''Legendary Years'' is the second compilation album by Italian

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Rhapsody of Fire Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Rhapsody) is an Italian symphonic power metal band formed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, widely seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre. Since forming in 1993 as Thundercross, the band h ...

. It consists of re-recorded songs from '' The Emerald Sword Saga'', a five

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-long story started in their first album '' Legendary Tales'' in 1997 and concluded in ''

Power of the Dragonflame ''Power of the Dragonflame'' is the fifth studio album released by Rhapsody. It was released on 23 April 2002 by Limb Music. It is the last chapter in the Emerald Sword Saga. In 2017, '' Loudwire'' ranked it as the 9th best power metal album of ...

'' in 2002. It is their first work with singer Giacomo Voli and drummer Manu Lotter, replacing longtime members

Fabio Lione Fabio Tordiglione (born 9 October 1973), known professionally as Fabio Lione, is an Italian singer and lyricist who has worked with many bands in the metal genre. He was known for being the singer of Italian power metal band Rhapsody of Fire fo ...

and Alex Holzwarth respectively. It also mark the band's first album (and first record since 1995) not to feature Lione, and the first without Holzwarth since their 1998 studio album ''

Symphony of Enchanted Lands ''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. Track listing Personnel Band members * Fabio Lione - lead & backing ...

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Track listing

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.(2017). "''Legendary Years'' liner notes". In ''Legendary Years''

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Alex Staropoli Alessandro "Alex" Staropoli (born 9 January 1970) is a keyboard player, composer, leader and co-founder (with Luca Turilli) of the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. He does the orchestral arrangements in all the band's songs. Fo ...

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, production, engineering, editing * Roberto De Micheli – guitars * Alessandro Sala –

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* Giacomo Voli –

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, choir vocals, conductor (choir) * Manu Lotter –

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Additional musicians * Manuel Staropoli – baroque recorder, baroque oboe, flute * Massimo Marchese – lute * Teodora Tommasi – celtic harp * Elisa Frausin – cello * Elisa Verzier – vocals (alto) * Riccardo Rados – vocals (tenor) * Hao Wang – vocals (bass) * Matjaž Zobec – vocals (bass) * Paola Marra – vocals (soprano) * Galateia Mastichidou – vocals (soprano) Choir * Paolo Ribaldini, Davide Moras, Fabio Sambenini, Gabriele Gozzi, Alex Mari, Marco Sandron Production * Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann – engineering, editing, mixing, mastering, recording * Massimo Goina – photography * Paul Thureau – layout * Luca Balboa – conductor * Alexandre Charleux – cover art

References

2017 albums AFM Records albums Rhapsody of Fire albums {{2010s-compilation-album-stub