| Beethoven's Last Night |  | Artist: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Label: Lava
Category: Music
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Rating:  187 reviews
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Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 075678331923
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ASIN: B00004S7LI
Release Date: April 11, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Beethoven, Ludwig V | | • | Midnight - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kinkel, Robert | | • | Fate - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, ONeill, Paul [1] | | • | What Good This Deafness - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kinkel, Robert | | • | Mephistopheles - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Oliva, Jon | | • | What Is Eternal - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kinkel, Robert | | • | The Moment - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Oliva, Jon | | • | Vienna - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kinkel, Robert | | • | Mozart - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Mozart, Wolfgang Am | | • | The Dreams of Candlelight - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kinkel, Robert | | • | Requiem (The Fifth) | | • | I'll Keep Your Secrets - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kinkel, Robert | | • | The Dark - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Caffery, Chris | | • | Für Elise - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Beethoven, Ludwig v | | • | After the Fall - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Oliva, Jon | | • | A Last Illusion - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Beethoven, Ludwig V | | • | This Is Who You Are - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Oliva, Jon | | • | Beethovan - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Beethoven, Ludwig V | | • | Mephistopheles' Return - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kinkel, Robert | | • | Misery - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Kinkel, Robert | | • | Who Is This Child - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Oliva, Jon | | • | A Final Dream - Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Oliva, Jon |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
Title: BEETHOVEN'S LAST NIGHT
Street Release Date: 04/11/2000
Domestic
Genre: XMAS INSTRUMENTAL
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra's first two recordings, a pair of late-'90s Christmas albums, hinted that some day TSO might evolve into a latter-day ELO or even an ELP. Instead, this overwrought concept album shares more common ground with ALW (Andrew Lloyd Webber) or Meat Loaf. TSO, in fact, aims to retrace a path once traveled by producer Jim Steinman, the mastermind behind the theatrical, over-the-top rock opuses that briefly transformed Mr. Loaf and Bonnie Tyler ("Total Eclipse of the Heart") into mass-audience favorites. TSO ringmaster Paul O'Neill (once a guitarist in Broadway productions of Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair) here ditches the holiday themes and instead scores a simple-minded fairy tale (whose text spans a 32-page CD booklet) that involves Beethoven's soul, the devil, and an imaginary Symphony No. 10. Too often, the music is the servant of the project's thin plot, and the rock-classical instrumental bravura that initially attracted public attention to TSO (at times, the group sounds like a symphonic Boston) is obscured by overheated vocal rantings. Meanwhile, the guitar-driven rendering of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ("Requiem") is mundane. Yet, one vocal track, "After the Fall" with singer Patti Russo, jumps off the record as a Tyler-esque knockout, raging with emotion and melodic luster. It doesn't save the album, but it helps. --Terry Wood
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 Yes, it's bombastic ... May 24, 2010
Anirban Banerjee
As some have noted, Beethoven's Last Night is bombastic. But, you could say that for Beethoven too. Overall, the guys from Savatage and the orchestra have done an exceptional job. This is an exemplary case of synergy between classical and progressive metal, each adding to the other's strengths and creating something that is greater than the sum of the parts.
Beethoven's Last Night April 24, 2010
Gayle L. Christiano (Buffalo, New York)
If you like TSO, you will like this older non-Christmas music. I bought this cd because we were going to their spring concert & wanted to be familar with the songs. I ended up falling in love with the songs and still listen to it all the time. All their music have a story line, so read the booklet that comes with the cd. I would also advised getting NightCastle their newest cd.
 Best TSO album ever April 15, 2010
Linda O (Phila., Pa)
Fans os TSO won't be disappointed in this album. Read the album notes prior to listening as this is akin to a rock opera. Knowing the story behind it makes the songs more enjoyable.This is heavier on the rock, as opposed to some of the more mellow Christmas albums.The tracks that featured a rock treatment of classical music were outstanding.
A work of art February 7, 2010
Patrick Garrett (MEDIAPOLIS, IOWA, US)
For those of you who love TSO, this is a must! The album is really like an opera where a story is told song by song. The only thing I wish they would have done different is to have the narrative read between songs instead of having to read it from the CD jacket. If you don't read it when you first play the CD, it might not make sense.
 did not like it January 7, 2010
R. Schwarz (carson city nv)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i bought two of there cds a the same time. since i like the one song wizards in winter on cd lost xmas. so i bought this one at the same time. will never do that again just thought the songs would be like the wizards in winter cd lost xmas.
did not like this cd either only a few songs where any good unless you are a trans-siberian orchestra person you may not like this cd.
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