- Classics (Sarah Brightman album)
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Classics Compilation album by Sarah Brightman Released November 20, 2001 (USA) Genre Classical Crossover Length 54:14 Label Angel Records Producer Frank Peterson Sarah Brightman chronology The Very Best of 1990-2000
(2000)Classics
(2001)Encore
(2002)Classics is Sarah Brightman's 2001 album, between La Luna and Encore. It consists in part of previously released material, such as "Time to Say Goodbye" and "Pie Jesu", and new titles such as "Ave Maria" and "Recuerdos de la Alhambra". Entertainment Weekly, although calling Brightman a "stronger song stylist than a singer", gave the album a grade of B-. Classics was re-released in the Europe as Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman in 2006. The European edition has the same cover art, but a different track listing.[1][2]
Contents
Track listing
- "Ave Maria" – Schubert: "Ellens dritter Gesang", Op. 52, No. 6 (3:00)
- "La Wally" – Catalani: La Wally - "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" (4:03)
- "Winter Light" – Eric Kaz, Linda Ronstadt, Zbigniew Antoni Preisner (3:17)
- "Anytime, Anywhere" – Albinoni: "Adagio in G minor" (3:19)
- "Alhambra" – Tárrega: "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" (4:01)
- "Lascia ch'io pianga" – Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7 (3:30)
- "Dans la Nuit" – Chopin: "Étude in E, Op. 10/3 CT16" (2:45)
- "Serenade/How Fair This Place" – Rachmaninov: "How Fair This Spot", Op. 21/7 (3:25)
- "O mio babbino caro" – Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (2:22)
- "La Luna" – Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114 B 203 (4:59)
- "Pie Jesu" – Lloyd Webber: Requiem (3:44)
- "Figlio Perduto" – Beethoven: "Symphony No. 7, Op. 92,[clarification needed] (4:39)
- "Nessun dorma" – Puccini: Turandot (3:52)
- "Bailero" – Canteloube (3:13)
- "Time To Say Goodbye" (solo version) – Sartori (4:06)
- Bonus track
- "Regnava nel silenzio" (live) – Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (9:06) (bonus track for Japan)
Singles
- "Winter Light" (Canadian promo single) (2001)
- "Ave Maria" (Japanese promo single) (2001)
Charts and certifications
Charts
Chart (2001) Peak
positionAustralian Albums Chart[3] 13 Canada Top Albums[4] 9 U.S. Billboard Top Classical Crossover Albums[4] 2 New Zealand Top 50 Albums[3] 13 U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[citation needed] 18 U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums[4] 66 Certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments Argentina (CAPIF)[5] Gold 20,000x Australia (ARIA)[6] Platinum 70,000^ Canada (Music Canada)[7] Platinum 100,000^ Japan 300,000[8] United States (RIAA)[9] Gold 500,000^ ^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification aloneReferences
- ^ Bernardo, Melissa Rose. "Music Review: Classics". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 5 August 2006.
- ^ "Classics". http://josvg.home.xs4all.nl/cits/sb/sb11.html. http://josvg.home.xs4all.nl/cits/sb/sb11.html. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Sarah Brightman European chart history". charts.org. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Sarah+Brightman&titel=Classics&cat=a. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ a b c "Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman - Sarah Brightman | Billboard.com". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/album/sarah-brightman/classics/503801. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ "Argentinian album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Classics". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=Sarah+Brightman&album=Classics&LanDesde_MM=0&LanDesde_AA=0&LanHasta_MM=0&LanHasta_AA=0&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2002.htm.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Classics". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Classics&sa=Sarah+Brightman&smt=0.
- ^ "サラ・ブライトマン|プロフィール". a-m-a.jp. http://www.a-m-a.jp/sarah/index.html. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
- ^ "American album certifications – Sarah Brightman – Classics". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Classics%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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