Eternal Melody is the first classical album

20th century classical music

20th century classical music was without a dominant style and highly diverse.-Introduction:At the turn of the century, music was characteristically late Romantic in style. Composers such as Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius were pushing the bounds of Post-Romantic Symphonic writing...

 released by Yoshiki Hayashi on April 21, 1993. All music was written by Yoshiki, produced and arranged by famed Beatles' producer George Martin

George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...

 and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

The London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera...

. It was later mastered at Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...

.

Following up on 1991's Yoshiki Selection, the concept behind Eternal Melody was to place pre-existing X Japan

X Japan

is a Japanese heavy metal band founded in 1982 by Yoshiki and Toshi. Originally named X , the group achieved their breakthrough success in 1989 with the release of their second album Blue Blood...

songs into an orchestral context. Yoshiki also unveiled some new pieces, like "Overture" and "Amethyst", the later being released as a single and used as an opening intro at most of X Japan's later concerts.

Eternal Melody was followed by Eternal Melody II in 2001.

Disc one

1. Overture (9:13)
2. Vanishing Love (4:54)
3. Amethyst (6:18)
4. Kurenai (6:45)
5. Endless Rain (6:17)
6. Unfinished (4:49)

Disc two

1. Say Anything (10:07)
2. Silent Jealousy (4:59)
3. Es Dur no Piano Sen (3:36)
4. Week End (5:55)
5. Rose of Pain (7:34)
6. Tears (5:04)