Awaking the Centuries

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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. The album is based on Michel De Nostredame (Nostradamus) and his experience during The Black Plague in the Medieval Europe. The album features several compositions based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's music.

Track listing

1. "Rachmaninov: Choir" – 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" – 2:34
13. "Lost (Robin's Song)" (Bonus digipak track live) – 4:38

Trivia

• The choir tracks at the beginning and the end of the record are an abridged and a complete version of Rejoice, o virgin from 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