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我最喜欢的女歌手之一。
   DIVE(1993)
 Dive marks an important milestone in the career of Sarah Brightman. Not only does it signal a departure from her successful musical theatre career with Andrew Lloyd Webber and her return to her pop roots, it marks her first collaboration with German producer, Frank Peterson (the co-producer of Enigma’s first album). An association that has continued to this day, the team has produced a stunning body of music in the decade that they have worked together.

Dive is an aqua-inspired album, the first of many thematic recordings that they would produce together. Like the ocean, this album is magnanimous and mercurial. It is at once heaving with passion (“Salty Dog”), tranquilizing (“La Mer”), atmospheric (“Captain Nemo”) and sensual (“Once In A Lifetime”).
   这张专集太远久了，所以我至今还没找到，不过在Sarah的官方网站www.sarah-brightman.com里有《Captain Nemo》的歌曲试听。

The album was co-produced by Frank Peterson and Sarah Brightman. In addition to lead vocals, Sarah is also credited for keyboards and background vocals. Sarah co-wrote the lyrics of “Once in a Lifetime” and “La Mer” with Peterson; “When it Rains in America” with Peterson and Schwarz, and “By Now” with Schwarz. Simon Fowler (who photographed Dive and all of Sarah’s albums since) captures Sarah in a sheer gold outfit on the inside sleeve.

1993
CD Album
Worldwide
A&M 3145400832
1. DIVE
2. CAPTAIN NEMO
3. THE SECOND ELEMENT
4. SHIP OF FOOLS
5. ONCE IN A LIFETIME
6. CAPE HORN
7. A SALTY DOG
8. SIREN
9. SEVEN SEAS
10. JOHNNY WANNA LIVE
11. BY NOW
12. ISLAND
13. WHEN IT RAINS IN AMERICA
14. LA MER
15. THE SECOND ELEMENT II

FLY(1995)

Fly is Sarah’s second collaboration with Frank Peterson. The album is rock-oriented and far edgier than its predecessor Dive.

Sarah co-produced the album with Frank Peterson and also co-wrote lyrics for “The Fly,” “Why,” “You Take My Breath Away,” and “Fly” with Peterson, plus “Heaven is Here,” and “I Loved You” with Thomas Schwarz.

Sarah also performs on lead vocals, piano and background vocals (virtuoso performances in their own right, such as on the impossibly high chorus of “How Can Heaven Love Me”).

On the two original duets in the album, the vulnerability of Sarah’s voice strikes a gorgeous antithesis to the raspy vocal performances of Tom Jones and Chris Thompson (of Manfred Mann's Earth Band fame).

On “How Can Heaven Love Me,” Sarah’s vocal textures run the gamut, from sweetly pure to positively penetrating.

After the initial release of Fly, Sarah enjoyed meteoric success with her single “Time to Say Goodbye,” a classical duet with Andrea Bocelli. Due to public clamor for the song, subsequent pressings of Fly include “Time to Say Goodbye,” even though it does not thematically fit the rest of the album.
   不说了，”time to say goodbye”!

“Question of Honour” is a fusion of rock and opera that is nothing short of masterful. The song begins with an aria from Catalani’s “La Wally,” which is eventually layered into a synthesized and ebullient new composition by Peterson, featuring Sarah’s dulcet voice set against a male chorus.
   “Question of Honour”很好听的曲子，甚爱。好象最近的演唱会里面都有。
Other highlights include the Indian-inspired “You Take My Breath Away” (later reprised in Harem) and the wonderfully sparse and chaste ”Murder in Mairyland Park.”

Fly was released only in Europe by East-West (Warner Music’s European arm) and is not available in the US. The 2-CD special Fly 2 collection, however, will be available here shortly at the Official Website’s STORE

1995
CD album
Europe
East-West
0630132702
1. Time To Say Goodbye ( Con Te Partiro )
2. The Fly
3. Why
4. Murder in Mairyland Park
5. How Can Heaven Love Me
6. A Question Of Honour
7. Ghost In The Machinery
8. You Take My Breath Away
9. Something In The Air
10. Heaven Is Here
11. I Loved You
12. Fly

TIMELESS/TIME TO SAY GOODBYE (1997)
This, of course, is the album on which the international smash hit “Time to Say Goodbye” feels most at home. This platinum breakthrough topped the Billboard Classical Crossover chart in the U.S. for a staggering 35 weeks, sold three million copies worldwide and went gold or platinum in 21 countries.

Recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, this album takes on a decidedly more classical feel. It was released in Europe by East-West as Timeless, and in the US as Time To say Goodbye on Angel Records (EMI’s classical label).

The album includes multiple operatic arias as well as two passionate duets with the famous tenor, Jose Cura. It also features live performances of Mozart’s “Alleluja” and “O Mio Babbino Caro” (first recorded by Sarah as the B-side to the “Theme from a Room with a View” single in 1987).

