Paradiso: NZ release (18 Apr 2011)

[Dave]

Hello everyone,

I am delighted to be able to confirm that the current release date for the NZ version of Hayley's new album Paradiso is Monday 18 April 2011. This was reported earlier today by the website NZ Musician but has also been confirmed by Hayley's management.

To start the ball rolling in the NZ thread, I will repost the two relevant articles that have already appeared today in Paradiso (General thread), which thread may still be used to discuss anything about this album that isn't specific to NZ. There will inevitably be a bit of overlap between the two threads.

The timescale to the release date is very short but it seems from a quick look at the Marbecks website that this is not unusual in NZ so hopefully, further details including a full track listing will soon appear there and on other online NZ sites. Some of the tracks we do of course already know.

Nearly there!

Cheers, Dave

[Dave]

Here are today's two articles from NZ:

Hayley Westenra Teams Up With Ennio Morricone
Monday, 4 April, 2011 - 14:08
Voxy.co.nz

Still at the tender age of 23, New Zealand born soprano Hayley Westenra celebrates ten incredible years in the music industry with the release of her fifth studio album, Paradiso - a collaboration that sees master Italian composer Ennio Morricone working with a vocalist for the first time.

With a CV that belies her 23 years, having performed with Jose Carreras through to Andrea Bocelli and touring North America with Il Divo, Hayley is now realising her dream of working with Morricone.

Well known for his iconic film scores including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West, Morricone received an honorary Academy Award for his contribution to the art of film music in 2007 and is regarded as one of the most prolific and influential composers of his era.

Despite the 60-year-age difference and distinct language barrier, Westenra and Morricone struck up an incredible bond whilst recording Paradiso with Ennio's orchestra in Rome last summer. This is, after all, the first time 83 year-old Morricone has added a vocal line to his compositions.

The album features an array of new compositions written by Morricone for Hayley, as well as some of his best-known film compositions of the last 50 years. With Ennio making new bespoke arrangements for every track, he produced all of Hayley's vocal performances, as well as conducting each session with his own 120-piece orchestra - Sinfonietta di Roma.

Recorded last year at the Forum studio in Piazza Euclide - the very studio where Ennio has recorded his countless classic film scores with his multi Grammy-winning engineer Fabio Venturi - Paradiso showcases Hayley singing in English, Italian, French, Portuguese and Vocalese.

Says Hayley - "Growing up, I unknowingly listened to a great deal of Ennio Morricone's magnificent music, such as the haunting melodies of 'Cinema Paradiso' and 'The Mission'. To one day realise that all these pieces were the work of just one man blew my mind. Ennio Morricone is a musical genius and I still can't quite believe that I'm collaborating with him on a whole album."

This is the first time ever Ennio has allowed - and in Hayley's case encouraged - anyone to write new lyrics for his classic themes such as for Gabriel's Oboe (Whispers In A Dream) - the theme from the 1986 film classic, The Mission. Hayley has also written English lyrics to two more of the album's tracks: La Califfa and the album's final track, Malena.

Oscar winning lyricist Don Black and Sir Tim Rice and Marilyn and Alan Bergman have all also contributed lyrics to this album.

Dickon Stainer, Managing Director for Decca Records, on the collaboration - "It's a match made in heaven - a true legend of film music collaborating with the purest voice in the world".

and

Hayley Westenra teams up with Italian composer
4th April 2011
NZ Musician

Hayley Westenra will release her fifth studio album, ‘Paradiso’ in April.

The album is a collaboration with influential Italian composer and Academy Award recipient Ennio Morricone, best known for his iconic film scores including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. 'Paradiso' was recorded at the Forum studio in Rome with Morricone’s own 120-piece orchestra - Sinfonietta di Roma, and is also the first composition the 83 year-old has added a vocal line to.

Oscar winning lyricist Don Black and Sir Tim Rice and Marilyn and Alan Bergman also contributed lyrics to the album.

'Paradiso' will be available online and in stores April 18.

Cheers, Dave

[stevemacdonald]

...This is, after all, the first time 83 year-old Morricone has added a vocal line to his compositions...
....With Ennio making new bespoke arrangements for every track, he produced all of Hayley's vocal performances, as well as conducting each session with his own 120-piece orchestra - Sinfonietta di Roma. ...

What I get from this is that Mr. Morricone, despite all his experience, is not known for "vocal" productions, and yet he's making his initial foray into this area with Hayley who's arguably one of the most remarkable vocalists ever. This should be interesting.

[grant]

WOW!!! Thanks Dave for that sparkling bit of news. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy so hope it will be available for pre-order very soon! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Best wishes
Grant

[dutchjoyce]

WHOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!

The same for me....i'll keep an eye on where to order !!!!
I'll guess i'll start with Paradiso...NZ edition !!!!

Greetz Joyce

[martindn]

I think we will be keeping a close eye on Marbecks website for the next few days.

Martin D

[mlb]

OH WOW! Is it weird that it's being released so soon after the announcement of its release (if that makes sense, lol)?
I don't know much about these things but I just remember knowing Camilla Kerslake's release date at least a month before the actual date and there was a bunch of promo stuff she had beforehand.
I guess it might be different since there will be multiple release dates?
As you can tell, I have limited knowledge in this area. LOL

(...Regardless, can't wait to see it in the USA!)

[pjrcorreia]

YES! Thank you Dave. Looking forward to this release! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Best wishes,
Paulo Correia

[spiderman]

Apr 4, 2011 18:47:26 GMT martindn said:

I think we will be keeping a close eye on Marbecks website for the next few days.

Martin D

im surprised im sleeping so well.... after "cant waiting" for so long its like ive eaten a kilo of coconut ice im so bouncy.

my workmates are going to hate this week

[pjrcorreia]

Apr 4, 2011 16:24:30 GMT stevemacdonald said:

...This is, after all, the first time 83 year-old Morricone has added a vocal line to his compositions...
....With Ennio making new bespoke arrangements for every track, he produced all of Hayley's vocal performances, as well as conducting each session with his own 120-piece orchestra - Sinfonietta di Roma. ...

What I get from this is that Mr. Morricone, despite all his experience, is not known for "vocal" productions, and yet he's making his initial foray into this area with Hayley who's arguably one of the most remarkable vocalists ever. This should be interesting.

Hi Steve,

As far as I know, this is not correct, on the 2004 Album "FOCUS" by Ennio Morricone and Dulce Pontes (a Portuguese singer), all the tracks are sung by Dulce Pontes, many of them are sung in Portuguese, 3 or 4 in English, 1 in Spanish and 1 in Italian. All the music is by Mr. Morricone, but some of the Portuguese lyrics were written by Dulce herself.

I don't have this CD, I love Ennio's music but I don't like Dulce Ponte's voice, she ruined Ennio's beautiful music.

With Hayley's beautiful voice, Ennio's music will be fantastic!


Beat wishes,
Paulo Correia

[jimg]

Hayley has now tweeted the NZ release date herself:

HayleyWestenra
My new album 'PARADISO', a collaboration with Ennio Morricone, is to be released in New Zealand on the 18th April!! Yeehaa!

[Dori]

VERY exciting!

Dori

[amptique]

If I could dance, I'd be doing a "happy dance". This is so exciting!!

BillR

[Richard]

Hello folks!

This is the link to watch: www.marbecks.co.nz/

Enter "Hayley Westenra" in the search box.

Richard

[dutchjoyce]

Hi,

Ebay seller Smokecd from NZ, will list Hayley's new album on Ebay, on the day of its release.
They have a reasonable price for post&package, and will send worldwide.
(payments can be made through PayPal)

Joyce