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Despite a long history of pop and musical-theater success in England, Sarah Brightman was not well known in the U.S. until her 1997 album Time to Say Goodbye became a triumph, topping the Billboard classical crossover chart for most of 1998. Really Useful Records, her former husband Andrew Lloyd Webber's label, took advantage of her sudden popularity to release this compilation of recordings of Lloyd Webber songs she'd made between 1985 and 1995, and since she had served as a real muse to the composer, many of his most popular songs were included. Several of them -- "Pie Jesu," "All I Ask of You," "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," and "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)" -- had been chart hits for Brightman in the U.K. So had "The Phantom of the Opera," the title song of a musical Lloyd Webber had written for her and in which she had starred, albeit in a different recording from the one included here, which was the Original London Cast version featuring her co-star, Michael Crawford. Also included were the most memorable songs from such Lloyd Webber shows as Evita ("Don't Cry for Me Argentina"), Song & Dance ("Unexpected Song," "Tell Me on a Sunday"), Aspects of Love ("Love Changes Everything"), and Cats ("Memory," "Gus: The Theatre Cat," "Macavity: The Mystery Cat"). Even the songs that had not been tailored specifically for Brightman had been written for her kind of voice, a full-bodied, dramatic soprano, and she sang with a thorough understanding of the composer's intentions. The result was an excellent primer for anyone who had first encountered Brightman with "Time to Say Goodbye" and was wondering where she came from.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Mike Batt, Author - Richard Stilgoe, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Hart, Author - Michael Crawford, MainArtist
℗ 1987 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Nigel Wright, Producer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Larry Wilcox, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Don Black, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Nigel Wright, Producer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Don Black, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Hart, Author
℗ 1995 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, String Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Stilgoe, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Cullen, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Hart, Author - Martin Levan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Tim Rice, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tim Rice, ComposerLyricist - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1992 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Val Garay, Producer - David Campbell, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Asher, Producer, Percussion, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Buchanan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Gold, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carlos Vega, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Fisher, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Don Black, ComposerLyricist - Clark Germain, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sarah Brightman, MainArtist - Charles Hart, ComposerLyricist - Richard Bosworth, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Farkas Pavel, Unknown, Other
℗ 1990 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Nigel Wright, Producer - Jose Carreras, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - KEITH GRANT, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Don Black, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Sellars, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1992 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - T.S. Eliot, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Trevor Robert Nunn, Author
℗ 1992 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Nigel Wright, Producer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - T.S. Eliot, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir John Gielgud, MainArtist
℗ 1995 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Michael Reed, Conductor - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Don Black, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Cullen, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Hart, Author - Orchester der Vereinigten Bühnen Wien, Orchestra - Martin Levan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Nigel Wright, Producer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - T.S. Eliot, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Nigel Wright, Producer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Don Black, ComposerLyricist - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Michael Reed, Conductor, Artist - Nigel Wright, Producer - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Richard Stilgoe, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Hart, Author
℗ 1995 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra - Andrew Lloyd Webber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Winchester Cathedral Choir, Choir - Lorin Maazel, Conductor - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Murray, Producer - Martin Neary, Conductor, Chorus Conductor - Paul Miles-Kingston, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1985 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer, Producer, String Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Stilgoe, Author - Sarah Brightman, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Cullen, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Hart, Author
℗ 1992 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
Album review
Despite a long history of pop and musical-theater success in England, Sarah Brightman was not well known in the U.S. until her 1997 album Time to Say Goodbye became a triumph, topping the Billboard classical crossover chart for most of 1998. Really Useful Records, her former husband Andrew Lloyd Webber's label, took advantage of her sudden popularity to release this compilation of recordings of Lloyd Webber songs she'd made between 1985 and 1995, and since she had served as a real muse to the composer, many of his most popular songs were included. Several of them -- "Pie Jesu," "All I Ask of You," "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," and "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)" -- had been chart hits for Brightman in the U.K. So had "The Phantom of the Opera," the title song of a musical Lloyd Webber had written for her and in which she had starred, albeit in a different recording from the one included here, which was the Original London Cast version featuring her co-star, Michael Crawford. Also included were the most memorable songs from such Lloyd Webber shows as Evita ("Don't Cry for Me Argentina"), Song & Dance ("Unexpected Song," "Tell Me on a Sunday"), Aspects of Love ("Love Changes Everything"), and Cats ("Memory," "Gus: The Theatre Cat," "Macavity: The Mystery Cat"). Even the songs that had not been tailored specifically for Brightman had been written for her kind of voice, a full-bodied, dramatic soprano, and she sang with a thorough understanding of the composer's intentions. The result was an excellent primer for anyone who had first encountered Brightman with "Time to Say Goodbye" and was wondering where she came from.
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About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:37
- Main artists: Andrew Lloyd Webber Sarah Brightman
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1997 The Really Useful Group Ltd. This Compilation ℗ 1997 The Really Useful Group Ltd.
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