Rating: Summary: A WONDERFUL CONCERT WITH SARAH BRIGHTMAN Review: IN CONCERT AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL Sarah is amazing - her voice is phenomenal - there is no doubt that Sarah has the best and most beautiful voice in the world - ever! She is so talented - her voice is so warm and bright - no matter what style she sings: opera, musical or pop. Sarah looks so beautiful in this concert (she always do), the long sleek black hair looks so beautiful to her. Her warm-heartedness charisma and charm goes straight to your heart and soul.The sound and the picture on this DVD are excellent. The DVD begins with clips from Sarah's career: From her time with Pan's People and Hot Gossip. Together with Andrea Bocelli when they present an honour from the sale of TIME TO SAY GOODBYE. Sarah together with Frank Peterson. The Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992, when she and José Carreras sang AMIGOS PARA SIEMPRE. The church mess REQUIEM. As Christine in The Phantom of the Opera and the duet ALL I ASK OF YOU with Cliff Richard. The concert starts with the very impressive song BAILERO. Delibes' CHANSON ESPAGNOL from LES FILLES DE CADIZ is a wonderful and lively song. Puccini's O MIO BABBINO CARO is so beautiful performed by Sarah. Grieg's SOLVEIG'S SONG and Gershwin's SUMMERTIME are two wonderful songs. PIE JESU from Andrew's church mess REQUIEM, Sarah sings duet with a young boy Adam Clarke, excellent. Bernstein's SOMEWHERE, I FEEL PRETTY and TONIGHT. Somewhere I have to repeat myself, Sarah looks pretty and sings fantastic tonight at the concert. Gipsy Kings' TU QUIERES VOLVER sounds great with acoustic guitar accompany - Sarah sings it so fantastic. Queen's WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER, wonderful. Sarah sits on the piano when she sings WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND, with Andrew at the piano - playing. She looks so lovely. Nobody has a warmer smile and beautiful eyes than Sarah. Sarah performs her two songs WISHING YOU WERE SOMEHOW HERE AGAIN and MUSIC OF THE NIGHT so wonderful. Her most famous song, the duet TIME TO SAY GOODBYE she sings together with Andrea Bocelli at the concert. It's so wonderful and beautiful. The final song DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA, Sarah sings it very emotionally and beautiful. This DVD can be enjoyed again and again. Sarah is so fantastic - on this DVD too. Sarah there is NO ONE LIKE YOU - ANYTIME, ANYWHERE!
Rating: Summary: Sarah Brightman Marries Classical with Pop Review: I FINALLY BOUGHT THE DVD! It is worth having, because my VHS is glowing, and has finally begun to wear out. I added the DVD to my collection after debating whether or not I should really get it. Now I have it, and it is fine. The sound and picture is fine. The instrumental intro with short personal clips of Sarah is a nice touch. All the chamelionic looks are gorgeous. I don't have much to say about this DVD, other than the exquisite song selection, the appreciative audience and the well demanded encores. I think out of all three Brightman DVDs (One Night in Eden, La Luna, and Sarah Brightman in concert), the audience here appreciates her the most. I have grown to like "Tu Quieres Volver" more, now that I've seen it many times live, and have seen it on the DVD. The song right away, broke the classical first half of the show. It's nice to hear more rarely sung songs from Brightman like "Chanson Espagnol", Solveig's song", "I feel pretty" and "Tonight". I have never heard Sarah sing these 4 songs before hearing/watching them on my DVD/VHS. The concert is made up of a decent time of approx. 73 minutes, considering some songs were a bit short, and some were long. My copy has the photo taken from the box cover on it. The color is a bit off, but it's not bad. The item is good for collectors, classical music buffs, and diehard Brightman fans. I am all three. :) My Sarah Brightman DVD collection is almost complete. Because of this DVD, I want to buy One night in Eden, on DVD, as well as the Royal Albert Hall Celebration. Tracklist is as goes: Overture Bailero Chanson Espagnol O Mio Babbino Caro Solveig's song Summertime Pie Jesu Somewhere I Feel Pretty Tonight Tu Quieres Volver Who Wants To Live Forever Whistle Down The Wind Overture from the Phantom of the Opera Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again The Music Of The Night Time To Say Goodbye Don't Cry For Me Argentina Credits Total Time 75 Minutes Buy this DVD. I think you will be happy. I hope this review has helped you.
