Treasure

by Hayley Westenra

Overview

Young New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra's third album to receive an international release, Treasure is a personal collection of Irish and Maori folk songs, including "Shenandoah," "E Pari Ra," and "Danny Boy," recorded in Dublin together with a selection of classical-oriented tracks. As always, there is the minimum of instrumentation -- just a pure soprano voice, singing clearly and very beautifully. For the first time she includes a couple of her own compositions, namely the opening track, "Let Me Lie," and another plaintive folk song, "Summer Rain," beginning almost identically to Enya's "Orinoco Flow" and featuring pizzicato strings throughout. She sings the verse of "Le Notte del Silenzio" in English, while the chorus, on which she is joined in a duet by Humphrey Berney, is sung in Italian. There are a few very short tracks -- "Whispering Hope," an a cappella number with a choral backing, and "Santa Lucia" are only just over the two-minute mark, while "Melancholy Interlude" is even shorter -- and the album closes with the hymn "Abide with Me." ~ Sharon Mawer

Product Details

Release Date:	03/20/2007
Label:	Universal Distribution / Decca / Umvd
UPC:	0028947585220

Tracks

1. Let Me Lie, song
2. Le notte del silenzio, song
3. Santa Lucia, for voice & orchestra
4. Shenandoah, folk song
5. Whispering Hope, for voice & piano
6. Summer Rain, song
7. O Danny Boy
8. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera~One Fine Day
9. The Heart Worships, song for voice & piano, H. 95
10. E Pari Ra, song
11. Sonny, song
12. Summerfly
13. Melancholy Interlude, song (after John Dowland)
14. Bist du bei mir, for voice & continuo
15. Abide with me (Tune: Eventide)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Hayley Westenra   Primary Artist,Piano,Vocals
Humphrey Berney   Primary Artist,Vocals
Metro Voices   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Choir/Chorus
Miche Pouliot   Drums
Anthony Hinnigan   Flute
Nick Ingram   Conductor
Tony Hinnigan   Flute,Flute (Wood)
Debbie Wiseman   Conductor
Des Moore   Guitar
Michel Pouliot   Drums
John Parricelli   Guitar
London Session Orchestra   Orchestra
Natalie MacMaster   Fiddle
John Langley   Conductor
Matt MacIssac   Whistle (Human)
Brad Davidge   Guitar
Shane Hendrickson   Bass,Bass (Electric)
Katie Krykant   Vocals (Background)
Wix   Keyboards,Keyboards
Pat Fitzpatrick   Piano
Meav Ni Mhaolchatha   Vocals
Peter Fitzpatrick   Piano
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra   Orchestra
Matt MacIsaac   Whistle (Human),Whistle (Instrument)
Bohumil Kotmel   Orchestra Leader
Tony Hinnegan   Pipe
Andreja Malir   Harp
The Irish Film Orchestra   Ensemble,Orchestra
Nick Ingman   Piano,Conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra   Ensemble
John Themis   Bass,Guitar,Mandolin,Bass (Electric)
Mac Morin   Piano
Rupert Christie   Keyboards
Miles Bould   Percussion
David Downes   Conductor
Alan Smale   Conductor,Orchestra Leader

Technical Credits

Catriona Walsh   Orchestra Contractor
Stana Vomackova   Translation
Frederick Edward Weatherly   Lyricist
Vit Kral   Engineer
Donald Leahy   Producer
Nick Woollage   Recording
Jeffrey B. Franzel   Composer
Simon Fowler   Photography
Roberto Scarpetta   Composer
Gottfried Heinrich   Composer
Gustav   Composer
Chris Watson   Assistant,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Alice Hawthorne   Composer
John Dowland   Composer
Don Leady   Producer
Giuseppe Giacosa   Composer,Librettist
Debbie Wiseman   Composer
James Fitzpatrick   Orchestra Contractor
Giacomo Puccini   Composer
Natalie MacMaster   Producer
John Langley   Orchestral Arrangements
Ron Shillingford   Music Preparation
Steven Abbott   A&R,Management
Jennifer Allen   Production Coordination
Caitriona Walsh   Orchestra Contractor
Lenka Dudova   Orchestra Manager
Kathryn Nash   Management
Thomas Bracken   Lyricist
Michael Walters   Art Direction
Steven Lowe   Editing,Vocal Recording
Doug McKendrick   Engineer
Dylan Argument   Assistant Engineer
Gerald Westenra   Management
Mark Cavell   A&R
Peter Schwier   Mixing
Wix   Programming,Programming
Simon Lynch   Mastering
William Henry Monk   Composer
Henry Francis Lyte   Composer,Lyricist
Donnell Leahy   Producer
Thomas Moore   Lyricist
Rosetta Helen Elkin   Composer,Text Translation
Jill Westenra   Management
Alice Buckton   Composer,Lyricist,Text Translation
Teodoro Cottrau   Composer
Chris Hibbins   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
R.H. Elkin   Text Translation,Libretto Translation
Traditional   Composer
Gustav Holst   Composer
Cheryl Wheeler   Composer
Luigi Illica   Composer,Librettist
Nick Ingman   Arranger,Choir Arrangement,Orchestral Arrangements
Ian Tilley   Mixing,Editing,Producer,Vocal Producer
Jeff Franzel   Composer
Ron Hynes   Composer
Pete Schwier   Mixing
Sarah Class   Composer
Nick Davis   Mixing
Nick Patrick   Arranger,Producer
Rupert Christie   Programming
Thelonious Monk   Composer
Nathaniel Chan   Engineer,Pro-Tools,Digital Editing
Brian Masterson   Engineer
Isobel Griffiths   Orchestra Contractor
Antonio Galbiati   Composer
David Downes   Arranger,Orchestral Arrangements
Hayley Westenra   A&R,Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Liner Notes
Tony Cousins   Mastering