Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Music Appreciation and History
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas Eve and Other Stories I listened to a CD for my first written report. I chose to listen to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Christmas Eve and Other Stories. It was produced by Produces by Paul O’Neill and Co-Produced by Robert Kinkel. It was produced in 1996 by the Atlantic Recording Corporation and manufactured by WEA Manufacturing Inc. The album had a mix of vocal and instrumental versions of easily recognizable, and some unfamiliar to me, Christmas music. There were 17 tracks in all. Track number two, “O Come All Ye Faithful/ O Holy Night,” was completely instrumental. It starts off with a piano solo. A loud single note of a guitar is introduced at first and is slowly incorporated. A bell is added to accent some lines. The piano continues to play one song while the guitar starts playing the next. They start blending so well you don’t really notice when they become to join forces to finish the song as one. Track number six, “A Mad Russian’s Christmas,” starts in piano, plays a brief clip of the “Nutcracker,” a popular Christmas ballet. It pauses right before the last note plays, over and over, leaving you waiting for it to finish. Added excitement begins … shredding guitar playing loudly and almost obnoxiously, playing another portion of the “Nutcracker’s” distinct melody.
More instruments join in at this and the next clips, adding in a fuller sound. It gives it a modern sound to an older, romantic ballet. It ends with another magical blending of the different clips. Even though I liked the entire album and the way it flowed from one song to another, I thoroughly enjoyed the instrumental versions of some well-known Christmas songs on the CD. The way a known song was altered to become full of excitement kept my attention and drew me in emotionally. The way we sing some of the same songs at Christmastime at church can sometimes seem dreary. The pieces on this album were full of life,
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas Eve and Other Stories I listened to a CD for my first written report. I chose to listen to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Christmas Eve and Other Stories. It was produced by Produces by Paul O’Neill and Co-Produced by Robert Kinkel. It was produced in 1996 by the Atlantic Recording Corporation and manufactured by WEA Manufacturing Inc. The album had a mix of vocal and instrumental versions of easily recognizable, and some unfamiliar to me, Christmas music. There were 17 tracks in all. Track number two, “O Come All Ye Faithful/ O Holy Night,” was completely instrumental. It starts off with a piano solo. A loud single note of a guitar is introduced at first and is slowly incorporated. A bell is added to accent some lines. The piano continues to play one song while the guitar starts playing the next. They start blending so well you don’t really notice when they become to join forces to finish the song as one. Track number six, “A Mad Russian’s Christmas,” starts in piano, plays a brief clip of the “Nutcracker,” a popular Christmas ballet. It pauses right before the last note plays, over and over, leaving you waiting for it to finish. Added excitement begins … shredding guitar playing loudly and almost obnoxiously, playing another portion of the “Nutcracker’s” distinct melody.
More instruments join in at this and the next clips, adding in a fuller sound. It gives it a modern sound to an older, romantic ballet. It ends with another magical blending of the different clips. Even though I liked the entire album and the way it flowed from one song to another, I thoroughly enjoyed the instrumental versions of some well-known Christmas songs on the CD. The way a known song was altered to become full of excitement kept my attention and drew me in emotionally. The way we sing some of the same songs at Christmastime at church can sometimes seem dreary. The pieces on this album were full of life,