Chasing illusions

Sarah Brightman: Symphony in Vienna promo

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:29:00 +0000

Sarah Brightman`s Concert in Vienna will be broadcasted on CPTV, Monday, February 4.

Here are some caps.

Symphony - after five long years - Sarah`s great return!

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:09:00 +0000

And finally... here it is: Symphony!

Stunning album cover, beautiful artwork and pictures! Lovely new look! I was very excited to finally hear it - from beginning to the end. Beautiful classical and pop melodies, four duets, three with classical singers and one with rock star Paul Stanley. This album is up there with "Timeless", "Eden", and "La Luna." Song Fleurs du mal is the most powerful song in this album and I simply love it!!! The duets are amazing - especially with Bocelli and Lima. Beautiful lyrics!

I`ve heard six song before the album is released, so now when I heard the rest I can only say that this album was worth waiting for.. and this is for sure Sarah's great return.

I never get tired of hearing her all day long:)))

http://rapidshare.com/files/87903922/04-sarah_brightman-

canto_della_terra__duet_with_andrea_bocelli_.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/87887926/02-sarah_brightman-fleurs_du_mal.mp3.html

Fleurs Du Mal - lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:38:00 +0000

Fleurs Du Mal

Is it you I keep thinking of?
Should I feel like I do?
I’ve come to know that I miss your love
While I’m not missing you

We run

Til it’s gone
Et les fleurs du mal
Won’t let you be
You hold the key to an open door
Will I ever be free?

Chorus:
Les fleurs du mal unfold
Comme les fleurs du mal
Dark demons of my soul
Un amour fatal
Been tryin' hard to fight

Comme les fleurs du mal
Les fleurs du mal inside
Un amour fatal

All my life I’ve been waiting for
In this perfume of pain
To forget when I needed more
Of love’s endless refrain
We live
And we pray
Pour les fleurs du mal
I’ve lost my way
What is done will return again
Will I ever be free?

(Repeat chorus)

Les fleurs du mal
Comme les fleurs du mal
Un amour fatal
Comme les fleurs du mal

(Repeat chorus)

Enjoy the lyrics! Unfortunately, they

are absent from the booklet! I like the photos from Concert in Vienna very much!! (Finally, something different from Harem:) I am very pleased with album musical style.

Sarah Brightman - SYMPHONY: Album Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:08:00 +0000

global release dates:

January 28 – Mexico
January 29 – USA, Canada
January 29 – Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan
February 4 – Korea
February 25 – Rest of South East Asia
February 27 - Japan
March 17 – Europe, Australia, New Zealand and rest of world (with bonus audio track)
TBA - UK/Ireland You can watch promo video http://www.sarah-brightman.com/new_albums.html

DVD will be out soon, I hope. It has been recored in Vienna on January 16.

I am so excited about all these new events:)

Sarah Brightman: Symphony lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:30:00 +0000

SYMPHONY

I don't know what I'm supposed to say

When love suddenly feels so far away

But you're not prepared to take

And you're now afraid to listen

I don't want to do this anymore

Oh I don't know which way that I should turn

Since the more we love the more we have to learn

Well I keep staring into space

Like it somehow has the answer

So don't let the music end

Oh my darling

Symphony

It's gone quiet around us now

How I wish you would hold me

And that you never told me

That it's better if you leave

Look at the sun

We're starting to lose all of our light

When it once burned so brightly

Tell me, remind me

We're throwing it away

Oh you don`t know what you've got until it's gone

But then nothing ever hurt like holding on

I am scared not prepared

And I feel like I am falling

So can you tell me where did we go wrong

Symphony

It's gone quiet around us now

How I wish you would hold me

And that you never told me

That it's better if you leave

If everything is broken

And it's better that we give up

Oh remember how we once had something beautiful

Symphony...

download link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/80929424/03_symphony.mp3.html

SARAH BRIGHTMAN : SYMPHONY - new album to be released in early 2008!

