Trans-Siberian Orchestra is is a rock orchestra founded in 1996 by Savatage's members.This album is the third album and is something else altogether from their first two releases.
Across 22 tracks (73 minutes of music), TSO unfolds the harrowing story of Beethoven's last night on earth, including remembrances of his love and life, deals with the devil, and the saving grace of Fate. Like most of O'Neil's writing for TSO and Savatage, it's a tear-jerker and bound to leave you with a smile on your face.
The songwriting is volcanic, bombastic but widely varied; the pounding heavy metal that introduces Requiem (The Fifth) is interrupted by a ghostly children's choir, creating a goosebump-inducing shock. I got chills up my spine at least five times during the course of the album. The musical asides - little bits of the Moonlight Sonata and countless others by Beethoven and Mozart, polyharmonic choral sections, a children's choir (only very briefly, don't worry) -- make for a rich, multilayered repeat listen.
Think of it as the soundtrack to the best Broadway musical/rock opera that never was. If you like the genre, you'll love this.Download: http://www.filesonic.com/file/3934651375/Trans-Siberian_Orchestra_-_Beethovens_Last_Night.rar
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