TRUE SYMPHONIC ROCKESTRA Launch Official MySpace Page, Audio Samples Available For Streaming
As previously reported,
DREAM THEATER vocalist
James LaBrie recently recorded vocals for an opera-oriented project called TRUE
SYMPHONIC ROCKESTRA. An officical TSR MySpace page is now up and running at
www.myspace.com/tsrproject . Audio samples of the tracks 'Nessun Dorma', 'La Donna e Mobile', 'My Way' and 'Tu Ca Nun Chiange' are currently available for streaming. Video footage is also available on the page.
Mastermind Dirk Ulrich Ulrich recently issued the following overview of the TSR project:
"Hey everyone!
Welcome to the website of the TSR Project. As you will find out when looking through our pages there are some years of work behind this idea, a lot of very talented people involved, and an international team of artists and producers from Germany, Canada, Ucraine and Russia!
When we started to develop the TSR concept back in 2000 the basic idea behind it was to get 3 world-class singers to perform the "Best Of" repertoire of the original 3 Tenors (Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, José Carreras) … in ROCK versions!
Although mixing classical and rock music has already been done before in the past we do believe that the TSR Project is a new and unique combination of these two forces… probably the first time ever to feature two world-class classical tenors and one of the most respected voices in rock on one entire album!
Needless to say with a dream-cast like the TSR has that this first TSR album is in no way a persiflage or satire but a serious attempt to transport the music of the 3 Tenors into the rock-world, and to show the classical world the beauty and power that a rock band can create. Personally I have always been a HUGE fan of the 3 Tenors and the way they approached some of the best-known and best-written songs out there, and as a 'true rocker' I always had the vision of supporting these hymns with the power of a real rocking band…
Well, it´s 2006 by now, and after a lot of (personal and professional) ups and downs we are getting very close to bringing this exciting project to you, the music lovers. There have been a lot of rumours and questions in forums throughout the net, so let me make it official: we are targeting at a release date for the first TSR album ('The 3 Rock Tenors') somewhere around early 2007.
Vladimir Grishko is in personal and direct contact with Luciano Pavarotti and Madame Caballe, who are supporting the TSR idea a lot! We are very honoured by this fact and take this as a big motivation to release some high-class and very 'musical' album!
The music is finished now, but there is still a lot of work to do behind the scenes. We will have to talk to a lot of publishing companies for approvals, set up distribution, promotion, etc. Please be patient for a while, you will be the first to read about any progress on this site, for sure!
Thanks for your interest, we can´t wait to play that awesome music to YOU!"
Dirk & the TSR team.
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