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A magical collection of Christmas songs from the 22 year old singing phenomenon that is Hayley Westenra. Winter Magic combines some of the best loved and most familiar seasonal carols such as "Silent Night" and "Coventry Carol" with popular Christmas songs "Little Drummer Boy" and "Sleigh Ride", as well as tracks Hayley has written herself ("Peace Shall Come", "All With You" and "Christmas Morning"). The variety of the song choices perfectly showcases the versatility of Hayley’s angelic voice and her ability to not only perform in a beautiful, classical way ("Corpus Christi Carol") but also in a considerably more 'pop' style ("Peace Shall Come").
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77 of 79 people found the following review helpful
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Although this album is not due for release in the UK for several weeks, the Japanese version containing identical tracks was released on 30th September and I have to say that this is one of the most beautiful Christmas albums I have ever heard, such that I think I will find it very hard to restrict myself to just airing it over Christmas.
This is an album that the whole family will enjoy as it contains children's favourites like "Silent Night" & "Little Drummer Boy" as well as a good selection of traditional carols such as "Carol of the Bells", "The Coventry Carol" and "Veni Veni Emmanuel", the latter, a hauntingly beautiful rendition sung in Latin by Hayley with such passion that I defy anyone to try to do anything but listen whilst it plays.
Other tracks include a moving rendition of Joni Mitchell's "River" and three totally new songs which Hayley co-wrote - "Christmas Morning", All With You" and "Peace Shall Come", one of the most powerful tracks on the album. All in all, it's very difficult to pick a favourite
Hayley is at her stunning best on this album and her captivating vocals shine through on each and every track with lyrics seeming to come alive such that it feels like the listener is being drawn into the mood of each song. I believe this is going to be one Christmas album that is going to be talked about for many Christmas's to come. It just can't go wrong.
This is an album that the whole family will enjoy as it contains children's favourites like "Silent Night" & "Little Drummer Boy" as well as a good selection of traditional carols such as "Carol of the Bells", "The Coventry Carol" and "Veni Veni Emmanuel", the latter, a hauntingly beautiful rendition sung in Latin by Hayley with such passion that I defy anyone to try to do anything but listen whilst it plays.
Other tracks include a moving rendition of Joni Mitchell's "River" and three totally new songs which Hayley co-wrote - "Christmas Morning", All With You" and "Peace Shall Come", one of the most powerful tracks on the album. All in all, it's very difficult to pick a favourite
Hayley is at her stunning best on this album and her captivating vocals shine through on each and every track with lyrics seeming to come alive such that it feels like the listener is being drawn into the mood of each song. I believe this is going to be one Christmas album that is going to be talked about for many Christmas's to come. It just can't go wrong.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I love Chrismtas music and bought this album after listening to samples. It's a very high quality recording with lovely purity of voice from Hayley. There are a variety of songs and each arrangement is excellently produced. Westenra's arrangements of "Sleigh Ride" and "The Chrismtas Song" have already become my favourite arrangements and I have several versions on my iPod!
There are other songs that I was less familar with and yet they all have a wonderful Christmas feel. If you enjoy Christmas music then this will be a great additional to your festive collection and give greater enjoyment than some of the Christmas Complilations that are packed with dozens of tracks. If you are a Westenra fan then you won't be disappointed with this collection, it's the high quality music that you would expect from her.
Highly recommended for the festive season!
There are other songs that I was less familar with and yet they all have a wonderful Christmas feel. If you enjoy Christmas music then this will be a great additional to your festive collection and give greater enjoyment than some of the Christmas Complilations that are packed with dozens of tracks. If you are a Westenra fan then you won't be disappointed with this collection, it's the high quality music that you would expect from her.
Highly recommended for the festive season!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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For this, the fourth Hayley Westenra album that I've bought but the first I've reviewed, Hayley has chosen to restrain herself somewhat. There is no evidence here of the power that her voice is capable of, but this appears to be a deliberate choice. If she had chosen to, she could have belted out Sleigh ride, as other singers sometimes do, but even this song is taken at mid-tempo. Those who like Hayley for the power in her voice will find nothing here to appeal to them, but the music is no less brilliant because of its mellowness.
A characteristic of Hayley Westenra albums is that different versions are released and this album is no exception. The American version contains 14 tracks. The Japanese version contains those 14 tracks plus a non-Christmas bonus track titled On the wings of time. The British version contains the 14 tracks as released on the American edition plus a duet with Ronan Keating on a song that Ronan co-wrote titled It's only Christmas. Ronan released his own Christmas album in 2009, also including the song. I haven't heard that album but I'm told that the version there is a Ronan solo, not featuring Hayley.
