Who is Sarah Brightman

If one's notion of "world music" promises a touch of the exotic and indigenous, often overlooked is the fact that the influence of western pop music has seeped into every corner of the globe, creating a hybrid that's often more than merely the sum of its influences.

Theater vet Sarah Brightman steps into that pan-cultural hall of mirrors here, wedding her fascination with the music and rhythms of the "forbidden places" (the title's Arabic meaning) of the Middle East to her own oft ethereal vocal charms and rock-solid sense of drama. And if the diva's equally sound crossover sensibilities (and that of longtime producer Frank Peterson) sometimes mire it in familiar world-beat pastiche, Brightman's charmed muse manages some transcendent moments nonetheless.

Her musical borrowings (Borodin for the title track; Puccini's *Madame Butterfly* for "It's a Beautiful Day") are as compelling as her choice of collaborators: classical violin star Nigel Kennedy and Iraqi vocalist Kadim Al Sahir add compelling touches to the weary timeliness of "The War is Over."

The musical influences range from Europe across the Mediterranean and as far East as the Indian roots of "Bollywood" composer A.R. Rahman's "The Journey Home" and Brightman's own "You Take My Breath Away" to evocative recastings of the emblematic standards "Stranger in Paradise" and Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World," while ex-Killing Joke keyboardist Jaz Coleman provides the savory East-meets-West orchestrations that ensure Brightman's star turns the seamless foundations they deserve. -- Jerry McCulley

On the CD:

# Harem
Composed by Frederico de Brito
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Reda Bdir, Frank Peterson, Sarah Brightman, Rony Barrack, Peter Weihe, Ibrahim Fathie, Jiri Burda, Michael Soltau, Jaz Coleman, Amir Abdel Magid
Conducted by Adam Klemens

# What A Wonderful World
Composed by George Weiss, Bob Thiele
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Frank Peterson, Violet, Sarah Brightman, Martin "Frosty" Beedle, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau, Trevor Barry
Conducted by Adam Klemens

# It's A Beautiful Day (after Puccini's Un bel dì)
Composed by Sarah Brightman, Frank Peterson, Christopher Deylen
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Frank Peterson, Kuljid Bhamra, Sarah Brightman, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau, Gunther Laudahn
Conducted by Adam Klemens

# What You Never Know
Composed by Stephan Moccio
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Frank Peterson, Sarah Brightman, Martin "Frosty" Beedle, Rony Barrack, Peter Weihe, Matthias Meissner, Michael Soltau, Stephan Moccio, Trevor Barry
Conducted by Adam Klemens

# Bombay Dreams, musical play The Journey Home
Composed by A. R. Rahman
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Andrew Playfoot, Nina Bromham, Dean Hussain, Frank Peterson, Jonathan Penton, Kuljid Bhamra, Sarah Brightman, Ibrahim Fathie, Michael Soltau, Anna Samant, Sarah Leatherbarrow
Conducted by Adam Klemens

# Free
Composed by Thomas Schwartz, Matthias Meissner
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Michael Soltau, Frank Peterson, Violet, Sarah Brightman, Nigel Kennedy, Matthias Meissner
Conducted by Adam Klemens

# Mysterious Days
Composed by Lucas Hilbert, Ofra Haza, Frank Peterson
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Lukas Hilbert, Frank Peterson, Violet, Sarah Brightman, Ofra Haza, Rony Barrack, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau
Conducted by Adam Klemens

# The War Is Over Now
Composed by Kristian Draude, Patrick Benzner, Frank Peterson
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Frank Peterson, Violet, Sarah Brightman, Martin "Frosty" Beedle, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau, Kadim Al Sahir, Nigel Kennedy, Trevor Barry
Conducted by Adam Klemens, Adrian Partington

# Misere Mei (after Alegri)
Composed by Frank Peterson
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Michael Soltau, Frank Peterson, Sarah Brightman
Conducted by Adrian Partington, Adam Klemens

# Beautiful
Composed by Hitchcock, Freeman
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Michael Soltau, Amir Abdel Magid, Aboud Abdel Ali, Frank Peterson, Sarah Brightman, Gunther Laudahn
Conducted by Adrian Partington, Adam Klemens

