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The six principal performers on the album are vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. It is also the first - and only - album to introduce Westenra as a new addition to the group.
Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987) [1] is a New Zealand classical crossover singer. Her first internationally released album, Pure , reached number one on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide, making it one of the fastest selling albums in her country's history.
The song "Shenandoah" appears to have originated with American and Canadian voyageurs or fur traders traveling down the Missouri River in canoes and has developed several different sets of lyrics. Some lyrics refer to the Oneida chief Shenandoah and a canoe-going trader who wants to marry his daughter.
River of Dreams: The Very Best of Hayley Westenra is a Greatest hits album released in UK and New Zealand by Christchurch soprano Hayley Westenra. River of Dreams contains selections from her three best-selling Decca albums Pure, Odyssey and Treasure, combined with four newly recorded songs. Westenra's distinctive vocals were showcased through ...
Celtic Woman: The Greatest Journey - The Essential Collection was released on DVD on 30 January 2008 and features vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Hayley Westenra and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt. The DVD follows the same format as the CD by reprising songs from previous concerts at the Helix Theatre in ...
Westenra also contributed new English lyrics for some of Morricone's most well-known pieces, such as "Gabriel's Oboe", "La Califfa", and "Malena". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Westenra said she not only was inspired by "Gabriel's Oboe" (the theme from the 1986 film classic The Mission ), but also contributed lyrics to " Whispers In A Dream " (music ...
Pure is the first internationally released album by New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra. It became the highest-selling New Zealand album, which Westenra was awarded for at the New Zealand Music Awards of 2004. It was published by the Decca Music Group label in 2003. It was distributed in the United States by Universal Classics in 2004.
Hushabye is the sixth international studio album by Christchurch, New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra.The album consists of lullabies and other gentle songs, and is intended to be a calming experience for both children and adults; Westenra sang closer to the microphone than normal in order to create an appropriate atmosphere.