Diva: The Singles Collection
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Track listing

  1. "The Phantom of the Opera
    The Phantom of the Opera (song)
    "The Phantom of the Opera" is a song from the stage musical of the same name, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, sung by Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford, lyrics written by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe, and additional lyrics by Mike Batt...

    " (with Steve Harley
    Steve Harley
    Steve Harley is an English singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the 1970s rock group Cockney Rebel, with whom he still occasionally tours .-Biography:As a child, Harley suffered from polio, spending four years in hospital up to the...

    ) (Mike Batt, Charles Hart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe) – 4:39
  2. "Music of the Night" (Hart, Lloyd Webber, Stilgoe) – 5:25
  3. "Pie Jesu
    Pie Jesu
    Pie Jesu is a motet derived from the final couplet of the Dies irae and often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass. The settings of the Requiem Mass by Luigi Cherubini, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, John Rutter, Karl Jenkins and Fredrik Sixten include a Pie Jesu as an independent...

    " (with Paul Miles-Kingston
    Paul Miles-Kingston
    Paul Miles-Kingston , is a British singer who achieved fame as a boy soprano classical singer.-Childhood and Singing career:In 1982, Paul Miles-Kingston won a choral scholarship into Winchester Cathedral Choir...

    ) (Lloyd Webber) – 3:58
  4. "Who Wants to Live Forever
    Who Wants to Live Forever
    "Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The song is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander, directed by Russell Mulcahy...

    " (Brian May) – 3:56
  5. "Tu Quieres Volver
    Tu Quieres Volver
    "Tu Quieres Volver" is a song by the Gipsy Kings, released on their self-titled album Gipsy Kings in 1988 .-Sarah Brightman version:...

    " (Baliardo, Baliardo, Baliardo, Bouchikhi, Gilberto Reyes, Reyes, Reyes) – 3:49
  6. "Just Show Me How to Love You
    Just Show Me How to Love You
    "Tu Cosa Fai Stasera" is a song by Dario Baldan Bembo/Riccardo Fogli and later made famous by Sarah Brightman, under the title Just Show Me How to Love You, when translated into English.-Sarah Brightman version:...

    " (with José Cura
    José Cura
    José Cura is a prominent operatic tenor known for his intense and original interpretations of his characters, notably Verdi’s Otello and Saint-Saëns’ Samson, as well as for his unconventional and innovative concert performances. He is also able to perform high baritone roles with the extended...

    ) (Baldan Bembo) – 4:00
  7. "Deliver Me" (Marsh, Marsh) – 4:01
  8. "Nella Fantasia
    Nella Fantasia
    "Nella Fantasia" is an Italian song based on the theme "Gabriel's Oboe" from the film The Mission . With music by famed composer Ennio Morricone and lyrics by Chiara Ferraù, "Nella Fantasia" is popular among classical crossover singers, and was originally sung by Sarah Brightman...

    " (Ennio Morricone) – 3:40
  9. "Scarborough Fair
    Scarborough Fair
    "Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of the United Kingdom.The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she...

    " (Frank Peterson, Paul Simon) – 4:12
  10. "A Whiter Shade of Pale
    A Whiter Shade of Pale
    "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut song by the British band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967, and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached #5 on the US charts, as well...

    " (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid) – 3:39
  11. "It's a Beautiful Day" (Christopher von Deylen, Frank Peterson) – 3:58
  12. "What You Never Know" (Stephan Moccio) – 3:25
  13. "A Question of Honour
    A Question of Honour (song)
    "A Question of Honour" is a 1995 single by soprano Sarah Brightman, from her album Fly. It peaked at #15 on the German Singles Chart in the last week of 1995, even though it was released over five months earlier....

    " (Frank Peterson) – 5:18
  14. "Time to Say Goodbye" (with Andrea Bocelli
    Andrea Bocelli
    Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....

    ) (Peterson, Lucio Quarantotto
    Lucio Quarantotto
    Lucio Quarantotto is an Italian songwriter best known for writing the lyrics for "Con te partirò" with music composed by Francesco Sartori for Andrea Bocelli...

    , Sartori
    Francesco Sartori
    Francesco Sartori is an Italian composer and piano and trumpet player best known for composing "Con te partirò" with Lucio Quarantotto for Andrea Bocelli. The song was also recorded as a duet entitled "Time to Say Goodbye" with Bocelli and Sarah Brightman...

    ) – 4:06
  15. "Il Mio Cuore Va (Japanese bonus track)"
  16. "Sarahbande (Japanese bonus track)"

Personnel

  • Mike Batt – Lyricist, Producer
  • Andrea Bocelli – Vocals
  • Sarah Brightman – Vocals, Lyricist, Producer, Executive Producer, Concept
  • Gary Brooker – Lyricist
  • A. Cassella – Lyricist
  • Alex Christensen – Producer
  • José Cura – Vocals
  • Chiara Ferrau – Lyricist, Photography
  • Simon Fowler – Photography
  • Esther Haase – Photography
  • Charles Hart – Lyricist
  • Laisa – Lyricist
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber – Lyricist, Producer
  • Brian May – Lyricist
  • Paul Miles-Kingston – Choir Master
  • Stephan Moccio – Lyricist
  • Ennio Morricone – Lyricist
  • David R. Murray – Producer
  • Frank Peterson – Lyricist, Producer, Executive Producer, Concept
  • Quarantotto – Lyricist
  • Keith Reid – Lyricist
  • A. Gilberto Reyes – Lyricist
  • Sartori – Lyricist
  • Richard Stilgoe – Lyricist
  • Christopher Von Deylen – Lyricist
  • Ellen Von Unwerth – Photography

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Japan Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 Top Albums
2
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Top 40 10
U.S. Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Top 200 Albums
100


Sales and certifications

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