Notes and Editorial Reviews
There’s something about Hayley Westenra’s voice. It’s not just a beautiful voice. It’s a voice that moves you, gets inside of you because you feel it’s coming from a woman who has felt everything – love, joy, anger, despair – the whole range and then some. It soars and swoops as much as it ever did on her first international Number 1 album Pure, released in 2003 when she was just 15. Now, New Zealand born Hayley is 23 and the pureness of her tone is edged with experience, confidence and power.
The catalyst for her staggering development was working on her latest album in Rome with legendary film composer Ennio Morricone and his orchestra. Speaking about the album Hayley enthuses, “With this album I feel I’ve grown a lot
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musically and I had a lot more to put into it emotionally. But the bottom line is I was working with a musical genius whose arrangements are out of this world and I had the opportunity to put lyrics to his amazing melodies.”
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Works on This Recording
1.
The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1986; Italy
3.
La Califfa by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
Period: 20th Century
4.
Once Upon a Time in the West: Main Theme by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1968; Italy
5.
Metti una sera a cena: Main theme by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1969
7.
Per Natale by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
9.
Lezione Di Musica by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
11.
The Edge Of Love by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
Period: Contemporary
Written: 2011
12.
Amália Por Amor by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
13.
Sacco e Vanzetti: Here's to You by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1971
14.
Malena by Ennio Morricone
Performer:
Hayley Westenra (Voice)
Conductor:
Ennio Morricone
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sinfonietta Di Roma
Period: 20th Century
Written: 2000
Sound Samples
Gabriel's Oboe (Whispers In A Dream)
Cinema Paradiso - Profumo di limone
Once Upon A Time In The West
Cinema Paradiso: Would He Even Know Me Now?
Deborah's Theme - I Knew I Loved You
Da Quel Sorriso Che Non Ride Piu
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