''Beauty and the Beat'' is a live collaboration between

Tarja Turunen Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. She is a soprano with a three and a half o ...

and

Mike Terrana Mike Terrana (born January 21, 1960) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer. His first professional work was in 1984 with the MCA band Hanover Fist from Toronto, Canada, after which he recorded and toured with other bands, playing m ...

. The track listing consists of a mix of classical pieces, covers of both

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and

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, songs by Tarja's previous band

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...

, and her own songs. On 23 April 2014,

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released a teaser trailer and the official trailer came out on 9 May.

Background

The idea was conceived by Turunen, who had worked with Terrana on several projects in the past, including her first live recording, '' Act I: Live in Rosario''. On her website, she states: "Our main goal with these kinds of concerts is that younger audiences experience the beauty and power of a symphonic orchestra and choir." Terrana's explanatory comment was, "It's obvious that I provide the BEAT and Tarja provides the BEAUTY."

Double CD track listing

Double DVD track listing

+Bonus * Bonus Material * Photo Gallery

References

External links

''Beauty and the Beat'' website

Tarja official Facebook page

Tarja Turunen official website

Beauty and the Beat official trailer
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