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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Phantom of the OperaMike Batt, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 2 | Unexpected SongDon Black, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | All I Ask of YouCharles Hart, Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman, Cliff Richard | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | Don't Cry for Me ArgentinaTim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman | Play | 05:54 | 13 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | Another Suitcase in Another HallTim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman | Play | 03:21 | 7 MB | 15 MB |
| 6 | MemoryT.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 7 | Gus: The Theatre CatT.S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman, John Gielgud | Play | 05:11 | 11 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Macavity: The Mystery CatT.S. Eliot, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman | Play | 04:46 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 9 | Tell Me on a SundayDon Black, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 17 MB |
| 10 | Wishing You Were Somehow Here AgainCharles Hart, Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 11 | Pie JesuAndrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman, Paul Miles-Kingston | Play | 03:55 | 9 MB | 19 MB |
| 12 | The Music of the NightCharles Hart, Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Sarah Brightman | Play | 05:22 | 12 MB | 23 MB |
| 13 | Chanson D'enfance | Sarah Brightman | Play | 03:55 | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| 14 | Love Changes Everything | Sarah Brightman | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 15 | Amigos Para Siempre | Sarah Brightman, José Carreras | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 16 | Anything But Lonely | Sarah Brightman | Play | 02:57 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 66 mins | 152 MB | |||||
| 66 mins | 344 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Barton | Vocals |
| 2 | Mike Batt | Composer |
| 3 | Don Black | Composer, Lyricist |
| 4 | Donald Black | Composer |
| 5 | Sarah Brightman | Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 6 | David Caddick | Choir Conductor, Conductor, Musical Supervision, Vocal Conductor |
| 7 | José Carreras | Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 8 | Michael Crawford | Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 9 | David Cullen | Orchestration |
| 10 | T.S. Eliot | Composer, Text |
| 11 | Simon Fowler | Photography |
| 12 | John Gielgud | Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 13 | Noel Harris | Assistant Engineer |
| 14 | Charles Hart | Composer, Lyricist |
| 15 | Dave Hunt | Engineer |
| 16 | Martin Levan | Engineer |
| 17 | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Composer, Orchestration, Piano Accompanist, Producer |
| 18 | Steve Margoshes | Orchestration |
| 19 | Lee McCutcheon | Assistant Engineer |
| 20 | Paul Miles-Kingston | Primary Artist |
| 21 | Lewis Mulatero | Photography |
| 22 | David R. Murray | Producer |
| 23 | Trevor Nunn | Composer, Lyricist |
| 24 | Harry Rabinowitz | Conductor |
| 25 | Michael Reed | Conductor |
| 26 | Simon Rhodes | Engineer |
| 27 | Tim Rice | Composer |
| 28 | Cliff Richard | Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 29 | Robin Sellars | Engineer |
| 30 | Thomas Z. Shepard | Engineer |
| 31 | Richard Stilgoe | Composer, Lyricist |
| 32 | Larry Wilcox | Orchestration |
| 33 | Nigel Wright | Orchestration, Producer |
Sarah Brightman
1997 - 14 tracks
Time To Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman, The London Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Bocelli
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |