Tarja's latest release is not a typical Tarja album. In fact it isn't a typical rock album at all. Where Tarja's latest album, "Colours in the Dark" is a rock album with some classical elements, "Beauty and the beat" is more of a Classical music album with some rock thrown in for good measure. BeautyTarja's latest release is not a typical Tarja album. In fact it isn't a typical rock album at all. Where Tarja's latest album, "Colours in the Dark" is a rock album with some classical elements, "Beauty and the beat" is more of a Classical music album with some rock thrown in for good measure. Beauty and the Beat was originally intended to be a single live concert but proved so successful that several more dates have followed. It involves Tarja on vocals, Mike Terrana on drums, a choir and an orchestra. They perform a selection of pieces of classical music from composers including Mozart, Puccini, Dvorak and Bach, as well as rock songs from Tarja's albums and artists such as Queen and Led Zeppelin. As you'd expect, Tarja's voice sounds amazing here – classical music is where she started out and the music here really suits her vocal style perfectly allowing her to showcase the quality of her vocals. The music too is excellent – the orchestra and choir doing their parts perfectly, and the music selected does include some well known pieces so even if you arent a classical music fan you will certainly recognise some of the pieces [...]
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