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This is billed as a live recording of Sarah Brightman, and at some level no doubt it is one. There are photos of Brightman under the footlights, and an accompanying DVD contains more details about the elaborate production that goes into a show of this kind. The final product, however, is nearly as much a result of studio work as with any of Brightman's studio releases. The end of each track captures a segment of audience applause, enthusiastic enough, and it is instructive that toward the end Brightman thanks the audience for its patience. Plainly not all was spontaneous. The live situation barely affects the features of Brightman's voice that have made her so successful, so distinctive, and so reviled in certain quarters. Indeed, she comes through in its full strangeness here, where there are limits on the subtlety of the instrumental accompaniment, which tends to alternate between hushed tones and full-on bombast. Like Brightman or not, her singing is far from monotonous. She's something like the female vocalists from ABBA, but with the advantage of vocal training, and if you step back from her voice and listen to it objectively, unimpeded by either fandom or animus, what you hear are weird sounds that just about nobody else could make. Listen to the opening track, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Pie Jesu, noting the almost crowing sound Brightman makes in her upper register on the lines beginning with "Qui tollis," and then again at the final little flourish. It's not a sound that would be pleasant on its own, but in the electronic environment within which Brightman works, even in a live situation, it stands out in the listener's mind. Brightman's choice of material is canny. It's noteworthy here for its pan-European base-covering -- Brightman sings in several languages, often within the course of the same number -- and its corresponding lack of influence from American pop. Brightman had a hand in several numbers, and her producer Frank Peterson shaped several others. This is Europop at its splashiest and most elaborate, inflected in a classical direction, and few people do that better or more distinctively than Sarah Brightman, "live" or not.
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Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew Lloyd Webber, ComposerLyricist - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, MainArtist - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Thomas Schwarz, Composer - Klaus Hirschburger, Composer - Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Composer, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, Composer, MainArtist - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - M. Himmelsbach, Composer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Matthia Meissner, Composer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Johannes Stolle, Composer - Andreas Nowak, Composer - Thomas Stolle, Composer - Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Grant Black, Author - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, Author, MainArtist - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Stefanie Kloss, Composer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, MainArtist - Lisa Gerrard, Composer - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Andrew Claxton, Composer - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Francesco Sartori, Composer - Lucio Quarantotto, Composer - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alessandro Safina, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Michelangelo La Bionda, Author - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Diane Warren, Composer - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alessandro Safina, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, Author, MainArtist - Chiara Ferrau, Author - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Amund Björklund, Composer - Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Espen Lind, Composer - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Thompson, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Magnus Rostadmo, Composer - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Michelangelo La Bionda, Author - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, MainArtist - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Phil Cordell, Composer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jorge Avendaño Luhrs, Composer, Author - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fernando Lima, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Klaus Hirschburger, Author - Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gustav Holst, Composer - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Author, Producer, Arranger, Mix Engineer, Work Arranger, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, Author, MainArtist - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Klaus Hirschburger, Composer, Author - Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Composer, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, MainArtist - Carsten Heusmann, Composer, Author - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - C. Hart, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Lloyd Webber, ComposerLyricist - Richard Stilgoe, ComposerLyricist - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Thompson, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Francesco Sartori, Composer - Lucio Quarantotto, ComposerLyricist - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Author, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, MainArtist - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Jörg Sander, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Grube, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Franz Schubert, Composer - Stefan Glaumann, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frank Peterson, Producer, Arranger, Mix Engineer, Work Arranger, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, MainArtist - Sir Walter Scott, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Preiss, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gunther Laudahn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Roland Peil, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Colin Boland, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jan Eric Kohrs, Organ, Piano, Musical Director, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Brightman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Reiner Hubert, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ambassade Orchestra Vienna, Orchestra - Carsten Heussmann, Editor, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Awounou, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Warburton, Violin, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 Nemo Studios under exclusive license to The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
Album review
This is billed as a live recording of Sarah Brightman, and at some level no doubt it is one. There are photos of Brightman under the footlights, and an accompanying DVD contains more details about the elaborate production that goes into a show of this kind. The final product, however, is nearly as much a result of studio work as with any of Brightman's studio releases. The end of each track captures a segment of audience applause, enthusiastic enough, and it is instructive that toward the end Brightman thanks the audience for its patience. Plainly not all was spontaneous. The live situation barely affects the features of Brightman's voice that have made her so successful, so distinctive, and so reviled in certain quarters. Indeed, she comes through in its full strangeness here, where there are limits on the subtlety of the instrumental accompaniment, which tends to alternate between hushed tones and full-on bombast. Like Brightman or not, her singing is far from monotonous. She's something like the female vocalists from ABBA, but with the advantage of vocal training, and if you step back from her voice and listen to it objectively, unimpeded by either fandom or animus, what you hear are weird sounds that just about nobody else could make. Listen to the opening track, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Pie Jesu, noting the almost crowing sound Brightman makes in her upper register on the lines beginning with "Qui tollis," and then again at the final little flourish. It's not a sound that would be pleasant on its own, but in the electronic environment within which Brightman works, even in a live situation, it stands out in the listener's mind. Brightman's choice of material is canny. It's noteworthy here for its pan-European base-covering -- Brightman sings in several languages, often within the course of the same number -- and its corresponding lack of influence from American pop. Brightman had a hand in several numbers, and her producer Frank Peterson shaped several others. This is Europop at its splashiest and most elaborate, inflected in a classical direction, and few people do that better or more distinctively than Sarah Brightman, "live" or not.
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:16
- Main artists: Sarah Brightman
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Manhattan Records
- Genre: Classical
© 2008 Nemo Studios ℗ 2008 Nemo Studios
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