Tracklist
1 The Franconian Woods In Winter's Silence 8:35
2 A Gentle Grieving Farewell Kiss 1:59
3 The Blue Mists Of Night 6:26
4 Mourners 9:19
5 Where At Night The Wood Grouse Plays 5:29
6 Dying Brokenhearted 5:35
7 The Shepherd And The Maiden Ghost 3:28
8 Heimwärts 6:42
9 Waldpoesie 13:31
10 Die Schwäne Im Schilf 5:51
11 Das Blau-Kristallne Kämmerlein 1:32
12 Der Weiher 5:27
13 Am Wolkenstieg 2:15
Companies, etc.
Manufactured By – Optimal Media Production – A668054
Credits
Acoustic Guitar – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 2)
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 5 to 7)
Bassoon – Horst Faust (tracks: 8 to 11)
Cello – Julia Hecht (tracks: 8 to 11)
Choir, Backing Vocals – Thomas Helm (tracks: 5 to 7)
Compiled By – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf
Cover, Layout – Lukasz Jaszak
Drums, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 8 to 11)
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Mellotron, Vocals – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 1, 12, 13)
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 3, 4)
Flute – Nadine Stock (tracks: 2, 8 to 11)
Flute, Cello – Nadine Stock (tracks: 3, 4)
Flute, Cello, Voice [Whispers] – Nadine Stock (tracks: 5 to 7)
Liner Notes – Stefan Belda
Lyrics By – Thomas Helm (tracks: 12), Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
Lyrics By, Music By – Thomas Helm (tracks: 11, 13), Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 5 to 10)
Mastered By – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 2 to 4)
Music By – Andreas Bach (tracks: 1, 3, 4), Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 1 to 4, 12)
Photography By – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf
Piano, Vocals – Thomas Helm (tracks: 1, 8 to 13)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Andreas Beck (tracks: 2 to 4), Empyrium (tracks: 2 to 4)
Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (tracks: 1, 5 to 13)
Synthesizer – Andreas Bach (tracks: 3, 4)
Violin, Viola – Susanne Salomon (tracks: 8 to 11)
Notes
A retrospective of the band's history compiled by Ulf Theodor Schwadorf at Klangschmiede Studio E/Mellrichstadt in July 2006.
The CD contains re-mastered tracks from the following albums:
(1996) A Wintersunset... (tracks 1, 2)
(1997) Songs Of Moors & Misty Fields (tracks 3, 4)
(1999) Where At Night The Wood Grouse Plays (tracks 5 to 7)
(2002) Weiland (tracks 8 to 11)
"Der Weiher" and "Am Wolkenstieg" are previously unreleased tracks; "The Franconian Woods In Winter's Silence" has been newly arranged and recorded.
The booklet of "A Retrospective..." consists of sixty pages containing a biography of Empyrium and its founder, Markus Stock alias Ulf Theodor Schwadorf in both English and German, written in September 2006 by Stefan Belda.