Legendary Tales Explained

Legendary Tales
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rhapsody
Cover:	Rhapsody - Legendary Tales Front Cover.jpg
Released:	October 27, 1997
Recorded:	April – May 1997, Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany
Length:	45:28
Label:	Limb Music
Producer:	Sascha Paeth and Miro
Chronology:	Rhapsody studio album
Next Title:	Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Next Year:	1998

Legendary Tales is the debut studio album by Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody.^[1] It was released in 1997 on Limb Music. The album is the beginning of the Emerald Sword Saga.

Personnel

Band members

• Fabio Lione - vocals
• Luca Turilli - guitars
• Alex Staropoli - keyboards
• Daniele Carbonera - drums

Guest musicians

• Sascha Paeth - bass, acoustic guitars, mandolin
• Robert Hunecke - bass
• Manuel Staropoli - baroque recorder
• Thomas Rettke, Cinzia Rizzo - backing vocals
• Thomas Rettke, Robert Hunecke, Miro, Wolfgang Herbst, Rick Rizzo, Fabio Lione, Luca Turilli, Alex Staropoli, Cinzia Rizzo, Tatiana Bloch - Choir of Immortals
• Anne Schnyder - lead violin
• Anne Schnyder & Helia Davis - violins
• Oliver Kopf - viola
• Paul F. Boehnke - cello
• Andre Neygenfind - contra bass

Production

• Produced by Sascha Paeth and Miro
• Engineered and mixed by Sascha Paeth and Miro at Gate-Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany.
• Cover art and logo design: Eric Philippe
• Photography: Karsten Koch, Hannover

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rhapsody - Music Biography . 2012-09-19.