Awaking the Centuries
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{{Infobox album
| name = Awaking the Centuries
| type = studio
| artist = Haggard
| cover = Awaking the Centuries cover.jpg
| alt =
| recorded = September–December 1999
| venue =
| studio = Roth Recording
| genre = Symphonic death metal,{{Cite news|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-02/the-10-essential-symphonic-metal-albums|title=The 10 Essential Symphonic Metal Albums|date=2 November 2016|newspaper=Metal Hammer|language=en-GB|access-date=22 January 2017}} death-doom
| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=39}}
| label = Drakkar Entertainment
| producer =
| prev_title = And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico
| next_year = 2001
}}
Awaking the Centuries is the second full-length album by German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on 7 February 2000 by Drakkar Entertainment.[http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/m/album-id_album-1612-l-en.html Awaking the Centuries] 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Haggard/longplay |title=Chartverfolgung / Haggard / Longplay |language=German |work=musicline.de |publisher=PHONONET GmbH |accessdate=26 April 2012}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 42:17
| title1 =Rachmaninov: Choir
| length1 =0:38
| note1 =music by Sergei Rachmaninoff
| title2 =Pestilencia
| length2 =1:54
| title3 =Heavenly Damnation
| length3 =2:59
| title4 =The Final Victory
| length4 =3:35
| title5 =Saltorella la Manuelina
| length5 =0:57
| title6 =Awaking the Centuries
| length6 =9:34
| title7 =Statement zur Lage der Musica
| length7 =1:19
| title8 =In a Fullmoon Procession
| length8 =5:18
| title9 =Menuett
| length9 =1:19
| title10 =Prophecy Fulfilled/And the Dark Night Entered
| length10 =6:23
| title11 =Courante
| length11 =1:10
| title12 =Rachmaninov: Choir
| note12 =Rachmaninoff
| length12 =2:34
| title13 =Lost (Robin's Song)
| note13 = live digipak bonus track
| length13 =4:38
}}
Note
- 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.
Personnel
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- 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
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= Guest musicians =
- 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
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References
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External links
- [http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Haggard/Awaking_the_Centuries/3988 Awaking the Centuries] at Encyclopaedia Metallum
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