Symphony of Enchanted Lands
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Symphony of Enchanted Lands is an album released by Rhapsody
in 1998. It is the second album of the Emerald Sword Saga
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Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire is an Italian symphonic power metal band led by Alex Staropoli. Since forming in 1993, the band has released eight studio albums, one live album, two EPs, and a live DVD...
in 1998. It is the second album of the Emerald Sword Saga
Emerald Sword Saga
The Emerald Sword Saga is a high fantasy story spread over 5 albums by the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire that follows many of the common tropes of the genre, including clearly defined good versus evil and the inclusion of various fantasy monsters...
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Track listing
- All songs, vocal lines and classical interludes composed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli
- All lyrics and emerald sword saga written by Luca Turilli
- Orchestral arrangements by Alex Staropoli
- "Epicus Furor" – 1:15
- "Emerald Sword" – 4:21
- "Wisdom of the Kings" – 4:29
- "Heroes of the Lost Valley" – 2:04
- I. "Entering the Waterfalls Realm"
- II. "The Dragons Pride"
- "Eternal Glory" – 7:29
- "Beyond the Gates of Infinity" – 7:23
- "Wings of Destiny" – 4:28
- "The Dark Tower of Abyss" – 6:47
- "Riding the Winds of Eternity" – 4:13
- "Symphony of Enchanted Lands" – 13:17
- I. "Tharos' Last Flight"
- II. "The Hymn of The Warrior"
- III. "Rex Tremende"
- IV. "The Immortal Fire"
Band members
- Fabio LioneFabio LioneFabio Tordiglione is an Italian singer who has sung with many music bands including Rhapsody of Fire, Labyrinth, Ayreon, Vision Divine and Athena, and as a touring lead singer with American band Kamelot...
- lead & backing vocals - Luca Turilli - electric & acoustic guitar
- Alex StaropoliAlex StaropoliAlessandro Staropoli is the keyboard player, composer and co-founder of the Italian symphonic metal band Rhapsody of Fire...
- keyboards, harpsichord & piano - Alessandro LottaAlessandro LottaAlessandro Lotta is the former bassist of the Italian symphonic metal band Rhapsody Of Fire, which he joined in 1996. Before joining Rhapsody he played in smaller local bands in Trieste, Italy....
- bass - Daniele Carbonera - drums and percussion
Guest musicians
- Sascha Paeth - acoustic guitars, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, balalaikaBalalaikaThe balalaika is a stringed musical instrument popular in Russia, with a characteristic triangular body and three strings.The balalaika family of instruments includes instruments of various sizes, from the highest-pitched to the lowest, the prima balalaika, secunda balalaika, alto balalaika, bass... - Don Kosaken - Russian choirs
- Helmstedter Kammerchor, conducted by Andreas Lamken - sacred choirs
- Thomas Rettke, Robert Hunecke-RizzoRobert Hunecke-RizzoRobert Hunecke-Rizzo is a German bass player, guitarist and drummer, known for his work with Heavens Gate, Luca Turilli, and Kamelot.He helped to found the supergroup Aina, who released their metal opera Days of Rising Doom in 2003. He was the music composer and played most of the instruments...
, Ricky Rizzo, Cinzia Rizzo, Tatiana Blocn, Davide Calabrese, Michele Mayer, Giuliano Tarlon, Cristiano Adacher, Manuel Staropoli, Fabio Lione, Alex Staropoli, Luca Turilli - choirs - Constanze Backes - female baroqueBaroqueThe Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
voice on "Symphony of Enchanted Lands" - Sir Jay Lansford - Narrator spoken parts
- Erik Steenbock - marching drums
- Manuel Staropoli - baroque recorders & baroque oboe
- Mattnias Brommann - lead violin
- Claas Harders - viola da gamba
- Ulrike Wildenhof, Almut Schlicker, Stefanie Holk, Friedrike Bauer, Matthias Brommann - violins
- Marie-Theres Strumpf, Cosima Bergk, Jan Larsen - violas
- Hagen Kuhr - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Andre Neygenfind - contrabassContrabassContrabass refers to a musical instrument of very low pitch; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register...
- Stefan Horz - harpsichordHarpsichordA harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
Production
- Produced by Sascha PaethSascha PaethSascha Paeth is a German guitarist, bassist, musical producer, and mixer known for working with heavy metal bands such as Avantasia, Edguy, Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, After Forever, Epica, et al...
and MiroMichael RodenbergMichael Rodenberg, nickname Miro, is a German keyboardist and musical producer known for working with power metal bands such as Angra, Shaaman, Rhapsody of Fire, Kamelot, Heavens Gate, et al...
. - Engineered, mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth and Miro at Gate Studio in WolfsburgWolfsburgWolfsburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig , and is mainly notable as the headquarters of Volkswagen AG...
, Germany - All Artwork by: Eric Philippe
- Photography by: Karsten Koch, Hannover