Music-Review: Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Music is one of the biggest Parts in my Life. Without Music I would turn completly mad. My taste of music is characterised by it's versatility. I like a lot of the current Radio-Charts and -Artist, but I also love Classic, Musical, Soundtracks, J-Pop, 80's AND Symphomic Metal. That's the point, which leads me to one of my absolut favorite Bands: 

I'm listening to the Music of Nightwish since 2003. In 12 Years their Music was never boring to me.
I got the new Album in the limited "Super" Delux Edition on my Birthday. It's a big Book with 3 CDs and a LP. The Book shows the Song-Lyrichs, a lot of beautiful Pictures and of course Photographs of the Band.

Front

When I opend the Book and saw the three CDs I was a little bit confused. I know that the normal Delux-Edition contains the Album- + Instrumental-Version, so I was hoping for a DVD that would show two or three Songs live on Stage, but it turned out as a Orchestral-Version. I'm not disappointed about it! I like the Orchestral-Version more than the Instrumental-Version.

When I listened to the Album the first time it was like "Well it's okay, but nothing special". If you haven't heared of this Band until now you have to know, that they have a new Front-Singer...again. Originally Tarja Turunen was the Leadsinger of Nightwish. She has a classical vocal-education and sang the songs with her classical voice, what made the special and unique Sound of Nightwish. Unfortunately Tarja left Nightwish in 2005 to start a solo career. Nightwish found Anette Olzon as new Frontsinger and produced the Album "Imagenerium".

Nightwish with Anette Olzon as Frontsinger

Anette is a great singer and she has a great voice, but it's a "normal" Pop-Voice and Nightwish lost a bit of it's uniqueness. Anyway "Imagenerium" is a amazing Album, with great Songs!
It only took a few years and Nightwish had to search for a new Frontsinger again. Floor Jansen was and still is the new choice.

Nightwish with Floor Jansen as Frontsinger

Floor has a Rock-Voice, that sounds strong and aduld.
Luckily Floor is also able to sing in a soft and calm way, like she does in "Our Decades in the Sun" which is one of my Favorit Songs of the Album. I don't like the Look of Floor, but that is just my opinion and much more important is her voice that suits the Music of Nightwish much better than Anette. Unfortunately Floor will never never NEVER reach Tarja, but the more I listen to the new Album, the more I like it. Sometimes it takes a little time ;-)  

You may be surprised about the number of Titels. There are only 11 Tracks on the Album BUT the last Song "The Greatest Show on Earth" has a incredible duration of over 23 Minutes! You can count this Titel as 4 Songs xD

Track-List:

Back

CD 1 is the normal Album
1: Schudder Before the Beautiful
2: Weak Fantasy
3: Élan
4: Yours Is an Empty Hope
5: Our Decades in the Sun
6: My Walden
7: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
8: Edema Ruh
9: Alpenglow
10: The Eyes of Sharbat Gula
11: The Greatest Show on Earth

3 CDs (Album/Instrumental/Orchestral)

CD 2 is Instrumental
1: Schudder Before the Beautiful
2: Weak Fantasy
3: Élan
4: Yours Is an Empty Hope
5: Our Decades in the Sun
6: My Walden
7: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
8: Edema Ruh
9: Alpenglow
10: The Eyes of Sharbat Gula
11: The Greatest Show on Earth

CD 3 is Orchestral

LP

1: Schudder Before the Beautiful
2: Weak Fantasy
3: Élan
4: Yours Is an Empty Hope
5: Our Decades in the Sun
6: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
7: Alpenglow
8: The Eyes of Sharbat Gula
9: The Greatest Show on Earth

LP
Side A: Endless Forms Most Beautiful (Alternativ Version)
Side B: Élan (Alternativ Version)



My Favorit Songs are "Our Decades in the Sun",  "Edema Ruh", Élan" and "Alpenglow" (eventhough the Word "Alpenglow" sounds very strange to me).

Nightwish - Èlan (Official Video)

Nightwish Homepage

If you want a Reviews of a previous Nightwish-Album or maybe a Nightwish DVD, just let me know ;-)


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Musical-Report: Das Phantom der Oper / The Phantom of the Opera (Neue Flora - Hamburg)

If you read my recent post you already know, that I bought Tickets for "Das Phantom der Oper"-Musical in Hamburg befor I traveld there.
My Tickets where for the Show on Sunday, 20.06.15 - 7 p.m. My plan was to go there in my beloved Masquerade Theatre JSK from Alice and the Pirates. Well, I did it.
I was hoping, that I could get Fotos with the Actors, but this wish wasn't fulfilled. The only thing, that my styling could achieve was the attention of the other Visitors of the Musical and a short glance of the Phantom during the Applause at the End of the Show.
Well maybe I should have ran out the Theatre and head to the Backstage-Door...

Anyway, my styling gave me the feeling, I could jump up on Stage and dance and sing with the Actors xD
Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any good Pictures of my Styling that day. A friend that went with me to the Musical tried to make some Pictures, but the light inside was horrible. Good Pictures impossible ;(

Thats all I can give you:

  
The Show itself was unbelievable gorgeous. When the Prolouge began, I had to fight back tears. I love the Melody and it catched me completly when the Orchestra startet to play it. I can't make it into words....but I found two videos that will show a little bit of the Show (see below).

Stage and Chandelier

The Actores:

This was the Cast on Sunday 21.06.2015 - 7 p.m.:

I was really really curious about the Quality of the Actores. The Actores where all great, but the one that impressed me most was Rachel Anne Moore. She played the Diva "Carlotta Guidicelli" and was stunning! She reached the highest Notes so easily and the colour of here voice is so beautiful...I can only admire here! I wish I could sing like this...

Hannibal-Scene

Unfortunately I was a little bit unhappy about the Phantom. The Actor was good, no dougt of this,but for me his voice was not strong enough. Raoul was played by Nicky Wuchinger and he has a strong manly voice. That's why I thought all the time "This is wrong! This two guys have to switch the Roles."

I could not let go of this and so I went to the Teathre again on Wednesday to check the Cast of that day and deceide, if I would visit the Phantom again, just to see a other Actor as Phantom.

This is the Cast from Wednesday 24.06.2015 - 6.30 p.m.:

This Time Mathias Edenborn played the Phantom and he did well. In my Opinion his Voice fitted much better then the Voice of Rob Pitch.
Unfortunately the Cast from Wednesday was once again not perfect. Lauri Brons which played Christin on Sunday was much better then Daniela Braun. I guess I have to visit the Phantom some day again and hope for the perfect Cast =)

Here is the promotion video from Stage Entertainment:

This Video is a little longer and in german (of course), but it gives you a great impression of the Production:

I will defnetly visit the Phantom again, if I get the chance. London would be great ;-)

If you want to see the Phantom of the Opera but don't have any abbility to see it live, I recomment you the DVD/Bluray of the 25th Anniversary Concert. Sierra Borgess and Ramin Karimloo played the Main Roles. They are both amazing!! I would love to see them live on Stage.

Of course I couldn't resist to buy some Phantom-Merchandise:

The Phantom of the Opera will only be played in Hamburg until the End of September 2015. A few month later "Love Never Dies" will be showen instead. It is the prosecution of the Phantom. I already saw the DVD of the Austalian Production..well..I think it can't reach "The Phantom of the Opera" in any way...

 The Phantom of the Oper will move to Obernhaus, near Essen.