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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028947585312
Label: Decca
Manufacturer: Decca
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Decca
Release Date: March 13, 2007
Sales Rank: 2398
Studio: Decca
Disc 1:- Let Me Lie
- Scarborough Fair
- Shenandoah
- Summer Fly
- Whispering Hope
- Danny Boy
- Summer Rain
- The Last Rose of Summer
- One Fine Day
- Sonny
- The Water Is Wide
- Melancholy Interlude
- Abide With Me
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Album Description:
Hayley's third solo album is a very personal collection ofclassical arias, Irish and Maori folk songs - representing treasured peopleand places on her remarkable musical journey. Recorded in Dublin, Ireland, Hayley's third solo album is a very personalcollection of classical arias, Irish and Maori folk songs - representingtreasured people and places in her remarkable musical journey. For thefirst time the album also includes several original tracks written byHayley herself. Celtic Treasure is a celebration of Hayley's family roots, and hergrandparent's journey across the World on the first boat that left Irelandfor New Zealand in the 1880s - taking with them a rich musical heritage.Her grandmother - a singer, and her grandfather, who played the accordion,were to be important influences on Hayley's musical development. Hayley grew up hearing her grandmother singing Italian opera arias inEnglish. Hayley has continued this tradition by recording the well-knownaria One Fine Day... ('Un bel di) from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Hayley's grandmother also sang Irish folk tunes, and Hayley includes one ofthem - Danny Boy on the album as a tribute to her. Another Irish folk tuneSonny, is the first recording in which Hayley accompanies herself on thepiano. In the same vein as Hayley's signature song Pokarekare Ana from her debutalbum Pure, Hayley's deep sense of pride as a New Zealander, and the simplebeauty of her voice come together in E Para Ra - a Maori lovesongreflecting her own love of her homeland. Hayley's first recordings of her own songs bring together all these musicalinfluences. They include her compositions Let Me Lie and Summer Rain andher lyrics to a haunting lute song by the Elizabethan English composer JohnDowland, called simply Melancholy Interlude.
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Having sung before royalty and performed with the Irish super-group Celtic Woman, Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, and Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel, the very young and remarkably beautiful singer is back with a tribute to her Celtic ancestry. As with her previous Platinum-selling releases (she is already a huge star in her native New Zealand, Japan, Australia, and the UK), the orchestrations are lush, with sighing phalanxes of strings and woodwinds. But in keeping with the avowed theme, there are also soft touches of soulful, wavering tin whistles and vaguely fiddle-like violin vamps. The program is more varied than the album's title might lead one to expect, encompassing everything from 'The Last Rose Of Summer' and 'Danny Boy' to 'Shenandoah,' 'Scarborough Fair,' 'Abide With Me,' and even a couple of more pop-oriented songs penned by Westenra herself. However, brief sideways winks toward Nashville or the Great White Way do not adulterate the album's overall mood of ethereal, remote bliss. The one misstep is an English-language cover of 'Un Bel Di' ('One Fine Day') from Puccini's Madama Butterfly: an aria unsuited to the artist's fragile, bell-like soprano and placid temperament. This aside, established classical crossover/theatrical divas like Sarah Brightman would be wise to begin looking to their laurels. --Christina Roden
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Celtic at its best
Haley Westenra has a God-given vocal talent which she uses at its best.Fans who appreciate Celtic Women and Enya will love this cd as well.
Rating: - Excellent!A must BUY for music lovers
I bought my 1st Celtic CD about 18 mths ago. Just love it. Played it over and over again. I'm still listening to it now.
When you have not heard it - you would not think it's good.
But, if you hear it - believe me, you'll never stop playing the CD over and over again.
Thomas Foo
Rating: - Celtic Treasure
Great music a nice twist in the flavor of Celtic music. New and old songs but all original
Rating: - A great cd
I would rate the cd a 10. The song selection and Haley's great voice is just amazing. The cd is a better presentation than the dvd as the acoustics and instrumentals is perfect.
Rating: - Hayley's Heavenly Treasure
Complementing her recent tour with Celtic Woman as well as her own heritage, Celtic Treasure once again blesses us with a beautifully sung collection of well crafted and orchestrated music that showcases the vocal talents of this gifted artist from New Zealand.
Included are Scarborough Fair, Danny Boy, and other Celtic standards that sound like fresh material written just for her. Especially memorable is Abide With Me and the hauntingly beautiful Sonny.
Two self-penned songs, Let Me Lie ... Read More
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