Sarah Brightman at Her Brightest - Handpicked Collection Out on Oct. 3rd

Sarah Brightman at Her Brightest - Handpicked Collection Out on Oct. 3rd

The World's Biggest-Selling Soprano of All Time Releases Handpicked Collection DIVA: The Singles Collection and DIVA: The Video Collection In Stores October 3, 2006

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Best known for her breakout role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Sarah Brightman went on to become the biggest-selling soprano of all time, selling over 25 million records, 2 million DVDs and playing sold-out shows worldwide. A true crossover artist, she has been embraced by Classical, Broadway and Pop music fans around the world. Ms. Brightman was also instrumental in paving the way for other classical-crossover artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Il Divo.

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DIVA: The Singles Collection, is Sarah Brightman's seventh Angel/EMI album and is the most comprehensive release of her career, charting her musical accomplishments through 14 stellar tracks ranging from Phantom of the Opera (1986) to her worldwide smash hit "Time to Say Goodbye"-her duet with Andrea Bocelli. DIVA: The Singles Collection picks up where Ms. Brightman's platinum-selling 2001 release Classics left off and is the ideal introduction to the soprano's justly celebrated Broadway, Classical, Crossover and Pop performances.

DIVA: The Video Collection will be released simultaneously with DIVA: The Singles Collection and features music videos from the start of Ms. Brightman's performance career -- with the Thames TV dance troupe Hot Gossip and collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber -- to her innovative classical- crossover recordings. The DVD also features Sarah's personal narratives recalling each video as well as an internet component that allows fans to download bonus materials from her website including exclusive music, digital greetings and much more.

DIVA: The Singles Collection contains the following fan favorites:

"Phantom of the Opera" with Steve Harley from Phantom of the Opera (1986)
"Pie Jesu" with Paul-Miles Kingston from Andrew Lloyd Webber --
Requiem (1995)
"Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)" with Andrea Bocelli, "Just Show Me
How To Love You" with Jose Cura, "Tu Quieres Volver" and "Who Wants To
Live Forever" from Time To Say Goodbye (1997)
"Music of the Night" from Surrender (1998)
"A Question of Honour" from Fly (1998)
"Deliver Me" and "Nella Fantasia" from Eden (1999)
"Scarborough Fair" and "A Whiter Shade of Pale" from La Luna (2000)
"It's A Beautiful Day" and "What You Never Know" from Harem (2003)

DIVA: The Video Collection contains the following music videos:

Pie Jesu
Phantom of the Opera
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Amigos Para Siempre (with Jose Carreras)
Captain Nemo
A Question of Honour
How Can Heaven Love Me
Time to Say Goodbye (with Andrea Bocelli)
Just Show Me How to Love You
Who Wants To Live Forever
Eden
Anytime, Anywhere
Deliver Me
Nella Fantasia
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Ave Maria
Kama Sutra
Harem (Cancao do Mar)
Free
Starship Troopers
ENCORE
The Music of the Night (Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday
Celebration)

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