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Classics brings together Sarah Brightman's operatically inclined material with her lyrical pop work. Eight of the tracks are new recordings -- "Ave Maria," "La Wally," "Winterlight," "Alhambra," "O mio babbino caro," "Dans la nuit," "Pie Jesu," and "Nessun dorma" -- and the remainder are taken from three of her best-selling albums: Eden, La Luna, and Time to Say Goodbye. Brightman's voice is closer in spirit to musical theater than opera, but the ethereal delicacy of her sound suits these songs and arias very well. The gorgeous "Bailero," for example, is dreamy, and "La Luna" is hauntingly done. She doesn't have the vocal oomph of a Pavarotti to belt out a crowd pleaser like "Nessun dorma," but it is still fascinating to hear this familiar music in a new context. The way Brightman sings it, the opening sounds like a lullaby -- as it should. For all those of you who have missed out on the Sarah Brightman phenomenon, Classics provides the perfect opportunity to catch up.
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TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6) - Franz Schubert & Bach Choir (3:00)
2 La Wally, opera: Ebben? Ne andrò lontano - Alfredo Catalani & Bach Choir (4:03)
3 Winter Light - Bach Choir & Eric Kaz / Linda Ronstadt / Zbigniew Preisner (3:17)
4 Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni), T. Mi 26 - Bach Choir & Tomaso Albinoni (3:19)
5 Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar - Francisco Tárrega & Bach Choir (4:01)
6 Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7: Lascio chi'io pianga - George Frideric Handel & Bach Choir (3:30)
7 Etude for piano in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16 - Frédéric Chopin & Bach Choir (2:45)
8 How fair this spot, song for voice & piano, Op. 21/7 - Sergey Rachmaninov & Bach Choir (3:25)
9 Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro - Giacomo Puccini & Bach Choir (2:22)
10 Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114): Excerpt arranged as song: La Luna - Antonin Dvorák & Bach Choir (4:59)
11 Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra: Pie Jesu - Andrew Lloyd Webber & Bach Choir (3:44)
12 Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: Slow Movement arranged as song: Figlio Perduto - Ludwig van Beethoven & Bach Choir (4:39)
13 Turandot, opera: Nessun Dorma - Giacomo Puccini & Bach Choir (3:52)
14 Baïlèro, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1, No. 2) - Joseph Canteloube & Traditional (3:13)
15 Time To Say Goodbye - Bach Choir & Francesco Sartori (4:06)
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