Artists: Tarja Turunen & Mike Terrana
Title: Beauty & the Beat
Genre: Classical Music, Symphonic Music, Opera
Label: earMusic / Edel Records
Released: 2014
Recorded: Apr 2013, Kongresové centrum, Zlin, Czech Republic
Artists Country: Finland / US
Release Country: Germany
Format: Blu-ray video
BD specs:
Video:MPEG 4 AVC Video / 1920*1080i / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1 / 29.97 fps
Audio:
A1: LPCM / 2304 kbps / 2 ch / 48.0 khz / 24 bit
A2: Dolby Digital Audio AC3 / 448 kbps / 6 ch / 48.0 khz
A3: DTS-HD Master Audio / 4648 kbps / 6 ch / 48.0 khz / 24 bit
(DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24 bit)
Personnel:
Tarja Turunen – vocals (soprano)
Mike Terrana – drums
‘Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra’
‘Pěvecký Masarykovy Univerzity Brno Choir’
“Beauty & The Beat” is something very different than your ordinary rock show, let alone your ordinary classic concert. It’s music played in an unorthodox manner, it’s the performance of a wide range of classical pieces and rock songs together with an orchestra and choir. It strikes you with awe. Originally planned as a one-time event – the first performance was already held in 2011, the show was too successful with fans and critics to simply never happen again. In spring 2013, Tarja Turunen and drummer Mike Terrana, who is also part of her current live band, toured throughout the world, from Poland over Russia to Mexico. During this tour, the live CD, DVD and Blu-ray was recorded in stunning HD. “Beauty & The Beat”‘s music ranges from immortal classic music pieces ranging from Bach, Strauss and Mozart to Rossini, and doesn’t neglect pure rock music with songs from Led Zeppelin, Queen and Tarja’s as well as Mike’s own pieces. All combined with an enormous orchestra sound, energetic drums and Tarja’s angelic voice. Tarja and Mike complement each other musically. Whereas Mike bangs his drums like a mad man, Tarja shines with her crystal clear voice and incredible stage presence all lulled with the warm, full sound of an orchestra. Tarja Turunen explains: “The idea of having a symphonic orchestra, choir and Mr. Terrana on drums was originally mine. I believe this kind of combination of instruments, particularlyplaying mainly classical music, is very unique. I have been making collaborations with orchestras before, but those concerts were different. Our main goal with this kind of concerts is that the younger audience experiences the beauty and power of a symphonic orchestra and choir. Hopefully it will serve as an introduction to classical music for some of our fans.” Mike Terrana jokingly adds: “It’s obvious that I provide the BEAT & Tarja provides the BEAUTY.”
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Title: Tarja Turunen – Luna Park Ride
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Rock, Symphonic Metal, Classical
Artist: Tarja Turunen and band
Production/Label: earMUSIC
Duration: 01:17:04
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 24982 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4901 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Imagine an enchanted audience in front of an enormous stage in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thousands of fans screaming just for her: the one and only Tarja. Having their cameras and cell phones ready to film what will become one hell of a performance, Tarja finally appears, dressed fully in black and with the most beautiful smile on her face; she is in full bloom. Let the show begin. Filmed at Stadium Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 27th, 2011 during Tarja’s “What Lies Beneath World Tour 2011”, “Luna Park Ride” was previously only included in a very limited edition of her Top 5 live production “Act I”. For the first time available on stand-alone audio and video, the fan filmed material is topped with 14 (!) bonus live performances and offers the full package including previously unseen photos. Ranging from Tarja classics like “I Walk Alone” to “Until My Last Breath”, the high quality audio mixed by Tim Palmer (U2, Pearl Jam, Robert Plant) and fan video recordings also feature Nightwish rarities such as “Stargazers” or the electrifying medley of “Where Were You Last Night”, Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” and Bon Jovi’s classic “Livin’ On A Prayer”. The 70 minute bonus material, also mixed by Tim Palmer, takes the fans on a tour of Tarja’s festival appearances and club shows from 2010 to 2014!
