Awaking the Centuries
| Awaking the Centuries | ||||
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| Studio album by Haggard | ||||
| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | September-December 1999 at Roth Recording | |||
| Genre | Symphonic metal, doom metal, symphonic death metal, classical music, early music | |||
| Length | 37:39 | |||
| Label | Drakkar Entertainment | |||
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Awaking the Centuries is the second full-length album by the German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on February 7, 2000 by Drakkar Entertainment.[1] The album is based on Michel De Nostredame (Nostradamus) and his experience during The Black Plague in Medieval Europe. The album features several compositions based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's music.
Awakening the Centuries peaked at position 64 in the German album charts.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Rachmaninov: Choir" (Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff) | 0:38 |
| 2. | "Pestilencia" | 1:54 |
| 3. | "Heavenly Damnation" | 2:59 |
| 4. | "The Final Victory" | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Saltorella la Manuelina" | 0:57 |
| 6. | "Awaking the Centuries" | 9:34 |
| 7. | "Statement zur Lage der Musica" | 1:19 |
| 8. | "In a Fullmoon Procession" | 5:18 |
| 9. | "Menuett" | 1:19 |
| 10. | "Prophecy Fulfilled/And the Dark Night Entered" | 6:23 |
| 11. | "Courante" | 1:10 |
| 12. | "Rachmaninov: Choir" (Rachmaninoff) | 2:34 |
| 13. | "Lost (Robin's Song)" (live digipak bonus track) | 4:38 |
Total length: |
42:17 | |
The choir tracks at the beginning and at the end of the record are an abridged and a complete version of "Rejoice, o virgin" from Sergei Rachmaninoff's choral work All-Night Vigil.
Credits
- Asis Nasseri – grunt vocals, guitars, kettle drums
- Luz Marsen – drums, percussion
- Andi Nad – bass
- Danny Klupp – guitars
- Karin Bodenmüller – soprano
- Hans Wolf – grand piano, piano, church organ keyboards
- Kathrin Pechlof – concert harp
- Fiffi Fuhrmann – tenore
- Christian – tenore
- Thomas Rosato – bass
- Christoph Zastrow – flute
- Florian Bartl – oboe
- Robert Müller – clarinet
- Andrea Sterr – violin
- Michael Stapf – violin
- Steffi Hertz – viola
- Kathrin Hertz – violoncello
- Georg Uttenthaler – doublebass
- Florian Schnellinger – percussion
- Peter Prysch – French horn
Special Guests
- Evert Fratermann – orchestral percussion
- Ilka Mende – violin
- Fabian Schwarz – acoustic guitars
Voices of "Pestilencia"
- Ulrich Mühlmann – "Nostradamus"
- Carsten Jacob – "Monk"
- Christiane B.Horn – "Woman 1"
- Eveline Gerhardt – "Woman 2"
- Wolfgang Weißmüller – "Man"
Moscow Radio Choir
- Elena Rastvorova – conductor
- Olga Uschakova – soprano
- Maria Kutuzova – soprano
- Ekaterina Oblesova – alto
- Katja Prasolova – alto
- Vladimir Tarasov – tenor
- Oleg Kuzmin – tenor
- Anton Vasiljev – bass
- Evgeny Astafurov – bass
References
- ↑ Awaking the Centuries
- ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Haggard / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
External links
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