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Released
  
1997 (1997)

Artist
  
Popol Vuh

Label
  
Mystic Records

Shepherd's Symphony – Hirtensymphonie (1997)
  
Messa di Orfeo (1999)

Release date
  
1997

Genres
  
Dance/electronic, Rock

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Shepherd's Symphony – Hirtensymphonie is the nineteenth album by Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1997 on Mystic Records. In 2004 SPV re-released the album with a different cover (designed by Frank Fiedler). The 1995 semi-documentary Kailash – Pilgerfahrt zum Thron der Götter, directed by Popol Vuh member Frank Fiedler, includes several edited version of the tracks that would later be released on the album.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Florian Fricke and Guido Hieronymus except where noted.

  1. "Shepherds of the Future - Die Hirten der Zukunft" – 6:08
  2. "Short Visit to the Great Sorcerer - Kurzer Besuch beim Großen Zauberer" – 6:02
  3. "Wild Vine" – 8:29
  4. "Shepherd's Dream - Der Traum des Schäfers" – 4:17
  5. "Eternal Love" – 8:18
  6. "Dance of the Menads - Tanz der Menaden" – 6:24
  7. "YES" (Hieronymus) – 5:02

Personnel

  • Florian Fricke – piano
  • Guido Hieronymus – keyboards, electric guitar
  • Frank Fiedler – synthesizer
  • Credits

    Recorded at Afro Sounds Studio, Munich, September 1995 - March 1996
    Engineered by Guido Hieronymus
    Sound consultant: Johannes Fricke
    Produced by Popol Vuh
    Executive producer: Gerhard Augustin

    Project co-ordination: Don McKay and Robert Barrs-James

    Songs

    1Shepherds of the Future (Die Hirten der Zukunft)6:08
    2Short Visit to the Great Sorcerer (Kurzer Besuch beim großen Zauberer)6:00
    3Wild Vine8:29

    References

    Shepherd's Symphony – Hirtensymphonie Wikipedia