Gandalf - The Prophet - Music inspired by Khalil Gibran (2014)

Instrumental remastered edition of the audio book published in 2005, "The Prophet"
Gandalf and Thomas Klock (including earlier Ö3-Moderator) associated texts from the book "The Prophet" by Lebanese author Khalil Gibran with specially composed music. The project was originally staged for the stage and performed live again, in 2005 it appeared also an audiobook.
This album contains the previously unreleased remastered instrumental version of Gandalf and his band (Peter Aschenbrenner - flute & soprano sax, Sven Timon Haklik - Cello, Christian strobe l Precussion) rehearsed music in superior sound quality.
A complex work between world music and sound spheres, which will delight not only the long-time fans of the successful especially in the United States Austrian musician.

Hein Strobl is an Austrian new age multi-instrumentalist (proficient at piano, percussion, guitar, and synthesizer), and has issued countless albums on a steady basis since 1980 under the alias of Gandalf. Taking his name from the good-hearted wizard in J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy Lord of the Rings, Gandalf's work often reflects his love of nature, as well as his commitment to preserving the environment (while his music has been compared to such other artists as William Ackerman, Rick Wakeman, Shadowfax, Enya, and Mike Oldfield over the years). His first few albums — 1980's Journey to an Imaginary Land, 1982's To Another Horizon, and 1983's Magic Theatre — contained a definite prog rock edge, before adding such instruments as flutes and saxophones to the equation and heading in a more new age-ish direction. Over the years, Strobl has recruited several renowned musicians to guest on Gandalf's recordings (including Tracy Hitchings, Steve Hackett, Emily Burridge, and Peter Ashenbrenner), and in 1989, composed the soundtrack to the motion picture Labyrinth.

Tracklist:

01. Prelude
02. The Coming Of The Ship
03. On Love
04. On Children
05. On Giving
06. On Work
07. On Joy And Sorrow
08. On Reason And Passion
09. On Pain
10. Seasons Of The Heart
11. On Self-Knowledge
12. On Prayer
13. On Religion
14. On Death
15. The Farewell