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List Price: £4.99Amazon.co.uk's Price: £3.24 You Save: £1.75 (35%)as of 20/05/2012 08:43 BST
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028947533023
Format: CD
Item Dimensions: 24
Label: Decca (UMO)
Languages: EnglishUnknown
Manufacturer: Decca (UMO)
MPN: 475330-2 Jewel Case
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Decca (UMO)
Release Date: January 16, 2006
Running Time: 51 minutes
Studio: Decca (UMO)
Disc 1:- Pokarekare Ana
- Never Say Goodbye (adapted from 'Pavane pour une infante defunte' by Ravel)
- Who Painted the Moon Black?
- River of dreams (adapted from 'Winter' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons)
- Benedictus
- Hine e Hine
- Dark Waltz
- Amazing Grace
- In Trutina (from Orff's Carmina Burana)
- Beat of your heart
- Heaven
- Wuthering Heights
- Hine e Hine (full extended mix)
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Decca, 475330-2 Jewel Case 13 Track 2006
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Pure is presented as 16-year-old New Zealand singer Hayley Westenra's first album, though it follows a chart-topping eponymous debut and follow-up Christmas disc, My Gift to You. Pure is still Hayley's first UK release, and capitalises on a rapid move into the international limelight following a duet with Russell Watson as part of his 2002 tour, now preserved on DVD as Russell Watson: The Voice (Live In New Zealand).
Comparisons with Charlotte Church are inevitable, yet Westenra has her own distinctive sound. She has impeccably clear diction coupled with a gorgeous voice with a very wide range: her high notes in the Kate Bush hit "Wuthering Heights" are especially striking, and like Bush she is also a dancer, having performed with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. If there's a problem, it's that Pure doesn't have a focus to match Westenra's talent, the tracks spanning everything from "Amazing Grace" to a Maori lullaby ("Hine e Hine") to hybrid pieces adapted from Ravel ("Never Say Goodbye") and Vivaldi's Four Seasons ("River of Dreams"). Ultimately what this set does demonstrate is that whatever direction Westenra finally settles on, she has the ability to go to the very top. For now she is a young artist finding her way, and for many listeners the result is Pure magic.--Gary S Dalkin
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