# Arabian Nights
Composed by Sarah Brightman, Brian Johnson, Carsten Heussenmann
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Frank Peterson, Sarah Brightman, Martin "Frosty" Beedle, Rony Barrack, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau, Natasha Atlas, Shweta Shetty, Trevor Barry
Conducted by Adam Klemens

# Kismet, musical (after works by Alexander Borodin) Stranger In Paradise
Composed by George Forrest, Robert Wright
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Michael Soltau, Frank Peterson, Sarah Brightman
Conducted by Adrian Partington, Michael Reed

# Until The End Of Time
Composed by Sarah Brightman, Frank Peterson, Lukas Hilbert
Performed by Prague Symphony Orchestra
with Michael Soltau, Reda Bdir, Amir Abdel Magid, Frank Peterson, Sarah Brightman, Gunther Laudahn, Rony Barrack, Ibrahim Fathie
Conducted by Adam Klemens

# You Take My Breath Away
Composed by Sarah Brightman, Frank Peterson
with Michael Soltau, Frank Peterson, Sarah Brightman, Peter Weihe

Sarah Brightman's career was launched by her success in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, so it's no surprise to hear the soprano paying homage to the composer on this disc. Really a Brightman best-of, the album includes the Phantom theme (a duet with Michael Crawford), the light-opera fare of "Chanson D'enfance" from Aspects of Love, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from Evita, and numerous other Lloyd Webber classics. Throughout, Brightman's diminutive voice lends a fragility to these musical theater tunes that you'll either love or despise. On Evita's "Another Suitcase, Another Hall" and Cats' "Memory," she literally chirps through the vocal lines. No matter. The growing legion of Brightman fans wouldn't have it any other way. --Jason Verlinde


On this CD:

1. Phantom of the Opera, musical The Phantom of the Opera
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman

2. Song and Dance, musical Unexpected Song
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

3. Aspects of Love, musical Chanson D'enfance
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

4. Phantom of the Opera, musical All I Ask of You
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Cliff Richard, Sarah Brightman

5. Evita, musical Don't Cry for Me Argentina
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

6. Evita, musical Another Suitcase in Another Hall
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

7. Aspects of Love, musical Love Changes Everything
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

8. Amigos Para Siempre (Official Theme of the Barcelona 1992 Games)
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman, Jose Carreras
Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz, David Caddick

9. Cats, musical Memory
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

10. Cats, musical Gus: The Theatre Cat
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with John Gielgud, Sarah Brightman

11. Aspects of Love, musical Anything but Lonely
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman
Conducted by Michael Reed

12. Cats, musical Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

13. Tell Me on a Sunday, musical play (1979) (original version) Tell Me on a Sunday
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

14. Phantom of the Opera, musical Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

15. Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra Pie Jesu
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

16. Phantom of the Opera, musical The Music of the Night
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
with Sarah Brightman

The most surprising track on this collection isn't hidden between blockbusters selections from the blockbuster Lloyd Webber songbook but is located in plain view right at the beginning of the CD. The previously unreleased "Probably on Thursday" was originally written as a pop song in 1967 and indeed sounds very much like a forgotten gem by an obscure 1960s pop singer. It's absolutely delightful and the last thing you'd expect from a composer best known for neoclassical bombast. Another surprise is another previously unreleased song, this one from Sunset Boulevard: "The Perfect Year" is a sweet ballad, and Brightman smartly doesn't oversell it. In fact, the CD decidedly emphasizes the singer's more subtle side rather than her vocal pyrotechnics---"Make Up My Heart" from Starlight Express and "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar are particularly nice. The cache of previously unreleased songs also includes guest apperances by the likes of Michael Ball ("Seeing Is Believing") and John Barrowman ("Too Much in Love to Care"), but there's never any doubt as to who the star of this CD is. And deservedly so. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Have some friends who still haven't discovered what the Sarah Brightman fuss is all about? You'll find the perfect introduction to make converts of them all in Classics, so they'll have no more excuses to remain clueless. Sporting a Botticelli-inspired image of the platinum-selling soprano on the cover, Classics is a classy anthology including highlights from three of Brightman's chart-topping releases along with seven new tracks. Songs personally selected by the diva as her favorite classical interpretations are culled from her previous blockbusters: Time To Say Goodbye, Eden, and La Luna. And whether you're a fan already in the fold or one in the making, the new material here shows the diva at the top of her form, in new renderings of "O Mio Babbino Caro" and "Nessun Dorma" (accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic)--fascinating displays of the operatic confidence she's developed over her career. Other new offerings include a touching version of Schubert's "Ave Maria,' "Winter Light," a fresh take on her signature song "Pie Jesu" (from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem). "Alhambra" and "Dans La Nuit"--a real treat, bathing the listener in Brightman's silky, sensuous vocalism--add two original titles to her famous adaptations of classical melodies to new lyrics (using Chopin's haunting E major Etude in the latter case). All told, a lovely affirmation of the directions Brightman has boldly taken in her career to date. - Sarah Chin

