Classics (Sarah Brightman album)

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Classics
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Compilation album by
Released20 November 2001 (USA)
Genre Classical Crossover
Length54:24
Label Angel Records
Producer Frank Peterson
Sarah Brightman chronology
The Very Best of 1990–2000
(2001)
Classics
(2001)
Encore
(2002)

Classics is a compilation album by classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman. It collects previously released material, such as "Pie Jesu", from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem; "Figlio Perduto", "Lascia ch'io pianga" and "La Luna" from Brightman's previous studio albums, and new recordings of some her classical vocal performances, including "Ave Maria", "Dans La Nuit", "Alhambra" and a solo version of the 1997' hit "Time to Say Goodbye".

Contents

Entertainment Weekly , although calling Brightman a "stronger song stylist than a singer", gave the album a grade of B−. [1] Classics was re-released in Europe in 2006, with the same cover art but a different track listing, as Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman .

Track listing

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Ave Maria" Schubert ("Ellens dritter Gesang", Op. 52, No. 6)3:00
2."La Wally" Catalani ( La Wally : "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana")4:03
3."Winter Light" Eric Kaz/Linda Ronstadt/Zbigniew Antoni Preisner 3:17
4."Anytime, Anywhere" Albinoni ("Adagio in G minor")3:19
5."Alhambra" Tárrega ("Recuerdos de la Alhambra")4:01
6."Lascia ch'io pianga" Handel ( Rinaldo , HWV 7)3:30
7."Dans la Nuit" Chopin ("Étude in E, Op. 10/3 CT16")2:45
8."Serenade/How Fair This Place" Rachmaninov ("How Fair This Spot", Op. 21/7)3:25
9."O mio babbino caro" Puccini (Gianni Schicchi)2:22
10."La Luna" Dvořák ( Rusalka , Op. 114 B 203)4:59
11."Pie Jesu" Andrew Lloyd Webber ( Requiem )3:44
12."Figlio Perduto" Beethoven ("Symphony No. 7, Op. 92)4:39
13."Nessun dorma"Puccini ( Turandot )3:52
14."Bailero" Canteloube 3:13
15."Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò)" (Solo Version) Francesco Sartori/Lucio Quarantotto 4:08
Total length:54:24
Japan Edition
No.TitleMusicLength
16."Regnava nel silenzio" (Live)Donizetti ( Lucia di Lammermoor )9:06
Total length:63:30

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