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:39:00 +0000

Sarah's much-anticipated new album, Symphony, recorded in Germany, the US and the UK, features all-new songs, and was created by Sarah and Frank Peterson.
1. Gothica
2. Fleurs Du Mal
3. Symphony
4. Canto Della Terra

5. Sanvean
6. I Will Be With You
7. Schwere Träume
8. Sarai Qui
9. Storia d’Amore
10. Let It Rain
11. Attesa
12. Pasión
13. Running

The album features 13 tracks and I heard some of them. Song “Fleurs du Mal” is really amazing!!! Here`s mp3 from live performance in Atlantic City download link: http://rapidshare.com/files/81313353/Sarah_Brightman_-_Fleur_du_mal__live_.mp3.html

I liked also duet with Andrea Bocelli “Canto Della Terra”.

And here you can also download song Symphony (mp3) http://rapidshare.com/files/80929424/03_symphony.mp3.html

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The Progressive Fashion Show in Atlantic city, November 17, 2007

James Blunt - 1973, new single

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:10:00 +0000

James Blunt released his second studio album on September 17, 2007 throughout the world, and a day later in North America. Blunt completed the songs for the album at his home in Ibiza through the winter of 2006-07. Five of the ten songs on the album have been performed during his 2005-06 tours; however, lyrics, melodies and harmonies were refined for the studio recording. The album was recorded with his touring band, and Tom Rothrock returned as producer.
The first single from All The Lost Souls is called "1973" and was inspired by Blunt's nights out in a club called Pacha in Ibiza, which opened that year.
Here`s the video:

I love his way of singing and sad...romantic lyrics... (especially from the album "Back to Bedlam") I started to listen to his songs recently...and for the time being I can say that I like his music:)

Sarah Brightman and Fernando Lima`s duet "Pasión" has been released

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:47:00 +0000

While waiting for new album of Sarah Brightman one of her new songs – beautiful duet with the Argentinian countertenor Fernando Lima, "Pasión" has been released on Lima`s debut album “Pasión” in Mexico on Sept. 20nd.

Here`s the track list :

01.- AZUL
02.- PASIÓN (SINGLE VERSION)
03.- EL CONDOR PASA
04.- OH MADRE MÍA
05.- EN ARANJUEZ CON TU AMOR
06.- SOON
07.- AVE MARÍA
08.- NANA
09.- VENEZIA
10.- PAVANE (VOCALISE)
11.- SUEÑO

12.- RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA (VOCALISE)
13.- EL VUELO
14.- GUARDIAN ANGEL

Fernando's album can be ordered here:

http://www.mixup.com.mx/mixup/product.asp?sku=5099950631520&subdept_id=701&dept_id=1

There is also a very nice video of "Pasión" filmed at Abbey Road Studios in London.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZjPe3l0fBI

More about Fernando Lima: nice photos of "Pasión"- behind the scenes http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=106844003

Sarah Brightman

For those who can`t wait for new album here`s the download link of song La Pasión mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/60066162/Sarah_Brightman___Fernando_Lima_-_La_pasion.MP3.html

Enjoy!

Beautiful Santorini

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:19:00 +0000

This summer I went to Santorini and spent fantastic 7 days on this really beautiful island. We stayed in Kamari in hotel Epavlis which turned to be good choice. The 4 star hotel was very comfortable and Kamari is a lovely beach resort. From Kamari you can go to the most famous places and towns in Sanorini by bus or rent a car. It takes only 10 minutes to Fira - the capital town. Although it was the beginning of August island didn't seamed to be too crowded and the weather was just fine, about 35-37 °C

View from our hotel terrace in Kamari

Santorini is not easy to describe...it is not comparable with any other Greek island. What makes it so different from any other island, is its imposing landscape, the caldera with its impressionistic contrast of colours....

Santorini is the last of the Cyclades islands to the South. The closests islands are Ios, Folegandros, Sikinos to the North, Anafi and Amorgos to the East and Crete to the South.

Santorini is a complex of five islands. Santorini (Thira) is the main island and around it Thirasia and Aspronisi (parts of the ancient Stroggili) and the two volcanic islands Palea Kameni and Nea Kameni.

Many reasons made this island famous worldwide and more or less we all have seen a picture of it. There is a talk about the connection between Thira and mythical Atlantis. Also Jules Verne made Santorini famous with its books "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "The mysterious island" where captain Nemo and his crew watch the volcano eruption. He was one of the visitors and scientists that came to Thira during the eruptions of 1866 - 1870 and wrote the well known book just after it.