On the CD:

# Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts Ebben? Ne andrò lontano
Composed by Alfredo Catalani
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Winter Light
Composed by Eric Kaz, Linda Ronstadt, Zbigniew Preisner
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni)
Composed by Tomaso Albinoni
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar
Composed by Francisco Tarrega
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7 Lascio chi'io pianga
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Etude for piano No. 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16
Composed by Fryderyk Chopin
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# How fair this spot, song for voice & piano, Op. 21/7
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Gianni Schicchi, opera O mio babbino caro
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114) Excerpt
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra Pie Jesu
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Slow Movement
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Turandot, opera Nessun Dorma
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

# Baïlèro, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1, No. 2)
Composed by Joseph Marie Canteloube
Performed by Paul Bateman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray

# Time to Say Goodbye
Composed by Francesco Sartori
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Paul Bateman, Prague Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Sarah Brightman, Peter Murray, Peter Weihe, Michael Soltau

Before Andrew Lloyd Webber's seemingly endless run of Broadway shows, when he was known primarily for Jesus Christ Superstar, he managed to write this dramatic, tuneful, occasionally powerful religious work. Although Lloyd Webber takes some liberties with the text and organization of the traditional Requiem mass, the result is a unified and finely crafted composition. There are exciting moments in the "Dies irae" and in the "Lacrymosa", where voices and orchestra are most effectively used to convey the desperate yet hopeful feeling of the text. This work isn't performed much these days in its entirety, but, as in many of Lloyd Webber's musicals, it produced a "hit" tune--the "Pie Jesu"--whose popularity alone could have kept the composer living comfortably for the rest of his life. --David Vernier

On this CD:
Requiem for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Performed by English Chamber Orchestra with Thomas Drew, Paul Miles-Kingston, Sarah Brightman, James Lancelot, Placido Domingo
Conducted by Lorin Maazel

Superstar crossover vocalist Sarah Brightman greets the new millennium with an even surer, bolder sense of her unique musical niche than that evident from 1999's Eden. Like Eden, La Luna is a concept album only in a vaguely free-associative sense. The selection of material here touches on images of the moon that reinforce its ambiguity as a force known to draw together "the lunatic, the lover, and the poet" (Brightman's photo shoots for the album do seem to suggest a sort of Titania-like figure out of a New Age Midsummer Night's Dream). And it's a stylistic as well as thematic voyage, coursing from such contemporary sounds as synth pop (on "This Love") through vintage jazz standards (Billie Holiday's atmospheric and haunting "Gloomy Sunday") to high opera for the title track (a version of the sublime "Song of the Moon" from Dvorák's fairy-tale opera Rusalka), and drawing elsewhere on the gorgeously sinuous melodies of Bach, Handel, and Rachmaninov--one song, "Figlio Perduto," even adapts the slow movement of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. Throughout, producer Frank Peterson swathes Brightman's shiny small voice in luxuriant fabrics of sound. Detractors will lament the resulting sameness of tone--no matter what the style involved--but Brightman's focus on spinning an ethereal spell never gets eclipsed. This domestic release includes three tracks not available on the import version and has a special treat hidden in the final track as a bonus. -- Thomas May

