I WILL BE WITH YOU - SARAH BRIGHTMAN AND PAUL STANLEY
Sarah Brightman has never been much of a radio presence in the United States, but the recent No. 13 debut on the Billboard 200 album chart of “Symphony” shows she has quite a captive following. “I Will Be With You,” a duet with Kiss vocalist Paul Stanley, is pure bombast, but its journey to the peak is seductively melodic with a decided edge, meshing pounding percussion and a cascade of heavenly strings. Brightman’s skyscraping soprano vocals are a given, but the addition of the surprisingly earnest Stanley is pure guilty pleasure.
