Picture taken from eBay. The seller listed them as "HIFIMAN HE-400i" presumably due to being found in the HE400i's original box. I don't know which brand or model I'm looking at, but it clearly isn't the HE400i.
The title says it all - I want to know your favourite line from any Epica song.
Credits to Nicholas.
This channel also has Sleeping Sun, Anemoia and Ohne Dich for your perusal.
A clip from the Festival 1001 notes in Limoges.
I was researching this festival a bit, it seems to be focused on classical music with a twist or a modern approach it seems. I liked it a lot that Tarja branched out from the usual festivals this Summer, and is doing a semi classical concert here and there.
I had never heard of Mr. Horvath before this Tarja collaboration. His résumé is surely impressive, I am sure playing this répertoire is refreshing for him. I do have to say that from what I have seen, he is not really accompanying the vocals, he is doing his own thing.
He plays amazingly, if it is even needed to be pointed out.
Both Kuolema and Sleeping Sun sound almost unrecognizable though. They are beautiful and simple melodies. But he shifts them into something else. I think it worked very well on Anemoia but here it feels overplayed.
Tarja sounds good but I did not feel they were in sync, or the format worked all too well. Usually pianists accompany the singer but it seems to me he is used to doing his own acrobatics by himself.