La Luna (album)

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La Luna
Studio album by Sarah Brightman
Released Europe April 25, 2000
USA August 29, 2000
UK January 8, 2001
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre Classical Crossover
Length USA 60:59
Label East-West (Europe)
Angel Records (USA)
Producer Frank Peterson
Sarah Brightman chronology
Eden
(1998)		 La Luna
(2000)		 The Very Best of 1990-2000
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars [1]
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La Luna (Italian and Spanish for "the moon") is a concept album recorded by English soprano Sarah Brightman in 2000. It was released under license by Nemo Studios to Angel Records. The album combines pieces written by classical and modern composers. The classical pieces are "How Fair This Place" ("Здесь хорошо") by Rachmaninov; "Figlio Perduto", which is based on Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven); Solo Con Te (Handel); Aria "La Luna" from Opera Rusalka. With La Luna, Brightman combined elements of her traditional operatic background with her newer style of pop music. "Hijo de la Luna" (translating to "Son of the Moon" in Spanish) is a cover originally performed by the Spanish synthpop band Mecano. Written by Ennio Morricone, "La Califfa" is the title track of the 1970 Italian film with the same name. The underlying concept of the album is the moon. It is the 17th top selling classical album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2]

Contents

[edit] European Track listing

  1. "This Love"
  2. "Scarborough Fair"
  3. "Figlio Perduto"
  4. "La Califfa"
  5. "Here With Me"
  6. "Serenade"
  7. "How Fair This Spot"
  8. "Hijo de la Luna"
  9. "She Doesn't See Him"
  10. "Solo Con Te"
  11. "Gloomy Sunday"
  12. "La Luna"
  13. "First of May (Live)" Encore Track
  • This original European track listing is now out of print. All pressings now also use the USA track listing along with the USA's versions of "This Love", "Here with Me", & "La Luna" and replaces "How Fair This Spot" and "She Doesn't See Him" with "How Fair This Place" and "He Doesn't See Me" which are different lyrically. "First of May" is removed all together. In particular "La Luna" is performed in an operatically way, while in USA version has pop-like vocals.

[edit] USA Track listing

  1. "La Lune" – 2:53
  2. "Winter In July" – 4:32
  3. "Scarborough Fair" – 4:11
  4. "Figlio Perduto" – 4:37
  5. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" – 3:38
  6. "He Doesn't See Me" – 4:28
  7. "Serenade" – 1:16
  8. "How Fair This Place" – 2:10
  9. "Hijo de la Luna" – 4:27
  10. "Here with Me" – 5:24
  11. "La Califfa" – 2:47
  12. "This Love" – 6:11
  13. "Solo Con Te" – 3:06
  14. "Gloomy Sunday" – 3:47
  15. "La Luna" – 7:18

[edit] Bonus Tracks

  1. "Moon River" hidden song begins playing at the 5:16 mark of track 15, 20 seconds after the end of "La Luna".
  2. "Heaven Is Here" Barnes & Noble exclusive 16th track, with "Moon River" hidden after it.
  • The SACD 5.1 version released by EMI contains the USA track listing.

[edit] Singles

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
Position
Austria Top 75 Albums[3] 9
begian Albums Chart (Vl)[3] 38
Canada Top Albums[4] 5
Dutch Albums Chart[3] 17
Finnish Albums Chart[3] 7
Mexican Top 20 International Chart[5] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[3] 8
Swedish Album Chart[3] 3
Swiss Album Charts[3] 20
U.S. Billboard Top 200 Albums[6] 17
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Top 40[3] 35
U.S. Billboard Top Classical Crossover Albums[6] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[6] 1

[edit] Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[7] Platinum 100,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[8] Gold 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[9] Gold 40,000^
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 873,000[11]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

[edit] References

  1. ^ Buss, Bryan. La Luna at Allmusic
  2. ^ "Classical Albums | Billboard.com". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/charts-decade-end/classical-albums?year=2009&begin=11&order=position. Retrieved 17 January 2012. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "swedishcharts.com - Sarah Brightman - La Luna". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sarah+Brightman&titel=La+Luna&cat=a. Retrieved 5 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "www.collectionscanada.gc.ca - Sarah Brightman - La Luna". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7159&type=2&interval=50&PHPSESSID=s4dhf0fcss8raae0vuso58r3b6. Retrieved 17 Nov 2011. 
  5. ^ Mexican Top 20 International Albums Chart - 20th February 2008
  6. ^ a b c "Sarah Brightman/Chart History". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/sarah-brightman/chart-history/12331. Retrieved 2009-07-22. 
  7. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Sarah Brightman – La Luna". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=La+Luna&sa=Sarah+Brightman&smt=0. 
  8. ^ "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. 
  9. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2000" (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20002.pdf. 
  10. ^ "American album certifications – Sarah Brightman – La Luna". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22La+Luna%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  11. ^ "Sarah Brightman". Billboard. January 19, 2008. http://www.sarah-brightman.com/BillboardJan2008/. Retrieved 2 June 2011. 
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