It is really the mysterious island and it is probably the most famous for its Caldera - which is the opening created by the Santorini volcano - its breathtaking sunset view and its beaches, which have unique colors due to the volcanic properties of the sand. Santorini's rocky cliffs and landscape are almost primitive and wild, adding even more to its mystery...

If you are after the caldera view have a look at Fira, Oia, Imerovigli, Firostefani, Akrotiri.
For the best beaches check Perissa, Kamari, Perivolos, Vlihada and Red beach.

I took lots of photos which I`m sharing with you here hoping that I will visit Santorini again...some day.
This island is perfect for lovers and romantics... And the food is great:) I had wonderful time... although I missed one person very much... There is always the next time:)

Sarah Brightman - anytime, anywhere !

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:54:00 +0000

Sarah Brightman was born on August 14th, 1960. Her West End debut was at the age of 13 in "I and Albert". She originated the role of Christine in London and in New York. Sarah married composer Andrew-Llyod Webber in 1984 until 1990. She has recorded a number of solo albums, including 1988's The Trees They Grow So High, 1989's The Songs That Got Away, 1990s As I Come of Age, 1993's Dive, 1995's Fly, and 1998's Eden. And recent ones like La Luna (2001) and Harem (June, 2003).

Best known for her breakout role in Andrew Lloyd Webber`s The Phantom of the Opera, Sarah Brightman has sold over 25 million records, 2 million DVDs, and has played sold-out shows worldwide. Brightman's music is generally classified as classical crossover. She has a three-octave vocal range that extends to an E above Soprano C.

Brightman's duet with Chris Thompson, "I Will Be With You (Where The Lost Ones Go)" has been chosen to be the theme song for "Pokemon: Movie 10. The ballad and the movie will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Pocket Monsters movie franchise. Another Brightman song, "Time to Say Goodbye" with Andrea Bocelli, is also being currently featured in the movie, Blades of Glory, starring Will Ferrell.

Sarah`s brand new song, "Running", was chosen as the official theme song for 2007 IAAF Athletics Championship Games in Osaka, Japan. The song has been premiered at the opening ceremony on August 25. She has also been appointed as IAAF's first Green Project Ambassador to help raise awareness for the global environment.

We all know that Sarah will sing the main theme of a new Mexican telenovela Pasión which will be released in September.

We, who love Sarah and her music, can hardly wait for new album. The current release date is set at January 29th, 2008 but is still subject to change.

I really like her voice and the way she performs her songs. I listen her albums very often and I must say that albums Eden and La Luna are the best so far. Harem is interesting but "too much" for my taste – regarding aesthetics especially (her make-up…costumes etc.).Album La Luna I like the most. And songs? Let`s say.. So many things, Piano (Memory) - from Cats, Italian version, Naturaleza muerta, Eden, The last word you said…Winter in July, Here with me…La Luna,…Only an ocean away - are among my favorite songs. The list is too long, I’m afraid .

Sarah Brigtman: Running lyrics
I was sad and I was silent
In shadow of my soul
Ever seeking the horizon
For promises untold

I dreamed of silent oceans
And I sang of waters blue
With the crossing of Angels
Brought forth to guide me through

To a distant shore so welcoming
Where I was free to roam
To a land of ancient mystery
That I could call my own

THIS IS ME AND YOU
AND WE ARE RUNNING
TO CHANGE THE WORLD
WHERE HOPE IS SHINING THROUGH

GAIA’S GREEN AND BLUE
AND WE ARE RUNNING
TO SAVE THE WORLD
THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE

WE'LL BE RUNNING
WATCH IT COMING
GREEN IS SHINING THROUGH

LOVE IS RISING
WORLDS COLLIDING
GREEN IS SHINING THROUGH

Can you hear the distant beating
Of passion born of old
Reaching out to far horizons
Of prophecy untold

I will wander through the desert
I will seek you in my hand
In the silence of shadows
In palaces of sand

Then a voice called from the wilderness
Whose spirit held the key
To a world and soul united
Forever strong and free.

P.S.
Many regards to Amanezco, big fan of Sarah:)

What about love?

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:50:00 +0000

Questions...many unanswered. Some of them are serious, some are trivial. Is it possible that love survives in our modern time? Of course, I believe that only love will save as all IF...if we finally begin to love: ourselves and others. And this is not easy as it seems:) I like poetry...and written word.There are poems in which you can find your unspoken thoughts, feelings and longings - and truths as well.

