Artist: Hayley Westenra
Title Of Album: Celtic Treasure
Year Of Release: 18.03.2007
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical, Celtic
Quality/Bitrate: MP3 / VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz / Stereo
Total Time: 48:44 min
Total Size: 57,4 MB
WebSite: www.hayleywestenra.com



TrackList
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01 Let me lie 05:06
02 Scarborough fair 03:11
03 Shenandoah 03:22
04 Summer fly 03:40
05 Whispering hope 02:03
06 Danny boy 03:42
07 Summer rain 03:58
08 Last rose of summer (duet with mйav) 03:39
09 One fine day 03:32
10 Sonny 03:13
11 The water is wide 03:32
12 Melancholy interlude 01:38
13 Abide with me 03:33
14 The mummer's dance 04:35

Hayley's third solo album is a very personal collection of classical arias, Irish and Maori folk songs - representing treasured people and places on her remarkable musical journey. Recorded in Dublin, Ireland, Hayley's third solo album is a very personal collection of classical arias, Irish and Maori folk songs - representing treasured people and places in her remarkable musical journey. For the first time the album also includes several original tracks written by Hayley herself. Celtic Treasure is a celebration of Hayley's family roots, and her grandparent's journey across the World on the first boat that left Ireland for 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 in English.

Hayley has continued this tradition by recording the well-known aria One Fine Day... ('Un bel di) from Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Hayley's grandmother also sang Irish folk tunes, and Hayley includes one of them - Danny Boy on the album as a tribute to her. Another Irish folk tune Sonny, is the first recording in which Hayley accompanies herself on the piano. In the same vein as Hayley's signature song Pokarekare Ana from her debut album Pure, Hayley's deep sense of pride as a New Zealander, and the simple beauty of her voice come together in E Para Ra - a Maori lovesong reflecting her own love of her homeland. Hayley's first recordings of her own songs bring together all these musical influences. They include her compositions Let Me Lie and Summer Rain and her lyrics to a haunting lute song by the Elizabethan English composer John Dowland, called simply Melancholy Interlude.