Diva: Singles Collection

To date Sarah Brightman has three 'Best of' albums. One was released in 2000 that primarily focused on Brightman's collaboration with Frank Peterson. It was a good solid release but it failed to acknowledge Brightman's career pre-Peterson, indeed, it only included songs that were recorded and released with the nineties. The other two releases came about at the same time in 2006. Europeans (i.e. us) were lumbered with 'Classics: The Best of Sarah Brightman'. A pigeon holed release that did not demonstrate Brightman's career at all, and focused purely on her more classical recordings. The rest of the world was gifted with this gem. Aptly called 'Diva: The Singles Collection' this album gives us the true image of Sarah's long career spanning the time between 1986 and 2004 (no, it does not include the ever memorable Starship Troopers!)Although this disc does not actually include every single she has released, it tries hard to stick to the more prominent and successful releases. It includes three tracks from her ALW era in the eighties, four from her most successful album 'Timeless', two from 'Eden', two from 'La Luna', two from 'Harem' and just one from her least known album 'Fly'. The only drawback of this otherwise fantastic album is that it neglects her album 'Dive' completely. As her first recording with Peterson with some fantastic singles ('Once in a Lifetime' springs to mind) it is a shame that it does not make an appearance.In terms of long serving fans, this album offers nothing new whatsoever and I would not suggest buying it at all unless you want to complete a collection, but if you are a beginner, this is probably the best album that you could possibly start out with.Last but not least, this album was released along side a 'Singles Collection' DVD that had most of the music videos of this albums track list. That is well worth hunting down, but at the moment Europeans are still excluded from the release, and you will have to live with region one NTSC format.

Whats not to like? Beautifully sung. Good value. Decent tunes

Beautiful collector's CD ..

If you love Sarah Brightman’s voice, then this is a must. Glorious Singing Voice. Fell in love with her voice after having seen Phantom of the Opera and bought the POTO cd with her and Michael Crawford. Just Brilliant

Pleased

Superb CD.

Edizione Giapponese del bellissimo Album Diva uscito solo per il mercato Americano, ma quest'edizione ha due brani in più che la rendono unica.. Da Avere..👍👍

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I just love songs from Sarah Brightman- This is excellent CD to my collection. Definitely recommend to everyone.I have also DVD -HAREM & LUNA , also excellent product.

Although this CD features no new songs that haven't already been released on CD, it is certainly worth getting. I have every Sarah Brightman CD but I didn't feel that getting "Diva" was a waste of money. It has a song from every era Sarah has done. "Pie Jesu" and "Phantom of the opera" from the Andrew Lloyd Weber time being the earliest and "It's a beautiful day" and "What you never know" from the Harem cd being the latest. The CD booklet is absolutely amazing. The paper quality and the picture quality is top-notch. There are a few rare pictures that are included. It's also great to have a lot of my favorite Sarah songs on one disc so I don't have to keep switching CDs to listen to all my favorites(although not all my favorite Sarah songs are included on Diva). If you buy this cd or the Diva DVD, you can go to her website- [...]and see some bonus footage.There are some fans that don't understand why Diva is being released and Sarah's producer, Frank Peterson, explained a little why and I'd like to share it:"Every so often artists and their record lables try to reach out to new demographics and new audiences by releasing retrospective collections.There are many people out there who might think "Nella Fantasia" is an Il Divo original...people who might have never heard of Sarah Brightman, yet...There are also many people who might have seen Sarah on TV, liked her music but didn't know what album to get. Best Of collections are aimed at exactly those people: potential NEW fans. Also, they serve as thee collection album that you would give to friends for Christmas, so, they can get an overall idea about your favourite artist."He also stresses the different aspects on why "Diva" has been released:"-To bridge the gap between "Harem" and Sarah's next album,-to gain new fans,-to make people aware of Sarah's almost 30-year career-to remind people of Sarah's past hits and achievements,-to turn as many people into Sarah Brightman fans as possible... "-Taken from the official Sarah Brightman forumSo if you think you can use Diva to get people turned onto Sarah, or if you are an older fan, like myself, who needs every cd, or if you are a new Sarah Brightman fan, like the reviewer below me (Congratulations of finding Sarah Brightman!) this cd is a must!