Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection (1998) ( )

Artist: Sarah Brightman
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Label: Uni/decca
UPC: 00731453933026
Release Date: 6/1/1999
Buy.com Sku: 60308129
Item#: MX2727
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Phantom Of The Opera, The - (with Michael Crawford) ~ Sarah Brightman
2. Unexpected Song ~ Sarah Brightman
3. Chanson D'Enfance ~ Sarah Brightman
4. All I Ask Of You ~ Sarah Brightman
5. Don't Cry For Me Argentina ~ Sarah Brightman
6. Another Suitcase In Another Hall ~ Sarah Brightman
7. Love Changes Everything ~ Sarah Brightman
8. Amigos Para Siempre - (with Jos? Carreras) ~ Sarah Brightman
9. Memory ~ Sarah Brightman
10. Gus: The Theatre Cat - (with Sir John Gielgud) ~ Sarah Brightman
11. Anything But Lonely ~ Sarah Brightman
12. Macavity: The Mystery Cat ~ Sarah Brightman
13. Tell Me On A Sunday ~ Sarah Brightman
14. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again ~ Sarah Brightman
15. Pie Jesu - (with Paul Miles-Kingston) ~ Sarah Brightman
16. Music Of The Night, The ~ Sarah Brightman

(P) 1997 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
(C) 1997 The Really Useful Group Ltd.

 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel includes: Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, Cliff Richard, Jose Carreras, John Gielgud, Paul Miles-Kingston.
Personnel: Steve Barton (vocals).
Photographers: Lewis Mulatero; Simon Fowler.
Unknown Contributor Role: Martin Levan.
Despite a long history of pop and musical-theater success in England, Sarah Brightman was not well known in the U.S. until her 1997 album Time to Say Goodbye became a triumph, topping the Billboard classical crossover chart for most of 1998. Really Useful Records, her former husband Andrew Lloyd Webber's label, took advantage of her sudden popularity to release this compilation of recordings of Lloyd Webber songs she'd made between 1985 and 1995, and since she had served as a real muse to the composer, many of his most popular songs were included. Several of them -- "Pie Jesu," "All I Ask of You," "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," and "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)" -- had been chart hits for Brightman in the U.K. So had "The Phantom of the Opera," the title song of a musical Lloyd Webber had written for her and in which she had starred, albeit in a different recording from the one included here, which was the Original London Cast version featuring her co-star, Michael Crawford. Also included were the most memorable songs from such Lloyd Webber shows as Evita ("Don't Cry for Me Argentina"), Song & Dance ("Unexpected Song," "Tell Me on a Sunday"), Aspects of Love ("Love Changes Everything"), and Cats ("Memory," "Gus: The Theatre Cat," "Macavity: The Mystery Cat"). Even the songs that had not been tailored specifically for Brightman had been written for her kind of voice, a full-bodied, dramatic soprano, and she sang with a thorough understanding of the composer's intentions. The result was an excellent primer for anyone who had first encountered Brightman with "Time to Say Goodbye" and was wondering where she came from. ~ William Ruhlmann
There's no question that pop diva Sarah Brightman is former husband Andrew Lloyd Webber's foremost interpreter, having starred in the original productions of Lloyd Webber smashes including CATS, THE PAHTNTOM OF THE OPERA, REQUIEM, and ASPECTS OF LOVE. On THE ANDREW LLOYD WEBER COLLECTION, Brightman high-notes her way through songs from all of the above, plus numbers from EVITA and SONG AND DANCE. She's joined by an eclectic group of duet partners, ranging from pop star Cliff Richards to Shakespearean actor John Gielgud (who, like Webber, has been knighted). Pop music at its highest gloss.

Producer: David R. Murray; Nigel Wright; Andrew Lloyd Webber

Engineer: Dave Hunt; Martin Levan; Robin Sellars; Simon Rhodes; Thomas Z. Shepard

Musical Guests
Michael Crawford
Cliff Richard
Jos? Carreras
John Gielgud

 
Artist Overview
British siren Sarah Brightman started her musical career as a pure popster, singing dance music with the hit UK group Hot Gossip in the late '70s. Before long, though, her angelic voice and striking beauty led her to musical theater, and she starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit show CATS (she would eventually marry the composer). In due course, she found herself on Broadway in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Brightman had a number of hits with songs from various musicals in which she appeared, but by the '90s she was a full-fledged crossover star bridging the worlds of opera, showtunes, and pop with hit albums containing everything from Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale" to Puccini's "Nessun Dorma."

Artist Influences
ABBA | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Annie Lennox | Barbra Streisand | Betty Buckley | Donna Summer | Enya | Freddie Mercury | Jessie Matthews | Jos? Carreras | Judy Garland | Liza Minnelli | Luciano Pavarotti | Pl cido Domingo

Artist Contemporaries
Andrea Bocelli | Audra McDonald | Celine Dion | Dawn Upshaw | Dennis DeYoung | Enya | Jane Monheit | John Pizzarelli | Judy Kuhn | Linda Eder | Loreena McKennitt | Mandy Patinkin | Michael Crawford | Patti LuPone | Tom Wopat

Artist Followers
Bond (Pop) | Charlotte Church | Clay Aiken | Emma Shapplin | Josh Groban | Michael Buble | Natacha Atlas | Peter Cincotti


 
Compilation Appearances
Man Of La Mancha (American)
Romanza
Brokedown Palace
Broadway's Greatest Love Songs
Vol. 3-Pure Moods
Romanza
Now & Forever (Bonus Tracks)
Andrew Lloyd Webber Gold (Bonus Tracks)
Ultra Chilled
Pure Moods-Celestial Celebration
Women & Songs 4
Charmed
Musicality Of Strouse
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Divas
If You Remember Me 1006
Day And Night
Best Of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere (w/ Bonus DVD)
Best Of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere
Now & Forever (Bonus Tracks)
Andrew Lloyd Webber Gold (Bonus Tracks)
Lo Mejor De Andrea Bocelli:vivere
Lo Mejor De Andrea Bocelli:vivere(w/ Bonus DVD)
Vivere Live In Tuscany (w/ Bonus DVD)
Duets:Friends & Legends
Andrew Lloyd Webber 60

 
Associated Artists and Works
Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection/Encore ~ Original Soundtrack

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 06/01/1999
Original Release Date : 1998
Catalog ID : 539330
Label : Polygram
Number of Discs : 1
Runtime : 66m : 12s
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00731453933026

  
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