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Title: Tarja Turunen – Act II
Release Date: 2018
Genre: Rock, Symphonic Metal
Artist: Tarja Turunen
Production/Label: EARMUSIC
Duration: 03:31:05 + 00:41:12, 01:58:24
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM, AC3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 20.0 Mb/s / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio#2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#3: Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio#4: Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps (bonus)
Size: 46,04 GB + 26,04 GB
No other voice and artist influenced and basically created the female fronted symphonic metal genre as much as Tarja. A pioneer in goth- and symphonic metal, the classically trained Finn rose to fame with the band Nightwish, whose face and voice she had been for 9 years. Tarja, whose vocal range goes as far as three octaves, started her solo career after stepping out of Nightwish in 2004. Filmed during Tarja’s world tour ‘The Shadow Shows’, during which the influential heavy rock singer circled the world 7 ½ times and played over 200 shows in 40 countries in front of 1 million people, ‘Act II’ consists of the singer’s very intimate 75 minute set filmed and recorded live at the Metropolis Studio in London, UK and the breathtaking live performance of one of her shows in Milan, Italy, and previously unreleased interviews and photo galleries. The theatrical rock adventure ‘Act II’ combines two incredible, yet slightly different live performances on video: The first chapter, ‘Metropolis Alive’, has been filmed two months prior to the release of Tarja’s 2016 success The Shadow Self . 20 winners from all over Europe were lucky to witness Tarja’s intimate, yet rocking 75 minute set at renowned Metropolis Studios in London, UK where the singer performed songs from her then unreleased album for the first time in front of an audience. Available on 2 CD, 3LP (180 Gram Vinyl) + Download Card, DVD, BluRay and Digital
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Title: Tarja Turunen – Act I
Release Date: 2012
Genre: Rock, Symphonic Metal
Artist: Tarja Turunen
Production/Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 01:48:20
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, AC3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 23989 kbps / 1920*1080i / 25 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit
Audio#2: Dolby Digital 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio#3: Dolby Digital 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Act 1 is Tarja’s first ever solo live video product in her rock/metal outfit – probably her most spectacular release ever. The main content was filmed and recorded over two nights in March of 2012, at the Teatro El Círculo, in Rosario, Argentina, a beautiful and breathtaking theater setting.
With its elaborate track listing, Act 1 provides the full-fledged bill of fare to any Tarja fan. The track listing consists of Tarja’s greatest solo tracks, some Nightwish classics like Nemo, and cover versions of Over The Hills And Far Away (Gary Moore) and Phantom Of The Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber). The Blu-Ray also includes the song Tired Of Being Alone, which Tarja wrote with Schiller – or to make it short: a unique blend of music selection.
The set up of these concerts meant an incredible amount of extra work and effort in the live production – with an impressive result, but also an emotional roller coaster ride. Says Turunen: Those two nights in Rosario were a huge emotional drive to me personally.
The artist herself admits, she was ready to burst into tears many times.
This Blu-Ray is being released simultaneously with a 2CD set as well as a 2DVD.
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Tarja Turunen – Ave Maria – En Plein Air (2015)
Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli, known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish singer-songwriter. She is a soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves. Turunen studied singing at Sibelius Academy and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. She is a professional classical lied singer, and the former lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. “Ave Maria” is her first classical, and the fifth studio album.
Finnish singer Tarja Turunen is one of the most well-known heavy metal soprano singers and one of the most important female voices and faces in metal music. No other voice and artist influenced and basically created the female fronted symphonic metal genre as much as Tarja. A pioneer in goth and symphonic metal, the classically trained Finn rose to fame with the band Nightwish, whose face and voice she had been for 9 years. In 2004, she started her successful solo career, carrying her own name and releasing three studio albums so far. Ave Maria En Plein Air is Tarja Turunen s classical solo debut album. It features 12 beautiful Ave Maria songs by a wide variety of composers. Tarja Turunen breathes life into some of the most loved and rare songs of Paolo Tosti, David Popper, Astor Piazzolla, and of course Johann Sebastian Bach/Charles Gounod, among others. The closing track of the album presents a magnificent composition by Tarja Turunen herself. Recorded in the stunning Lakeuden Risti Church in Seinajoki, Finland a snow-white landmark, both national heritage and significant example of modern Finnish architecture designed by famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto the Lutheran church offers the perfect soundscape for Tarja Turunen’s crisp clear voice. Combined with a piercing organ, cello and harp, the music blends into a rich sound universe.
Read moreTarja Turunen – Best Of – Living The Dream (2022) Blu-Ray 1080i AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 + BDRip 720p/1080p
Title: Tarja Turunen – Best Of – Living The Dream
Release Date: 2022
Genre: Symphonic Rock
Production/Label: Earmusic
Duration: 01:53:11+01:14:19
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4
Audio codec: DTS-HD, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 25966 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio #2: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2199 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Size: 40.19 GB
Best Of Tarja – for the first time the greatest songs from her solo career handpicked by Tarja!
Tarja has chosen this moment to look back and compile her most well-known tracks and personal favorites for this first-ever collection, “Best of Tarja: Living The Dream”.