Timeless/Time to Say Goodbye does not comprise solely of classical material. Some of the more notable tracks are, in fact, covers of rock, folk and pop songs.

Sarah’s gorgeous interpretation of “Tu Quieres Volver” stands in stark contrast to the Gipsy Kings’ original version and showcases her remarkable range as she climbs unexpectedly to a spine-tingling B-flat above high C (almost 3 octaves above middle-C!).

Other covers include her soothing interpretation of Queen’s “Who Wants to Live Forever” and Mecano’s “Naturaleza Muerta,” the perfect vehicle for Sarah’s touchingly crystalline voice.
   下面这张专集我找了很久才找的，算是我知道的最古老的了吧。百代的正版要卖35元左又。
1997
CD album

Europe
East-West 0630190662

US
Angel Records
72435 56511 29
1. No One Like You
2. Just Show Me How To Love You
3. Tu Quieres Volver
4. In Pace
5. There For Me
6. Bilitis-Gènèrique
7. Who Wants To Live Forever
8. La Wally
9. Naturaleza Muerta
10. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor
11. In Trutina
12. Time To Say Goodbye
13. O Mio Babbino Caro
14. Alleluja
EDEN(1997,1998)
Following the enormous international success of Timeless/Time To Say Goodbye, Sarah’s subsequent album, Eden, evokes a musical paradise that is both lush and tranquil.

Sarah co-wrote “In Paradisum” with Peterson and the lyrics to ”So Many Things.” In addition to English, Sarah also sings in Latin, Italian and French.好听的so many thing.sarah 的最爱之曲.

The mystical strains of the opening track, “In Paradisum,” sets the mood for the album. This is followed by the title track, “Eden,” where Sarah’s sensual vocals are interlaced with haunting Gregorian chants.

The album seamlessly merges pop and classical, sometimes within the same song; the sultry "Anytime, Anywhere" being a case in point. 巴洛克时期的经典之作.

Operatic highlights include Haendel’s “Laschia Ch’io Pianga” and Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma,” hitherto the sole domain of tenors.

Contemporary songs include the uplifting “Deliver Me,” the remarkably placid “So Many Things” and Ennio Morricone’s “Nella Fantasia.”

Aptly named indeed, Eden has the uncanny ability to soothe workaday nerves and transport to the listener to a quiet haven of serenity.

The US release of Eden contains "The Last Words You Said," a duet with Richard Marx. The Japanese edition also contains the duet, plus "Time To Say Goodbye." A subsequent "Millenium Edition" release features "Time To Say Goodbye," "Sleep Tight" and the bonus track, "Desert Rose."
   "Eden"这张专集是我第一次花30几块买CD的先例,虽然要省下一个星期的饭钱才行,但是听完以后,两个字"超值".
   而且据说这张专集在古典音乐排行榜上停留了相当长的时间.

1998/1999
CD album
Worldwide
East-West / Angel Records 24355 67692

Millenium Edition:
CD album
East-West
8573-80833-2
1. In Paradisum
2. Eden
3. So Many Things
4. Anytime Anywhere
5. Bailero
6. Dust In The Wind
7. Il Mio Cuore Va
8. Deliver Me
9. Un Jour Il Viendra
10. Nella Fantasia
11. Tu
12. Lascia Ch'io Pianga
13. Only An Ocean Away
14. Scene D'Amour
15. Nessun Dorma
LA LUNA (2000)
Nothing is as evocative of romance and of alienation as the moon. Nothing is at once so barren, yet so vivid.

La Luna manages to capture not only the enigma that is the moon but its elusive beauty as well. Sarah achieves this, not by tethering her lyrics to the theme, but with the artful use of voice and orchestration.

The album opens with "La Lune," gauzy and moody, laced with ambient sounds and voice samples. This sets the tone for the infectious "Winter in July." (These two tracks are not on the European release, which features a slightly different tracklist).

In the meantime, haunting background vocals on "This Love" and Beethoven's "Figlio Perduto" leave them to linger in the listener's head long after the songs are over.

On "Gloomy Sunday," Sarah’s silky voice stands in stark contrast to Billie Holiday's smoky rendition.

In this album, Sarah can be heard gliding seamlessly between classical adaptations, '60s anthems and contemporary pop tracks in English, Italian, Spanish, French, even Russian.
In the hands of conventional artists, Handel's "Solo Con Te" would never co-exist on the same album with the trip-hoppy "This Love," much less be adjacent to it.

At times, the transition between Sarah's pop and opera voices is made within a single song, like on the US version of Dvorak's "La Luna." Conversely, Sarah uses her full operatic voice throughout the European version of "La Luna."

Indeed, La Luna's material showcases Sarah's uncanny ability to sing anything under the moon. Whether it is Rachmaninov or Beethoven, Simon & Garfunkel or the Bee Gees, Sarah deftly bridges the ages for a timeless collection.
买到的她的第一盘专集,之后便深深的爱上了她的歌.