This is only one small part of my collection:)
“Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not. Tim Robbins wrote that the only serious question is whether time has a beginning and an end. Camus clearly got up on the wrong side of bed, and Robbins must have forgotten to set the alarm. There is only one serious question. And that is : WHO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE LOVE STAY? Answer me that and I will tell you whether or not to kill yourself”
(T. Robbins “Still Life with Woodpecker” )

William Ernest Henley

Between the dusk of a summer night
And the dawn of a summer day,
We caught at a mood as it passed in flight,
And we bade it stoop and stay.
And what with the dawn of night began
With the dusk of day was done;
For that is the way of woman and man,
When a hazard has made them one.

Arc upon arc, from shade to shine,
The World went thundering free;
And what was his errand but hers and mine --
The lords of him, I and she?
O, it's die we must, but it's live we can,
And the marvel of earth and sun
Is all for the joy of woman and man
And the longing that makes them one.

photo: Santorini

and...this one is for those who like fairy tales:)

Rubén Darío: SONATINA

La princesa está triste... ¿Qué tendrá la princesa? Los suspiros se escapan de su boca de fresa, que ha perdido la risa, que ha perdido el color. La princesa está pálida en su silla de oro, está mudo el teclado de su clave sonoro, y en un vaso, olvidada, se desmaya una flor.

El jardín puebla el triunfo de los pavos reales. Parlanchina, la dueña dice cosas banales, y vestido de rojo piruetea el bufón. La princesa no ríe, la princesa no siente; la princesa persigue por el cielo de Oriente la libélula vaga de una vaga ilusión.

¿Piensa, acaso, en el príncipe de Golconda o de China, o en el que ha detenido su carroza argentina para ver de sus ojos la dulzura de luz? ¿O en el rey de las islas de las rosas fragantes, o en el que es soberano de los claros diamantes, o en el dueño orgulloso de las perlas de Ormuz?

¡Ay!, la pobre princesa de la boca de rosa quiere ser golondrina, quiere ser mariposa, tener alas ligeras, bajo el cielo volar; ir al sol por la escala luminosa de un rayo, saludar a los lirios con los versos de mayo o perderse en el viento sobre el trueno del mar.

Ya no quiere el palacio, ni la rueca de plata, ni el halcón encantado, ni el bufón escarlata, ni los cisnes unánimes en el lago de azur. Y están tristes las flores por la flor de la corte, los jazmines de Oriente, los nelumbos del Norte, de Occidente las dalias y las rosas del Sur.

¡Pobrecita princesa de los ojos azules! Está presa en sus oros, está presa en sus tules, en la jaula de mármol del palacio real; el palacio soberbio que vigilan los guardas, que custodian cien negros con sus cien alabardas, un lebrel que no duerme y un dragón colosal.

¡Oh, quién fuera hipsipila que dejó la crisálida! (La princesa está triste, la princesa está pálida) ¡Oh visión adorada de oro, rosa y marfil! ¡Quién volara a la tierra donde un príncipe existe, —la princesa está pálida, la princesa está triste—, más brillante que el alba, más hermoso que abril!

—«Calla, calla, princesa —dice el hada madrina—; en caballo, con alas, hacia acá se encamina, en el cinto la espada y en la mano el azor, el feliz caballero que te adora sin verte, y que llega de lejos, vencedor de la Muerte, a encenderte los labios con un beso de amor».

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Céline Dion - D'elles

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:21:00 +0000

D'elles (meaning About Them) is the title of Céline Dion`s most recent French language album. It was released on May 18, 2007 in certain European countries."D'elles" is concept project that celebrates womanhood. The lyrics for all thirteen songs were written by influential female authors from France and Quebec. I liked this album very much, especially the song "Immensité". The lyrics are beautiful. Here is the video: song-Immensité

The beginning

noreply@blogger.com (Endless) — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:10:00 +0000

I don’t know yet what to write about…so…this is just the beginning of one uncertain journey .. I’m impressed by many things… I like music fondly…especially Sarah Brightman and her angelic voice. I like traveling …both physically and metaphysically..
I also enjoy writing and taking photographs… This blog exists due to my dear friend Amanezco who encourages me to do things I wouldn’t normally do.