BEETHOVEN'S LAST NIGHT

I've listened to this album for quite awhile, and can say without discomfort that it deserves a five "masterpiece" rating as a fusion of hard rock, almost metal fusion with classical music. With this album, Trans-Siberian Orchestra proved that they can do more than write incredible Christmas rock-classical music but borrow from elements of classical masters Beethoven and Mozart as well. Having transcribed classical music to metal myself I appreciate the works of these artists and musicians, especially O'neill. These are true musicians who became quite popular in a world of commercial artist "wanna' be's." These masters truely have broken the commercial barrier that buries real music these days.