Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection (1998) ( )

Product Summary 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 Title Sample 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    Product Image