Tarja

 Today in 2007 Tarja released the album My Winter Storm

Kitee,Finland/Buenos Aires (Argentina)Symphonic Metal

Status:Active

Years active: 2004-present

Tarja Turunen is a Finnish lyric soprano singer, songwriter and composer. She is best known as the original member and the former lead vocalist of Finnish operatic/symphonic power metal band Nightwish, founded by herself, Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen in 1996. She was dismissed from the band after nine years, on October 22, 2005, through an open letter written by Holopainen, that was signed by the other members of Nightwish too. Turunen responded through another open letter, which was posted on her website in both Finnish and English.

Vertigo

Tarja Turunen Vocals, Piano

Doug Wimbish Bass

Alex Scholpp Guitars

Earl Harvin Drums

Torsten Stenzel Keyboards

Guest/Session

Martin Tillman Cello

Kiko Loureiro Guitars (acoustic) (track 19)

Izumi Kawakatsu Piano

Lili Haydin Violin

Tony Turunen Vocals (backing) (track 11)

Kid Crazy Keyboards (track 9)

Tea Tähtinen Vocals (backing) (track 11)

Daniel Presley Vocals (backing) (track 11)

1. Ite, missa est 00:27

2. I Walk Alone 03:53

3. Lost Northern Star 04:22

4. Seeking for the Reign 00:58

5. The Reign 04:07

6. The Escape of the Doll 00:32

7. My Little Phoenix 04:02

8. Die Alive 04:04

9. Boy and the Ghost 04:36

10. Sing for Me 04:16

11. Oasis 05:10

12. Poison (Alice Cooper cover) 04:01

13. Our Great Divide 05:05

14. Sunset 00:36

15. Damned and Divine 04:29

16. Minor Heaven 04:00

17. Ciarán's Well 03:37

18. Calling Grace 03:06

01:01:21

Recorded between 2006 and 2007 at verious studios: Grouse Lodge Studios, Westmeath, Ireland; Can del Sol, Ibiza, Spain; The Village, West Los Angeles, USA; Petrax Studio, Hollola, Finland; Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic, Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland; Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica, USA; Fusão Estúdios, San Paulo, Brazil; Sound Development AG, Zurich, Swiss; Jojo Music Studios, Stuttgart, Germany.

Mixed at Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica, USA.

Mastered at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, USA.