Symphony (album)

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Symphony
Studio album by Sarah Brightman
Released	January 28, 2008 (2008-01-28) January 29, 2008 February 4, 2008 February 27, 2008 March 17, 2008 March 28, 2008 April 1, 2008 April 12, 2008 April 14, 2008 May 7, 2008
Recorded	Germany (Nemo Studio), the US and the UK (Angel Studios)
Genre	Operatic pop/Opera Classical Symphonic rock/metal
Label	Manhattan Records
Producer	Frank Peterson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Sarah Brightman chronology
Love Changes Everything (2005) Symphony (2008)
Singles from Symphony
"I Will Be with You" Released: July 16, 2007 "Running" Released: August 28, 2007 "Pasión" Released: November 6, 2007

Symphony is an album from the English Soprano singer Sarah Brightman, released in January 2008 (see 2008 in music). This operatic album is a contrast to her previous collaboration with producer Frank Peterson, 2003's Harem; using more Gothic influences instead of Eastern.

"Running" was the IAAF's Green Project Charity song, which Brightman performed at their 2007 Championships opening ceremonies in Ōsaka, Japan. An alternate version of "I Will Be with You", featuring Chris Thompson, was the theme song for the tenth Pokémon film, The Rise of Darkrai. The Spanish duet with Fernando Lima, "Pasión", the theme song for the period Mexican telenovela of the same name, was also a single. The London Symphony Orchestra and Amelia Brightman also perform on the album.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Gothica" (Carsten Heusmann, Frank Peterson) – 1:20
2. "Fleurs du Mal" (Sarah Brightman, M. Himmelsbach, K. Hirschburger, Matthias Meissner, Peterson, Thomas Schwarz) – 4:10 sample (help·info)
3. "Symphony" (G.Black, Brightman, Stefanie Kloß, Andreas Nowak, Johannes Stolle, Thomas Stolle) – 4:47
4. "Canto Della Terra" (featuring Andrea Bocelli) (Francesco Sartori, Lucio Quarantotto) – 3:59
5. "Sanvean" (Andrew Claxton, Lisa Gerrard) – 3:50
6. "I Will Be with You" (featuring Paul Stanley) (Espen Lind, Magnus Rostandmo, Amund Bjorklund) – 4:31
7. "Schwere Träume" (Brightman, Hirschburger, Peterson, Michael Soltau) – 3:22
8. "Sarai Qui" (featuring Alessandro Safina) (Diane Warren, Michelangelo LaBionda) – 3:56
9. "Storia D'Amore" (Brightman, P. Cordel, LaBionda) – 4:03
10. "Let It Rain" (Heusmann, Hirschburger, Peterson) – 4:17
11. "Attesa" (C. Ferrau, P. Mascagni) – 4:26
12. "Pasión" (featuring Fernando Lima) (Avendaño Lührs Jorge) – 5:14
13. "Running" (Brightman, Hirschburger, Peterson) – 6:09

[edit] Bonus tracks

• "Sarahbande" (European edition) - previously released on the Japanese edition of Harem.
• "Forbidden Colours" (Japanese edition) - previously released on The Harem Tour CD, which was not sold in stores (this song was meant for inclusion on La Luna^{[citation needed]}).
• "I Will Be With You (Where The Lost Ones Go)" - duet with Andrzej Lampert (Polish edition) - as the album version, but with new male vocal (it was the first time that Brightman agreed to record a bonus track with a local artist^{[citation needed]}) - this version of the song is available as background music on EMI Poland's site.
• "Fleurs du Mal - reprise" - a hidden track at the end of track 13 in North America and at the end of track 14 in Japan and Europe (at the end of track 15 in Polish edition).

[edit] Singles

• "I Will Be with You" (featuring Chris Thompson / Movie version) (2007)
• "Running" (2007)
• "Pasión" (featuring Fernando Lima) (2007)

[edit] Cover songs

The album features a number of cover songs including, "Where the Lost Ones Go" (under the title "I Will Be with You"), originally by Norwegian singer Sissel and the song "Symphonie" (in its English form, "Symphony"), from which the album lends its name, originally by Silbermond. "Schwere Träume" is an adaptation of the fourth movement of Gustav Mahler's fifth symphony. "Sanvean" is a song originally by Lisa Gerrard with her group Dead Can Dance. The duet with Andrea Bocelli, "Canto Della Terra", is again, like "Con te partirò", a cover/duet of one of Bocelli's songs, from his Sogno album. "Sarai Qui" is an Italian translation of Faith Hill's "There You'll Be," while "Attesa" is adapted from the symphonic Intermezzo from Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. The single version of "Running" also features a piece from "Jupiter", from Gustav Holst's The Planets.

[edit] Live concert album

A PBS special concert was filmed on 16 January 2008 at the Cathedral Stephansdom in Vienna. This was subsequently shown on PBS stations, premiering on 4 February. A version of the concert is available from PBS on DVD and the worldwide release of the DVD and live CD is planned for late June. They will have bonus features including a new song, "Vide Cor Meum"^[1].

[edit] Chart performance

Symphony first was released only in México, U.S.A., Canada and in part of Asia. In the United States it became Brightman's most successful chart entry and also her highest ranked album on Billboard's "Top 200 Albums". It was also her another #1 album on two other Billboard's charts: a second one on "Top Internet Albums" and a sixth one on "Top Classical Crossover Albums". The album has moved there 31,463 copies in first week, according to Nielsen Soundscan.^[2] In Canada the album debuted and peaked at #4 and in México it entered at #9, where it peaked at #5 and has been certified Gold after selling over 40,000 copies.^[3] Symphony entered Media Traffic's global Top 40 "United World Chart" at #39 with 36,000 copies sold in the U.S.A. and Canada (unfortunately sales totals from México and a few Asian markets weren't counted).^[4] A month later it re-entered that chart thanks to Japanese premiere and peaked at #30 with 42,000 units sold worldwide ^[5], staying at #38 next week with 35,000 copies.^[6] After another six weeks of absence in the Top 40, Symphony once again re-entered "United World Chart", this time at #39 with 31,000 units, thanks to its European premiere.^[7]

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album art

The album art for Symphony pictures Brightman in Gothic clothing and surroundings, which was based upon concept art from Guild Wars by Daniel Dociu^[10].

[edit] Promotion

On NBC in the United States, Sarah Brightman performed several songs from the album, on the "Progressive Fashion on Ice" show on 20 January 2008. Other American television appearances included The Early Show (CBS), The View (ABC), Martha and Fox & Friends.

In the United Kingdom Brightman's promotion for the album included appearing on the cookery shows Saturday Kitchen and Ready Steady Cook with Lesley Garrett. Other UK television appearances for the album included, Channel 4's The Paul O'Grady Show, ITV's Loose Women, five's The Wright Stuff and the BBC News. Brightman also appeared on radio on Classic FM and Jonathan Ross' show on BBC Radio 2.

Around this time Brightman appeared at Canada's Juno Awards 2008 and she later appeared at the UK Classical BRIT Awards 2008 in May.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Symphony at Sarah-Brightman.com