Symphony of Enchanted Lands explained

Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rhapsody
Cover:	Rhapsody_symphony_of_the_enchanted_lands.jpg
Released:	October 5, 1998
Recorded:	1998
Studio:	Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany
Length:	55:42
Label:	Limb Music
Producer:	Sascha Paeth and Miro
Prev Title:	Legendary Tales
Prev Year:	1997
Chronology:	Rhapsody studio album
Next Title:	Dawn of Victory
Next Year:	2000

Symphony of Enchanted Lands is the second studio album by Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, released in 1998. It is the second part of the Emerald Sword Saga.

Personnel

Band members

• Fabio Lione - lead & backing vocals
• Luca Turilli - electric & acoustic guitars, part of the choirs
• Alex Staropoli - keyboards, harpsichord, piano, part of the choirs
• Alessandro Lotta - bass
• Daniele Carbonera - drums and percussion

Guest musicians

• Sascha Paeth - acoustic guitars, mandolin, balalaika
• Don Kosaken - Russian choirs
• Helmstedter Kammerchor, conducted by Andreas Lamken - sacred choirs
• Thomas Rettke, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Ricky Rizzo, Cinzia Rizzo, Tatiana Bloch, Davide Calabrese, Michele Mayer, Giuliano Tarlon, Cristiano Adacher, Manuel Staropoli - choirs
• Constanze Backes - female baroque voice on "Symphony of Enchanted Lands"
• Sir Jay Lansford - Narrator spoken parts
• Erik Steenbock - marching drums
  • Manuel Staropoli - baroque recorders & baroque oboe Matthias 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 - cello Andre Neygenfind - contrabass Stefan Horz - harpsichord

Production

• Produced by Sascha Paeth and Miro.
• Engineered, mixed and mastered by Sascha Paeth and Miro at Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany
• All Artwork by: Eric Philippe
• Photography by: Karsten Koch, Hannover

External links

• Lyrics