2000
CD album
Worldwide
Angel Records 72435 56968 23
East-West 8573-82883-2
USA release (Angel):
1. La Lune
2. Winter in July
3. Scarborough Fair
4. Figlio Perduto
5. A Whiter Shade of Pale
6. He Doesn't See Me
7. Serenade
8. How Fair This Place
9. Hijo de la Luna
10. Here With Me
11. La Califfa
12. This Love
13. Solo con Te
14. Gloomy Sunday
15. La Luna
Hidden track: Moon River

European release (East-West):
1. This Love
2. Scarborough Fair
3. Figlio Perduto
4. La Califfa
5. Here With Me
6. Serenade
7. How Fare This Spot
8. Hijo De La Luna
9. She Doesn't See Him
10. Solo Con Te
11. Gloomy Sunday
12. La Luna
Encore Track: First of May (Live)好好听.
不过好象大陆的<月光女神>少了几首欧洲专集的歌,不知道为什么.

CLASSICS (2001)
Sarah Brightman: Classics is the essential collection of Sarah’s classical greatest hits, merging new recordings with her personal favorites from Eden and La Luna, including her solo version of the international hit "Time To Say Goodbye."

New recordings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra include “Ave Maria,” “Winterlight,” “Alhambra” and “Dans La Nuit.”

Sarah also re-recorded “Pie Jesu,” “”Nessun Dorma” and “O Mio Babbino Caro” for Classics.

Although the music is classical, the artwork is far from ? Sarah’s cover photos feature edgy digital alterations. Sometimes clothed in little more than gold foil, Sarah strikes poses that are reminiscent of classical Botticelli paintings.

2001
CD album
Worldwide (except Europe)
Angel Records 7243 5 33257 2 5
1. Ave Maria
2. La Wally
3. Winter Light
4. Anytime Anywhere
5. Alhambra
6. Lascia Chi'O Pianga
7. Dans La Nuit
8. Serenade/How Fair This Place
9. O Mio Babbino Caro
10. La Luna
11. Pie Jesu
12. Figlio Perduto
13. Nessun Dorma
14. Bailero
15. Time To Say Goodbye
HAREM (2003)

Heady and intoxicating, Harem is, without doubt, the most expansive and cinematic of Sarah’s albums yet. The same artistry that, in previous albums, was used to interlace pop with opera, is evident here yet again.

This time, Sarah and producer Frank Peterson deftly intermingle their contemporary and, at times, dance-oriented sensibilities with the exotic instrumentation and melodic phrases of bygone eras. Nowhere is this fusion more pronounced than in the mesmerizing title track, “Harem.”

Although this album is a departure from her recent classical crossover albums, one song features Sarah’s operatic voice. On “It’s A Beautiful Day,” Puccini’s “Un Bel di” is artfully coalesced with driving synthesizer beats and Middle Eastern refrains.

Sarah’s voice is complemented by Nigel Kennedy’s touching violin passages and Kadim Al Sahir’s strapping vocals on the melancholy and mournful "The War is Over."相当喜欢这首个歌,特别是中东的那位歌唱家的演唱更是相当有异国情调.

In "What You Never Know" and "Free," Sarah delivers intimate renditions, exposing the raw vulnerability that her fans find so endearing and seductive.

Sarah takes on an active writing role in this album and is credited with writing or co-writing the lyrics and/or music to “Harem”, “It’s A Beautiful Day,” “Free,” “The War Is Over Now” and “You Take My Breath Away.” Lyrics that speak of myth and fantasy weave through the album.

On “Voyage” in “Arabian Nights,” she writes:

Wilderness to wilderness
I traveled from afar
On the soft wind of the Nadq
Came the fragrance of Araar

On “Until the End of Time” Sarah's lyrics read:

Around the world in eighty days, we sailed the seven seas
A thousand nights and one, and forty more in fantasy
The prophecy in destiny was falling
Calling… falling… and calling out to me

Lyrically and musically, Harem casts a spell from the very first notes and holds the listener captive till the very end. For a full writeup of Harem, please visit our NEW ALBUM page.

2003
CD album
Worldwide
Angel Records
"Making of Harem" ? video interview with Sarah
1. Harem
2. What A Wonderful World
3. It's A Beautiful Day
4. What You Never Know
5. The Journey Home
6. Free
7. Mysterious Days
8. The War Is Over Now
9. Misere Mei
10. Beautiful
11. Arabian Nights
12. Stranger In Paradise 很经典的曲子,sarah加上自己的词更加显示出她的艺术修养.
13. Until The End Of Time
14. You Take My Breath Away
15. Guéri De Toi
16. Tout Se Que Je Sais

  我还收藏了两张演唱会的vcd,一个是拉斯维加丝的"heram"

  还有一张是"月光女神".