn
• Beat Briner: Bassoon
• Fernando Fantini: Accordion
• Charly Fassler: French Horn
• Steve Gorn: Bansuri Bamboo Flutes
• Hanspeter Hass: Bass Trombone
• Peter Keiser: Bass.
• Max Lässer: Acoustic Guitar.
• David Lindley: Lap Steel Guitar, Turkish Saz.
• Marilyn Mazur: Percussion.
• Marl O'Connor: Violin & Mandolin.
• Burhan Oecal: Darabuka.
• Christian Ostermeier: Tenor Saxophone.
• Luis Perez: Mesoamerican Wind & Percussion.
• Daniel Pezzotti: Cello.
• Badal Roy: Tabla.
• Janne Schaffer: Electric Guitar & Guitarsitar.
• Roman Schwind: English Horn, Oboe.
• The Zurich Mandolin Players, Conducted by Horst Hagemann

References