It contains her personal favorite rock tracks from her six studio albums – ‘My Winter Storm’, ‘What Lies Beneath’, ‘Colours in the Dark’, ‘The Brightest Void’, ‘The Shadow Self’ and ‘In the Raw’.
This handpicked compilation opens with the never-before-heard new single “Eye Of The Storm”.
The strictly limited 48pages Mediabook contains 13 additional tracks, many of which are hard-to-find rarities, deluxe liner notes and a Blu-ray including the previously unreleased “Circus Life” concert (a full 2 hour show!) plus a collection of Tarja’s music videos.
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Tarja Turunen – An Empty Dream (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 24:04 minutes | 267 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © earMUSIC
“An Empty Dream” is a song by the Finnish soprano Tarja Turunen, taken as the first single from her EP The Brightest Void, even though it was originally a part of the soundtrack of the 2015 Argentinian horror film Corazón Muerto directed by Mariano Cattaneo. The song was released in a digital format on June 23, 2017, more than a year after the release of The Brightest Void…
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Imagine an enchanted audience in front of an enormous stage in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Thousands of fans screaming just for her: the one and only Tarja. Having their cameras and cell phones ready to film what will become one hell of a performance, Tarja finally appears, dressed fully in black and with the most beautiful smile on her face; she is in full bloom. Let the show begin. Filmed at Stadium Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 27th, 2011 during Tarja’s “What Lies Beneath World Tour 2011”, “Luna Park Ride” was previously only included in a very limited edition of her Top 5 live production “Act I”. For the first time available on stand-alone audio and video, the fan filmed material is topped with 14 (!) bonus live performances and offers the full package including previously unseen photos. Ranging from Tarja classics like “I Walk Alone” to “Until My Last Breath”, the high quality audio mixed by Tim Palmer (U2, Pearl Jam, Robert Plant) and fan video recordings also feature Nightwish rarities such as “Stargazers” or the electrifying medley of “Where Were You Last Night”, Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” and Bon Jovi’s classic “Livin’ On A Prayer”.
Tracklist
Dark Star
My Little Phoenix
The Crying Moon
I Walk Alone
Falling Awake
Signos (Soda Stereo cover)
Little Lies
Underneath
Stargazers
Ciaran’s Well
In For A Kill
Where Were You Last Night – Heaven Is A Place On Earth – Livin’ On A Prayer
Die Alive
Until My Last Breath
Wishmaster
Bonus Material CD, DVD, Digital and Blu-ray only
In For a Kill – Masters of Rock / Czech Republic 2010. Featuring Philarmonic Bohuslava Martinû Zlin and choir
I Walk Alone – Masters of Rock / Czech Republic 2010. Featuring Philarmonic Bohuslava Martinû Zlin and choir
The Archive of Lost Dreams / Czech Republic 2010. Featuring Philarmonic Bohuslava Martinû Zlin and choir
Crimson Deep – Masters of Rock / Czech Republic 2010. Featuring Philarmonic Bohuslava Martinû Zlin and choir
I Feel Immortal – Summerbreeze / Germany 2011
The Siren – Summerbreeze / Germany 2011
Until my Last Breath – Summerbreeze / Germany 2011
500 Letters – Yekaterinburg / Russia 2014
Damned & Divine – Yekaterinburg / Russia 2014
Neverlight – Yekaterinburg / Russia 2014
Anteroom of Death – Wacken / Germany 2014 featuring Van Canto
Never Enough – Summerbreeze / Germany 2014
Die Alive – Summerbreeze / Germany 2014
Victim of Ritual – Summerbreeze / Germany 2014
Act 1 is Tarja’s first ever solo live video product in her rock/metal outfit – probably her most spectacular release ever. The main content was filmed on two show nights March 2012 in Rosario, Argentina, at the Teatro El Círculo, a beautiful and breathtaking theatre setting.
With its elaborate tracklisting, Act 1 provides the full-fledged bill of fare to any Tarja fan. The tracklisting consists of Tarja’s greatest solo tracks, some Nightwish classics like Nemo , or the cover versions Over The Hills And Far Away (Gary Moore) and Phantom Of The Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber). The 2DVD also includes the song Tired Of Being Alone , which Tarja wrote with Schiller – or to make it short: a unique blend of music selection.
The set up of these concerts meant an incredible amount of extra work and effort in the live production – with an impressive result, but also an emotional rollercoaster-ride. Says Turunen: Those two nights in Rosario were a huge emotional drive to me personally.
The artist herself admits, she was ready to burst into tears many times.