Rating: Summary: No words!! Review: I LOVE IT AMAZING CONCERT, THE MUSIC IS AMAZING SARAH BRIGHTMAN VOICE IS PERFECT, THE QUALITY, THE SOUND, THE SPECIAL GUESTS.... A M A Z I N G!! 5 STARS!!
Rating: Summary: Sarah at The Royal Albert Hall Review: When I bought the video, I couldn't wait to listen to it. The sound quality is great. Sarah chose very exquisite songs for her repertoire. The concert was done in 3 styles. There was classic music like "Les filles de Cadiz", "Pie Jesu" and "O mio babbino caro". Other songs included music by Lloyd Webber. In the 2nd part, Sarah serenaded us with her angelic renditions of hits like "Who wants to live forever", "Tu quieres volver" and a song from a new Lloyd Webber musical called "Whistle down the wind". Between parts, Sarah does 3 costume changes. She goes from an angel in a blue gown, which was almost bedroom curtain-like, to a tight black corset, then a flowing white floor length gown. If there was anything funny about the video, it had to be the expressions on Sarah's face. She glanced wide-eyed into the camera, singing almost as if she was in pain. Despite that, she sang well. Some songs I found short. Some boring. The most boring was probably "Summer time". Another boring one was The 1st song, "Bailero". It went on too long. The best part of all, had to be the 3rd part. Sarah did material from "Phantom...", "Evita" and the ever popular song "Time to say goodbye". The duet was perfect with Andrea Bocelli. It raises the hair up on my neck every time. You might find it better than the CD version. This song definately got a greater audience response than the other songs. Sarah looked every inch dignified at the end in "Don't cry for me Argentina". It would've been nice to see her after, signing autographs. I'm not bothered though. Buy the video if you like Sarah Brightman. It is a good cassette to add to your collection.
Rating: Summary: Truly a World Class Vocalist. A Stunning & Unique Experience Review: I've been a musician for 31 years and love good music covering mostly Rock then country, easy listening, Pop you name it. If it is GOOD MUSIC I WILL Recognize it. Now, I bought the LA LUNA-LIVE IN CONCERT DVD, slipped it in and veiwed the entire concert with my JAW on the floor! She is facinating in reveiling several costume changes with a theatrical flair. She has been vocally trained to perfection in Opera and has a big theatrical background. This all comes to life when she mixes Opera together with many songs sung in English such as "a whiter Shade of Pale". A couple of Spanish + 1 in Italian. Then she combines Opera and straight vocal songs beautifully together in songs which is the ULTIMATE!!! A MUST SEE!!!AAAAA*****
Rating: Summary: Beautiful! Review: I am a HUGE Phantom of the Opera phan and I love Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman. I saw this and HAD to get it (along with many other videos ^_^) Sarah did an excellent job in this concert! Her voice shone throughout the entire video! ^_^
Rating: Summary: lots of fun but bizarre lip synching at work! Review: This video contains a song "Tu quieres volver" that is beautiful, but matches, second-by-second, the track by the same title on Sarah's "Time to say goodbye" album. That album was recorded up through March 1997 with the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. This video was recorded in September 1997 with the ENGLISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA!... She has to be lip-synching in the video; there is no way the two tracks would perfectly match. But, the whole London symphony orchestra must also be "pretending" to play. How does lovely and entertaining Sarah get away with this?
Rating: Summary: not bad Review: pretty good when compared to other opera singers... but does not compare to the "eden" or "la luna" DVDs... not by a long shot... still good, though...
Rating: Summary: Very nice show. Review: This is a wonderful DVD highlighting many great songs and Sarah's career at the time of recording 1997. The Royal Albert Hall is a beautiful for this beautiful singer. I especially love the Duet with Andrea Bocelli on Con Te Partiro (Time To Say Good Buy). Three more highlights are Les filles de Cadiz, Pie Jesu and O mio babbino caro. I also Love Sarah's renditions of Who wants to live forever, Tu Quieres Volver and Whistle Down The Wind. She closes the show with a nice version of Don't Cry For Me Argentina. This is a must get for Sarah fan's.
Rating: Summary: This is not the Sarah of today Review: he growth of Sarah Brightman as a singer and performer is never more evident than watching this older concert. There are VERY few pop/classical edge songs. This CD contains many tracks from her "Time to Say Goodbye" CD. Also, "Balerio" is the original version, not the one remade by Peterson from Eden. If you are into her newer stuff, I wouldn't buy this one,however, if you like her voice, and you REALLY like classical pieces, you will certainly enjoy. She also does the normal Phantom pieces as she still peforms today in her concerts.
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