La Luna (album)

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.

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.

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

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.

Singles

• "Scarborough Fair" (2000)
• "La Luna" (Promo in Brazil) (2000)
• "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" (2001)
• "Here with me" (Promo EU) (2001)

Charts and certifications

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