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 ; 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
14. 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......
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