Hayley Westenra
organ
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Anybody listen to her? She's from New Zealand. I got into her music a little over a year ago and I'm hooked. The sweetest female vocalist I've heard. And the sound quality on her newest release (Odessey) is hardcore reference material.
Her music is a lot like Sarah Brightman's in her earlier days with "Time to Say Goodbye". Classical crossover. She sounds just like an angel. Check out her CD if you're into this type of music.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AXWHPI/sr=8-1/qid=1142059404/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8491973-2678408?%5Fencoding=UTF8
While we're on the subject of soothing music, did anybody pick up Andrea Bocceli's latest release? The album is called "Amore". Beautiful music and vocals. I LOVE it!
Maurice
Her music is a lot like Sarah Brightman's in her earlier days with "Time to Say Goodbye". Classical crossover. She sounds just like an angel. Check out her CD if you're into this type of music.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AXWHPI/sr=8-1/qid=1142059404/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-8491973-2678408?%5Fencoding=UTF8
While we're on the subject of soothing music, did anybody pick up Andrea Bocceli's latest release? The album is called "Amore". Beautiful music and vocals. I LOVE it!
Maurice
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AND... she's not bad looking either.
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Believe it or not, she's only 18! She's very beautiful but can't really say she's my type.
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i have 'pure', and it's really just that... a very simple, smooth voice, not a lot of emotion or complexity behind it, but still a chill vocalist to listen to... a rather limited range, which surprised me (she skips an octave up in 'amazing grace', and sounds great doing so, but never leaves her 1.5-2 octaves anywhere else on the CD, for whatever reason)...
from a quick googling, it seems to be her first album, in which case it's a very respectable one, but i do hope she's improved on the depth in her sophomore release... if so, i'm all for it...It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon
"Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs -
neomagus00 wrote:i have 'pure', and it's really just that... a very simple, smooth voice, not a lot of emotion or complexity behind it, but still a chill vocalist to listen to... a rather limited range, which surprised me (she skips an octave up in 'amazing grace', and sounds great doing so, but never leaves her 1.5-2 octaves anywhere else on the CD, for whatever reason)...
from a quick googling, it seems to be her first album, in which case it's a very respectable one, but i do hope she's improved on the depth in her sophomore release... if so, i'm all for it...
Pure is her second album. I agree about her vocals on "Pure". IMO, that album just showcased her voice. No feelings/emotions IMO. Just nice and sweet, nothing more.
You should definitely check out the new album. "Pure" can't even come close. Her voice and singing style is so much mature now and she's singing better songs as well. There's actually emotions in the songs. The duet with Bocelli on "Dell'Amore Non Si Sa" is so beautiful.
Oh yeah, she's hitting those high notes with no effort now. On "pure" and her self titled debut, you can actually hear her struggling on some notes, probably why she left some out like you mentioned.
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organ wrote:I agree about her vocals on "Pure". IMO, that album just showcased her voice. No feelings/emotions IMO. Just nice and sweet, nothing more.
Bingo. I've not been able to figure out why this album never really did much for me. This describes it very well."Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
"For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase
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Oh boy, you guys are going to be in for a real treat with the new album. Everything is better. The sound quality alone is worth the purchase. This is one of the best sounding cd I've heard.
Shack,
Same here. I only liked that album for about 2 weeks. I needed something more and finally got it with the new release.
Sean,
If you like this type of music, you should really consider this cd... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002SMW/ref=pd_kar_gw_1/002-5289513-5553609?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=5174
This is probably my favorite classical crossover album. The music is just beautiful. Her later albums are not so good compared to this. Excellent recording too if you dig vocals. Try out the samples on the link I provided.
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ooh, sarah brightman... i've never heard anything but the phantom...It's not good, very fundamentally simply not good. - geolemon
"Its not good enough until we have real-time fearmongering. I want my fear mongered as it happens." - Shizelbs -
For those who are into female vocals, Hong Kong Universal Music just launched a new series of K2HD CD titles. Of the K2HD CDs released for western artists, both Hayley Westenra and Sarag Brightman are featured....
Hayley Westenra - Pure (K2HD CD pressing)
Sarah Brightman - Encore (K2HD CD pressing)
From all indications, these K2HD CDs are being pressed in Japan by Memory-Tech. The first 1,000 copies of each title will be individually numbered.
Disclaimer: I don't have any of these CDs nor am I related in any way to hifi-cd.com. Since these CDs are being released by HK Universal Music, and most likely only being marketed/distributed in HK, I am just doing a "heads up" to those who are interested.