In this follow-up to the smashing success of her 1997 CD Time to Say Goodbye, Sarah Brightman continues down the primrose crossover path, blithely gliding from covers of Hooverphonic (the title track) and Kansas ("Dust in the Wind") to Puccini and film scores (Titanic and The English Patient). Sometimes, as in "Anytime, Anywhere," the crossover happens within the same song--in this case welding a rhythm track to the somber harmonies of Albinoni's "Adagio." But there's nary a stylistic speed bump to jolt her listeners, as Brightman focuses her tiny, seraphic voice like a beam of light on each melody. The result, bless her heart, may be the invention of a whole new form of kitsch. Like plastic surgery, Brightman's years of specialized vocal training have helped refine her ability to float confidently well-rounded, sparkling tones in her upper range. These have a Dresden china-like, touching fragility in such songs as "So Many Things" and are well-suited to the gauzily romantic (and overproduced) gloss of the string-heavy arrangements that predominate. Eden also introduces Brightman as songwriter ("In Paradisum," with its mix of sitar and modal chant) and features a bonus track unavailable on the album's European-released version ("The Last Words You Said"). -- Thomas May

Fans of small, pretty-voiced soprano Sarah Brightman will not be disappointed by this CD. In addition to some pop songs, Brightman sings high-flying excerpts from Orff's Carmina Burana, Puccini's "O mio babbino caro" (performed better by almost any other operatic soprano elsewhere), and "Alleluia" from Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate. One might call this a crossover disc; others might just see it as a recording featuring a pop singer with artsy aspirations. Whatever it is, Brightman's fans love her; others do not. Two duets with tenor Jose Cura remind the listener what opera singing really ought to sound like. -- Robert Levine

1996 album for EastWest by the acclaimed vocalist. Features 12 tracks, including the hit duets 'How Can Heaven Love Me' (with Chris Thompson), 'Something In The Air' (with Tom Jones), her smash 'Time To Say Goodbye' (with Andrea Bocelli) and the singles 'A Question Of Honour' & 'Heaven IsHere'.

Andrew Lloyd Weber's favorite leading lady will quickly make her mark as a pop artiste. Vocally, the Kate Bush analogy is accurate, but Brightman is far less adventurous and hence more accessible. -- Jeff Bateman

1995 Sarah Brightman compilation for Polydor featuring 17 tracks, including 'Memory' (Italian Version) (from 'Phantom Of The Opera'), 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina' (Spanish Version) and duets such as 'Friends For Life' (with Jose Carreras) and 'The Theater Cat' (with Jon Gielgud). The full title is 'Surrender: The Unexpected Songs'.

Sarah Brightman, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe, Steve Barton, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Michael Crawford.

What's left to be said about Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera a decade after its premiere? That it's maddeningly ubiquitous? A stitch-up of various themes shoplifted from the Italian operatic repertoire? A critic-proof crowd pleaser that's probably being staged somewhere in the world as you read this? A megahit that will likely outlive Titanic in the pop-culture pantheon, Phantom has largely redefined--for better or worse--the manner in which modern musicals are conceived, staged, and marketed. Its influence has reached far beyond the traditional confines of London and Broadway. A favorite example: an abridged version that was the centerpiece of Los Angeles's longest-running transvestite revue, replete with 14-inch chandeliers and a man-playing-a-woman-playing-a-man in the title role. --Jerry McCulley

Fully orchestrated XG MIDI file and sheet music for XG compatible instruments and devices including:
- the Clavinova digital piano
- the Disklavier piano
- portable keyboards.

Recorded in March 2004 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas during Sarah Brightman's Harem World Tour, this new live CD and DVD (sold separately) demonstrates the musical seductress's penchant for fusing musical genres- musical theater, classical, rock and world music- and plays like a collection of greatest hits performed live. The DVD will be a double-disc containing the entire Las Vegas show on Disc 1 (approx. run time of 110 minutes). The show was filmed with 18 cameras and directed by world-renown David Mallet (projects include Cher, Celine Dion, Cirque du Soleil, and the Three Tenors). Disc 2 features more than 1 hour of bonus footage: The making of%u2026, all access backstage footage, multiple angle views, photo gallery of 100+photos and an interactive Harem quiz with a special prize

It's perfect for a devoted fan of 20 years (such as myself). Since our local video channels don't play much Sarah, it's good to have the DVD in such fine quality. By releasing this DVD, Sarah will make many new fans, and will obviously please her current fans very much. Through Sarah's videos, it's obvious she's very talented. And she's a chameleon, never looking the same from one album to the next. The early videos are the most precious to me, and I can't believe this compilation has finally surfaced. "Diva: The Video Collection" is a definite must-have for any Sarah fan (young & old alike).

