"The Magic of the Wizard's Dream" is the third single recorded by the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody, released in 2005.
The title track was originally part of their 2004 album Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret and is reproposed here in basically two versions: one with a slightly faster tempo and the album one. The faster version is sung by Fabio Lione, with Christopher Lee as a guest, in four different languages (English, Italian, French and German) plus an orchestral mix of the English one.
Other songs include "Autumn Twilight", a fast-paced track, and "Lo Specchio d'Argento" ("The Silver Mirror") a power ballad with Italian lyrics.
Track listing
Release An alternate release of the single exists, where tracks 3, 4, 5 and 7 are not present, replaced by "The Last Angels' Call" (from Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret)
CD slim box single track list
Personnel Rhapsody of Fire Fabio Lione – vocals Luca Turilli – guitars Alex Staropoli – keyboards Alex Holzwarth – drums Patrice Guers – bass guitar
Additional musicians Christopher Lee – vocals Manuel Staropoli – flute Dominique Leurquin – guitars
Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra
Emil Nosek – violin František Hrubý – violin Hana Roušarová – violin Hana Tesařová – violin Jan Nedoma – violin Jana Štípková – violin Jitka Hanáková – violin Milan Lapka – violin Miroslav Křivánek – violin Přemysl Roušar – violin Dana Blahutová – violin Hana Bílková – violin Jan Kotulan – violin Jaroslav Aladzas – violin Jitka Šuranská – violin Josef Geryk – violin Josef Kubelka – violin Josef Vyžrálek – violin Leo Sláma – violin Yvona Fialová – violin Dana Božková – viola Juraj Petrovič – viola Lucie Dümlerová – viola Michaela Slámová – viola Miroslav Kašný – viola Oldřich Šebestík – viola Pavel Novák – viola Roman Janů – viola Alexandr Erml – celli David Kefer – celli Erich Hulín – celli Hana Škarpová – celli Zdenka Aladzasová – celli Zuzana Ermlová – celli Josef Horák – double bass Michal Pášma – double bass Pavel Juřík – double bass Vladimír Hudeček – double bass Vítězslav Pelikán – double bass Jana Holásková – flute Jiřina Vodičková – flute Vladimír Vodička – flute Krista Hallová – oboe Svatopluk Holásek – oboe Aleš Pavlorek – clarinet Jiří Kundl – clarinet Jaroslav Janoštík – bassoon Václav Kaniok – bassoon František Vyskočil – French horn Jiří Zatloukal – French horn Josef Číhal – French horn Milan Kubát – French horn Rudolf Linner – French horn Vlastimil Kelar – French horn Pavel Skopal – trumpet Rostislav Killar – trumpet Zdeněk Macek – trumpet Ivan Dřínovský – trombone Milan Tesař – trombone Roman Sklenář – trombone Miloslav Žváček – tuba Lucie Vápová – harp
Production Joey DeMaio – production Petr Pololáník – orchestra conductor
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