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Sarah Brightman’s eleventh studio album Dreamchaser<\/em> is a diverse mix of songs which represent well her description as a ‘classical crossover’ artist.\u00a0 The 11 tracks on the CD (Universal 3732715) take in a variety of styles from the more traditional Song of India<\/em> by Rimsky-Korsakov, and the contemporary \u00a0minimalism of the Lento \u00e8 Largo<\/em> of Gorecki’s Symphony No 3 opus 36 (Sorrowful Songs),<\/em> to ‘pop’ songs by Elbow (One Day Like This<\/em>),\u00a0 Venus and Mars<\/em> by McCartney and McCartney.<\/p>\n

Brightman creates \u00a0a mood of lightness and flight, not unlike her\u00a0 distinctive voice itself – \u00a0a soaring soprano often with minimal text, plaintive at times.\u00a0 Big instrumentation provided by orchestra conducted by songwriter Sally Herbert, additional guitar, pianos and chorus, create the drama where required. Some of the arrangements, draw on the aesthetics of world music – One Day Like This<\/em> and Ave Maria<\/em> (co-written by Herbert, Mike Hedges and Brightman)have a distinctly eastern sound., which contrasts rather curiously with the less informed Orientalist style in which the Song of India<\/em> was composed – although the Song of India<\/em> does provide a showcase for Brightman’s style of singing.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of melting moments on this CD which reached No 1 on the US Billboard’s list of Classical Albums.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Shamistha de Soysa for SoundsLikeSydney\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n

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