Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Product Description
Characterized by its Capra-esque quality, this acclaimed holiday recording features an ensemble that joins talents from the hard rock, Broadway musical and classical arenas.
Genre: Christmas Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating:
Release Date: 15-OCT-1996Amazon.com
Is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Christmas Eve and Other Stories a holiday rock opera? Or perhaps just a holiday prog-rock disc? Or maybe it’s New Age? Whatever the case may be, this isn’t your typical Christmas album. Filled with electric guitar solos, plenty of synthesized keyboards, a children’s choir, and lively drumming, Christmas Eve can only be compared to one other record, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s other holiday disc, The Christmas Attic. On this CD, angelic vocal solos (on numbers such as “The Prince of Peace”) are interspersed with driving instrumentals. Sentimental, occasionally bombastic, but as high-concept as holiday albums… More >>