Classics

• Main performer: Sarah Brightman
• Time: 54:15
• Release Date: 2001

Review

Sarah Brightman's Classics collects old and new recordings of some of her classical vocal performances, including "Ave Maria," "Dans La Nuit," "Alhambra," and "Figlio Perduto." "Pie Jesu" is the lone nod to her collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Weber and "Time to Say Goodbye" is probably the most recognizable song on the album to the majority of Brightman's audience. Most of the other performances on Classics follow that song's lead, mixing Brightman's crystalline soprano with lush and somewhat pop-tinged arrangements. In other words, the singer's fans will feel right at home with her interpretations of the classics here. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Performances

Composer	Title	Time
Franz Schubert	Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)	3:00
Alfredo Catalani	La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts (Ebben? Ne andrò lontano)	4:03
Eric Kaz / Linda Ronstadt / Zbigniew Preisner	Winter Light	3:17
Tomaso Albinoni	Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni) (Arranged as song: Anytime, Anywhere)	3:19
Francisco Tárrega	Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar (Arranged as song Alhambra)	4:01
George Frederick Handel	Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7 (Lascio chi'io pianga)	3:30
Frédéric Chopin	Etude for piano No. 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16 (Arranged as song: Dans la nuit)	2:45
Sergey Rachmaninov	How fair this spot, song for voice & piano, Op. 21/7	3:25
Giacomo Puccini	Gianni Schicchi, opera (O mio babbino caro)	2:22
Antonin Dvorák	Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114) (Excerpt arranged as song: La Luna)	4:59
Andrew Lloyd Webber	Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Pie Jesu)	3:44
Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (Slow Movement arranged as song: Figlio Perduto)	4:39
Giacomo Puccini	Turandot, opera (Nessun Dorma)	3:52
Joseph Canteloube	Baïlèro, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1, No. 2)	3:13
Francesco Sartori	Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song	4:06

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