Brilliant album with most beautiful voice in the world
Carsten Segerlin | Kastrup (Copenhagen), Denmark | 05/14/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This album is much different from Timeless, Eden and La Luna, but Sarah?s great soprano voice is as beautiful as ever. She is so talented. Sarah?s voice shone with joy. You can hear her warm-heartedness and arrangement in every word she sings throughout this album. All songs are recorded with a symphony orchestra. Harem is a brilliant album.The song HAREM takes you on a fantasy-voyage into the Arabian Nights (1001 nights fairy-tales). The song has a mysterious Oriental sound. The song ?Cancao do Mar? is used for HAREM. Sarah?s voice is so beautiful, very bright and crystal-clear. Great rhythm. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD, same lyrics as with Louis Armstrong but in a new style. Sarah sings passages from Puccini?s ?Un bel di vedremo?, from Madama Butterfly during IT?S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. It would be phenomenal to hear Sarah sing the original versions of ?Vissi d?arte? by Puccini and ?Casta Diva? by Bellini. WHAT YOU NEVER KNOW, is a very beautiful song - when you get to know it. THE JOURNEY HOME from the Indian musical ?Bombay Dreams? has a fresh rhythm. Sarah sings it incredible with her lovely voice. FREE, is a marvellous song with Nigel Kennedy playing violin at the end of the song MYSTERIOUS DAYS, fantastic song. Ofra Haza (a Jewish female singer, who sadly passed away 3 years ago) has a fabulous beautiful voice too. Ofra?s and Sarah?s voices suit each other perfectly. The song has a great dance beat. THE WAR IS OVER (fortunately). Sarah sings it marvellous. She sings duet with an Iraqi singer Kazem Al-Sahir. He sings in Arabic: ?Welcome all people of the world?. MISERE MEI is an interlude to BEAUTIFUL. Two very beautiful songs. ARABIAN NIGHTS. Great beat. Again a voyage-song, like you are travelling on a flying carpet and seeing exotic places. Sarah sings even in Hindi (Indian). Wonderful. STRANGER IN PARADISE is from ?Prince Igor? (Polovtzian Dance). A magnificent song and melody. Sarah sings it superior. Rhythm and style a bit like TIME TO SAY GOODBYE. UNTIL THE END OF TIME, is like a fantasy-voyage. You travel in your mind to the sound of Sarah?s amazing voice.SARAHBANDE sounds like a great theme for a TV-series. When you buy a CD with Sarah, you always get MUCH MORE than you pay for. This album is not just another brick in the wall, but a milestone in the music-universe ? like the other Sarah-albums."
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1