AndReleased18 April 2011Recorded2010,Length58: 23,Hayley Westenra chronology(2009)Paradiso(2011)(2013)Ennio Morricone chronologyCome Un Delfino(2011)Paradiso(2011)Paradiso is an international album by, in collaboration with maestro. It was released worldwide beginning 18 April 2011 in.Paradiso features new compositions written by Morricone for Westenra, as well as Hayley performing some of his best-known film compositions in. Westenra also contributed new English lyrics for some of Morricone's most well-known pieces, ', 'La Califfa', and 'Malena'. Westenra said she not only was inspired by 'Gabriel's Oboe' (the theme from the 1986 film classic ), but also contributed lyrics to (music:'Gabriel’s Oboe') in the spirit of world peace.Morricone produced all of Westenra's vocal performances and created new arrangements for each track, conducting instrumental sessions with his own 120-piece orchestra,. On 18 July 2011, Morricone commented, 'When I first heard Hayley’s voice I was impressed and fascinated. I was very pleased when I was asked to compose and arrange the pieces that Hayley sings on her CD and am delighted with the results.
I want to mention that this is not just a small anthology but also includes new songs performed and recorded for the first time. I wish our CD great fortune and many listeners and to this beautiful performer, a great career.' Oscar-winning lyricist, and Marilyn and Alan Bergman also contributed lyrics to the multi-language album (including some English and Italian songs, a French and a Portuguese song).Paradiso became the 85th local #1 album since the inception of the Official New Zealand Music Charts in 1975. It has been certified gold in New Zealand, and became Westenra's fifth number one album in New Zealand, breaking the record for the New Zealand artist with the most #1 albums to their name announced by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (Rianz) in May. It rose to number one on the Amazon Classical pre-release chart, and topped the HMV Classical pre-release chart.Paradiso hit #1 on the official, as well as the chart, after its release in the UK. It also reached #2 on the after release in the. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
The classic theme from The Mission has been given lyrics for the first time (penned by Westenra), reemerging as Whispers in a Dream alongside tracks freshly squeezed from Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon a Time in the West etc. All these arrangements are conducted by Morricone with his 120-piece orchestra, the Sinfonietta di Roma – no synthesized.
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A decade on from her New Zealand-only self-titled debut album, and Christchurch's finest, 23-year-old, can no longer rely on the angelic-looking choirgirl persona which helped her replace as the world's most successful young soprano. But having achieved quite the coup by recruiting legendary Italian composer for her fifth album (and first non-seasonal studio release since 2007's ), it's unlikely that she would have had to, anyway. Recorded with the 120-piece in their hometown, its 13 tracks are a world away from her usual fare of traditional hymns, operatic standards and classical pop numbers, revealing a maturity and creative streak lacking from most of her contemporaries.
Indeed, perhaps to establish her songwriting credentials, has allowed several of his most famous compositions to be rewritten by the now-grownup star, including one of his most famous pieces, 'Gabriel's Oboe' (now 'Whispers in a Dream'), and the themes to 1970 films La Califfa and Malena, all of which show she's more than up to the rather imposing job. The less obvious song selections also indicate is no longer content to follow the crowd, with only the soothing harmonies of 'Jill's Theme' (Once Upon a Time in the West), the beautifully lilting vocal adaptation of 'Deborah's Theme' (Once Upon a Time In America) and the string-soaked 'Profumo di Limone' and 'Would He Ever Know Me Now?' (both from Cinema Paradiso), likely to be familiar to mainstream audiences. Instead, the album rummages around the more obscure corners of 's back catalog, with contributions from 1968 sci-fi comedy H2S (the whimsical scale-climbing 'Lezione di Musica'), the docudrama Sacco e Vanzelli ('s slow-building protest song 'Here's to You'), and 1969's Metti una Sera a Cena (the bossa nova-tinged title track), sitting alongside a cover of ' Portuguese-sung 'Amalia por Amor,' and two new tracks, the -esque French festive tale, 'Per Natale,' and the -penned potential show tune, 'The Edge of Love.' A huge leap forward from her previous attempts, suggests may be a far more intriguing proposition outside her teenage years than she was during them.