Year : 2013
Style : Orchestral Progressive Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 174 mb
Info:
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) is an American progressive rock band founded in 1993 by producer, composer, and lyricist Paul O'Neill, who brought together Jon Oliva and Al Pitrelli (both members of Savatage) and keyboardist and co-producer Robert Kinkel to form the core of the creative team. The band gained in popularity when they began touring in 1999 after completing their third rock opera, "Beethoven's Last Night." In 2007, the Washington Post referred to them as "an arena-rock juggernaut" and described their music as "Pink Floyd meets Yes and The Who at Radio City Music Hall."TSO has sold more than 10 million concert tickets and over 10 million albums. The band's musical style incorporates classical, orchestral, symphonic, and progressive elements into hard rock and heavy metal. The band has released a series of rock operas: Christmas Eve and Other Stories, The Christmas Attic, Beethoven's Last Night, The Lost Christmas Eve (the final installment of their Christmas trilogy), and their two-disc Night Castle. Trans-Siberian Orchestra is also known for their extensive charity work and elaborate concerts, which include a string section, a light show, lasers,"enough pyro to be seen from the international space station",[8] moving trusses, video screens, and effects synchronized to music.Both Billboard Magazine and Pollstar have ranked them as one of the top ten ticket-selling bands in the first decade of the new millenniumThese numbers are even more impressive when you factor in that TSO is the first major rock band to go straight to theaters and arenas, never playing a club, never having an opening act and never being an opening act. In the fall of 2013 it was announced that they would kick off their 2014 European tour with a performance on New Years Eve in front of over 1,000,000 fans at Berlin's Brandenberg Gate. The show would also be broadcast live to millions more on German television.
Album:
A timely ‘best of’ from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, who embark on a European tour in January after their traditional US pre-Christmas tour (the band are so popular they run two versions of the band in the US at the same time, an east and west coast version). The creative team feature Paul O’Neill, the Savatage duo of Jon Oliva and guitarist Al Pitrelli along with co-producer Robert Kinkel.The collection features fifteen songs drawn from their five albums to date and includes their Christmas single ‘Sarajevo 12/24’, a song originally recorded by Savatage. Not a bad song on here and it’s the seasonal songs that really amaze like ‘Christmas Canon’ which features some amazing choral arrangements and ‘A Last Illusion’.TSO do the slow reflective songs so well too like ‘Old City Bar’. Classical instrumentals with a rock flavour are another speciality of TSO from ‘Dreams Of Fireflies’ through to ‘Night Enchanted’.TSO are very Broadway/West End and that can put some rock fans off, their loss as this draws in many listeners who wouldn’t normally watch a rock based band like this. Add in an amazing stage show and you have a band who can entertain both musically and visually. This album is a perfect starting point for new listeners to warm-up for the band’s European tour
Line-Up:
Jane Mangini Keyboards - See also: Van Helsing's Curse
Vitalij Kuprij Keyboards - See also: Ferrigno, Leal, Kuprij, Mark Boals, Vitalij Kuprij, ex-Artension, ex-Adagio, ex-Book of Reflections, ex-Ring of Fire, ex-Stygia
Derek Wieland Keyboards
Mee Eun Kim Keyboards
Adrienne Warren Vocals
Tommy Farese Vocals
Jamey Garner Vocals
Tim Hockenberry Vocals
James Lewis Vocals
Bart Shatto Vocals
Kristin Gorman Vocals
Alexa Goddard Vocals
Jay Pierce Vocals
Heather Gunn Vocals
Peter Shaw Vocals
Andrew Ross Vocals
Steena Hernandez Vocals
Scout Vocals
Erin Henry Vocals
Danielle Landherr Vocals
Jon Oliva Composer (1993-present) - See also: Jon Oliva's Pain, Oliva, Savatage, ex-Doctor Butcher, ex-Avatar
Paul O'Neill Composer, Lyricist, Producer (1993-present)
Robert Kinkel Keyboards, Composer, Co-Producer (1993-present)
Johnny Lee Middleton Bass (1999-2000, 2002-present) - See also: Savatage
Jeff Plate Drums (1999-present) - See also: John West, Machines of Grace, Metal Church, Savatage, ex-Wicked Witch, ex-Chris Caffery, ex-Doctor Butcher
Chris Caffery Guitars (1999-present) - See also: Chris Caffery, John West, Savatage, ex-Doctor Butcher, ex-Rondinelli, ex-Tim "Ripper" Owens (live), ex-Metalium, ex-Big Mouth, ex-Witchdoctor
Al Pitrelli Guitars (lead) (1999, 2001-present) - See also: Van Helsing's Curse, Savatage, ex-CPR, ex-Widowmaker, O'2L, ex-Megadeth, ex-Alice Cooper, ex-Asia, ex-Blue Öyster Cult, ex-Danger Danger, ex-Flesh and Blood, ex-Hotshot, ex-Michael Bolton, ex-Place Called Rage, ex-Talas, ex-Vertex
Dave Z. Bass (2000-2006, 2010-present) - See also: ex-October Thorns, ex-Chris Caffery, ex-Doctor Butcher
Angus Clark Guitars (2001-present)
John O'Reilly Drums (2002-present) - See also: ex-CPR, ex-Rainbow, ex-Blue Öyster Cult
Bryan Hicks Narrator (2003-present)
Roddy Chong Violin (electric) (2008-present)
Jeff Scott Soto Vocals (2008-present) - See also: ex-Kryst the Conqueror, Jeff Scott Soto, Talisman, ex-Axel Rudi Pell, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, ex-M.A.R.S., ex-Panther, ex-Skräpp Mettle, ex-Takara, ex-Journey (live), ex-Vinnie Vincent (live)
April Berry Vocals (2009-present)
Phillip Brandon Narrator (2010-present)
Asha Mevlana Violin (electric) (2011-present)
Tracklist:
01. Night Enchanted
02. Sarajevo 12/24
03. Believe
04. Wizards In Winter
05. Christmas Canon
06. I’ll Keep Your Secrets
07. A Last Illusion
08. Old City Bar
09. Dreams Of Fireflies
10. Christmas Nights In Blue
11. Wish List
12. Ornament
13. Music Box Blues
14. Mad Russian’s Christmas
15. Epiphany
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