I was half-expecting to see poorly doctored videos, according to other reviews. From what I've seen, I disagree. It all depends on the quality of your DVD player. All my DVD players work fine with this product. Among it, my faves are: 1,3,5,6,7,9,10,11, 16. Let Sarah showcase her beautiful body in gold leaf in her Ave Maria video. She's gorgeous and knows how the marketing strategy. Sex sells, and in this day & age, it's not abnormal. Videos 1 through 4 are very nice and showcase Sarah's versatile range (style and singing). That's why I think she's a chameleon. She can look and play any part and do it perfectly. I've always loved video #3. It's one of those that you can't help but cry when you're watching it.

Videos 5,6,7 are stunning and I never saw any of them in their entirety. It's nice to have the official thing, as these videos have probably never been seen played on non-European TV. I look for originality, and originality is what you get when you see these 3 for the first time. The 2nd half of the DVD is okay. There are a couple of goodies thrown in there. Videos 11&14 are nice. Since I've only seen screen caps of 14, I always wanted to see it. What videos is the compilation lacking? I can't think of much right now. Perhaps they could've put the video for "It's a Beautiful Day" and the video for "In the Bleak Midwinter". Sarah was so charming back then and I'm sure a lot of her fans would've loved to see that video.

My thoughts on Packaging & Details:
- 8 page insert is full of images, all neatly aligned among all 6 inner pages, printed on glossy paper.
- Insert is very pretty and attractive to the eye. The cover of the insert is gorgeous.
- Title is in glittery gold, compared the plain & boring front cover of "Diva" CD.
- I like that they put the tracklist on the back page of booklet, as it's out of the way of the photos.
- There is no writing inside the insert, but ONLY images.
- The DVD is black with gold roses, which looks stunning inside the transparent DVD case.
- Tracklist, 20 thumbnail preview & small bio are found on the backside of package, all neatly arranged.
- The transparent DVD case is nice, as you can see the black artwork of the interior right through it.
- I think they did a spectacular job on the whole thing...and give them a LOT of credit for it all.
- Thanks Sarah, Frank Peterson, Siew May & The Entire Team who put so much hard work into everything about the DVD release.

Video List:
01- Pie Jesu
02- Phantom of the Opera
03- Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
04- Amigos Para Siempre
05- Captain Nemo
06- A Question of Honour
07- How Can Heaven Love Me
08- Time to Say Goodbye
09- Just Show Me How to Love You
10- Eden
11- Who Wants to Live Forever
12- Deliver Me
13- Anytime, Anywhere
14- Nella Fantasia
15- Whiter Shade of Pale
16- Ave Maria
17- Kama Sutra
18- Harem
19- Free
20- Starship Troopers
ENCORE
21- Music of The Night (Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday Celebration)

Oh...I wanted to mention...since this is an officially liscenced DVD from Sarah's Official team, I presume all the piracy crap on ebay will cease. So...take my advice and buy this DVD from the real people, and LOVE it please. - Anthony Morelli "Woofbear" (Montreal, Canada)

Theater star Sarah Brightman turns up the heat in this sexy, baroque DVD counterpart to her 2003 world music CD, Harem. Brightman's artistic purpose on that album--marrying the rhythms of the Middle East to her otherwordly pop sound (as opposed to her boomy, operatic sound)--aren't lost here, but don't expect to catch a glimpse of such exciting studio collaborators as violin star Nigel Kennedy amidst countless shots of the diva in various states of undress. The lavish visual production sets several songs in exotic recreations of fabled harems, where lust is tempered by decorum but sex is clearly on the menu. For a change, Brightman's ethereal version of "Stranger in Paradise" (from Kismet) is shot against a starkly beautiful, mountainous backdrop, and "What You Never Know," a song about the passage of time, includes touching images of children and old people. --Tom Keogh