Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman

by Sarah Brightman

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/04/2008
Label:	Angel Records
UPC:	0094637398104
Rank:	6729

Tracks

1. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts~Ebben? Ne andr¿¿ lontano
2. Anytime, Anywhere [adapted from Albinoni's Adagio]
3. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
4. Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7~Lascia ch'io pianga
5. Hijo de la Luna
6. What You Never Know
7. En Aranjuez con tu amor, for voice & piano (or guitar) (after the second movement of the Concierto de Aranjuez)
8. Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114)~La Luna
9. It's A Beautiful Day (after Puccini's Un bel d¿¿)
10. Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra
11. Phantom of the Opera, musical~The Music of the Night
12. Gianni Schicchi, opera~O Mio Babbino Caro
13. Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra~Pie Jesu
14. Winter Light
15. Turandot, opera~Nessun Dorma
16. Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partir¿¿), song
17. A Question of Honour (after Catalani's La Wally)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sarah Brightman   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bach Choir   Choir/Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra   Orchestra
Michael Soltau   Keyboards
Paul Bateman   Conductor
London Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra
Peter Weihe   Guitar
English National Opera Orchestra   Orchestra
New College Choir, Oxford   Choir/Chorus
Peter Murray   Keyboards
Prague Symphony Orchestra   Orchestra

Technical Credits

Eric Kaz   Composer
John Luard Timperley   Mixing,Engineer
Joaquin Rodrigo   Lyricist
Sarah Brightman   Lyricist,Producer,Liner Notes,Composer
Michael Soltau   Mixing,Composer,Engineer
Lucio Quarantotto   Lyricist
Sergey Rachmaninov   Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven   Composer
Paul Bateman   Orchestration
Alex Christensen   Producer
Linda Ronstadt   Composer
Franz Schubert   Composer
Antonin Dvorak   Composer
Ennio Morricone   Composer,Lyricist
George Frederick Handel   Composer
Giacomo Puccini   Composer,Lyricist,Original Lyrics
Francesco Sartori   Composer
Zbigniew Preisner   Composer,Lyricist
Alex Marcou   Engineer
Christopher von Deylen   Lyricist
Ellen Von Unwerth   Photography
David R. Murray   Producer
Steve Price   Engineer
Berta Ferraud   Composer
Stephan Moccio   Composer,Lyricist
Siew May Chin   Photography
Esther Haase   Photography
C. Ferra   Lyricist
Simon Fowler   Photography
Andrew Lloyd Webber   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Traditional   Composer
Alfredo Catalani   Composer
Frederic Chopin   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Gaetano Donizetti   Composer
Chiara Ferrau   Lyricist,Photography
Colin Boland   Engineer
Luigi Illica   Original Lyrics
Frank Peterson   Mixing,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Adaptation
Jose Maria Cano   Lyricist