| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/angel | | UPC: 00724353325725 | | Release Date: 11/20/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60510620 | | Item#: MCFN5F | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24555 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Ave Maria (Schubert) - (new recording) ~ Sarah Brightman |  | | 2. La Wally (Catalani) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 3. Winter Light (Preisner) - (new recording) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 4. Anytime, Anywhere (Albinoni) - (live) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 5. Alhambra (Tarrega) - (new recording) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 6. Lascia Ch'io Pianga (Handel) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 7. Dans La Nuit (Chopin) - (new recording) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 8. Serenade / How Fair This Place (Rachmaninov) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 9. O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini) - (new recording) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 10. La Luna (Dvorak) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 11. Pie Jesu (Lloyd Weber) - (new recording) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 12. Figlio Perduto (Beethoven) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 13. Nessun Dorma (Puccini) - (new recording) ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 14. Bailero ~ Sarah Brightman | | | 15. Time To Say Goodbye - (solo version) ~ Sarah Brightman | |
| The voice of Sarah Brightman is back and it soars to new heights on Sarah Brightman: Classics, the essential collection that blends exciting new material with a selection of Sarah's favorite classical songs from her albums Eden and La Luna, including her solo version of the international hit "Time To Say Goodbye." The album is the ultimate Sarah Brightman experience. Through Sarah's inimitable soprano, an edgy, here-and-now sensuality emerges from the sublime classical roots of these songs. Sarah Brightman: Classics introduces the brand new recordings of "Ave Maria" and "Winter Light" and a new performance of "Pie Jesu" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem, which was written especially for Sarah. Two other new songs, "Alhambra" and "Dans La Nuit," are original Sarah Brightman adaptations, featuring newly-written lyrics sung to classical melodies by Tarrega and Chopin. These tracks plus new recordings of "O Mio Babbino Caro" and "Nessun Dorma" feature Sarah singing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to the title track from Time To Say Goodbye, Sarah has also included "Lay Wally" from the album. Encore selections from Eden are "Lascia Ch'io Pianga," "Anytime, Anywhere" and "Bailero," and from La Luna come "Serenade/How Fair This Place," "Figlio Perduto" and the title track. Sarah Brightman: Classics weaves an irresistible spell with a unique collection of her favorite classical pieces. This is the ultimate celebration of Sarah's beautiful soprano voice.
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Sarah Brightman (vocals); Paul Bateman (conductor); Peter Weihe (guitar); Michael Soltau, Peter Murray (keyboards); London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Englisg National Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra; The Bach Choir; The Choir Of New College. | | Engineers: Michael Soltau, John Timperly, Frank Peterson. | | Sure, she's as close as you can get to naked in the album artwork. OK, so there's an insert hawking Sarah Brightman calendars, coffee mugs, and sweatshirts. Yes, there's a fair amount of calculation likely in her pop-classical crossover. That doesn't mean the lady can't sing like an angel. Before the embryo-with-pipes known as Charlotte Church came along, Brightman was THE pop-classical singer, whose supernatural pipes allowed her to appeal to both camps with equal verve. CLASSICS proves that, aided by a bevy of orchestras and choirs, Brightman is still big coin in the crossover world. And she's got a lot more traditional operatic chops than little Miss Church to boot. Making her way through old warhorses like "Pie Jesu," "Ave Maria," and "Nessun Dorma," Brightman manages to invest these tracks with new life, and when she takes on the Linda Ronstadt tune "Winter Light" she brings to it an ethereal majesty that leaves no question as to her interpretive abilities on the pop side of the fence. |
Producer: Frank Peterson |
| | 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." |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/20/2001 | | Original Release Date : 2001 | | Catalog ID : 33257 | | Label : EMI Angel (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724353325725 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (11/23/01, p.83)
- "...Brightman's a stronger song stylist than a singer, but her reedy soprano sounds less shrill and more mature here..." - Rating: B- |
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