''Awaking the Centuries'' is the second full-length album by German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on 7 February 2000 by

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.Awaking the Centuries
/ref> 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

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Track listing

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 ''

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Personnel

* 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

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 *

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– tenor *Oleg Kuzmin – tenor *Anton Vasiljev – bass *Evgeny Astafurov – bass

References

External links

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