The set opens with Little road to Bethlehem, a song previously recorded by both Shawn Colvin and Aled Jones, but it deserved to be more frequently recorded. The next song is Carol of the bells, which I think generally works best as a group song with different voices, but Hayley does as good a solo version as I've heard. Elsewhere, the album contains a few standards including The Christmas song, Silent night, Little drummer boy and the aforementioned Sleigh ride, but those looking for a selection of mostly familiar songs are advised to look elsewhere. To the standards, we should now add River, the Joni Mitchell song that now turns up frequently on Christmas albums though this wasn't always the case.
The other tracks include Coventry carol, which is quite well known in Britain though I don't see it very often on American albums. Alison Moyet recorded a fine version for the original A very special Christmas, so anybody who has that album will recognize the song. Two other traditional carols featured are Corpus Christi carol (which I don't remember hearing elsewhere, though I probably have) and Veni veni Emmanuel, which is a Latin version of a more familiar song. Hayley co-wrote three songs (Christmas album, All with you, Peace shall come) while Winter's dream may also be an original song.
This is a great mellow Christmas album, especially for those who want a song selection that isn't too predictable.
A characteristic of Hayley Westenra albums is that different versions are released and this album is no exception. The American version contains 14 tracks. The Japanese version contains those 14 tracks plus a non-Christmas bonus track titled On the wings of time. The British version contains the 14 tracks as released on the American edition plus a duet with Ronan Keating on a song that Ronan co-wrote titled It's only Christmas. Ronan released his own Christmas album in 2009, also including the song. I haven't heard that album but I'm told that the version there is a Ronan solo, not featuring Hayley.
The set opens with Little road to Bethlehem, a song previously recorded by both Shawn Colvin and Aled Jones, but it deserved to be more frequently recorded. The next song is Carol of the bells, which I think generally works best as a group song with different voices, but Hayley does as good a solo version as I've heard. Elsewhere, the album contains a few standards including The Christmas song, Silent night, Little drummer boy and the aforementioned Sleigh ride, but those looking for a selection of mostly familiar songs are advised to look elsewhere. To the standards, we should now add River, the Joni Mitchell song that now turns up frequently on Christmas albums though this wasn't always the case.
The other tracks include Coventry carol, which is quite well known in Britain though I don't see it very often on American albums. Alison Moyet recorded a fine version for the original A very special Christmas, so anybody who has that album will recognize the song. Two other traditional carols featured are Corpus Christi carol (which I don't remember hearing elsewhere, though I probably have) and Veni veni Emmanuel, which is a Latin version of a more familiar song. Hayley co-wrote three songs (Christmas album, All with you, Peace shall come) while Winter's dream may also be an original song.
This is a great mellow Christmas album, especially for those who want a song selection that isn't too predictable.
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Winter Magic
Not one of her better cd's as far as the content is concerned, but this is only my opinion. What never changes is the excellence of her voice.
Published 1 month ago by AE Wheeler
what a lovly cd
Hayley as made a grate cd loved it the first time i played it, even the wife likes it, which is a first
Published 5 months ago by bore
Hayley's Winter Magic
Hayley's "Winter Magic" is a Christmas themed album that further reinforces her dominance as a leading classical crossover artist. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Wayne Bokum
Winter Magic
I'm not always a big fan of christmas albums becasue they tend to have similar songs and can be quite boring, however, this album by Hayley is really good. Read more
Published 12 months ago by S. Croft
Loved it once they had sent my the right cd
Just love it I got this for Christmas last year and still listen to it now just wish they had sent me the right CD in the first place :D
Published on 16 April 2010 by Ms. N. J. Hemsley
YAY it's Christmas.
I like to isten to this singer after a hard day, she has a very relaxing tone. Some of her albums such as Pure are a little bit to easy to listen to and i often think she should be... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2010 by Mr Smith
Winter Magic by Hayley Westenra
Bought this as a result of hearing her sing the Coventry Carol on Classic FM. The rest of the album is also charming. She has a very good voice.
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by A. M. Stagles
Winter Magic by Haley Westenra
Bought as a Christmas Present even with the Christmas postal service this item was received with in days of ordering it. Well done Amazon
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by Mrs. J. D. Cook
Hayley Winter
Bought as a Christmas present - they loved it. CD arrived very quickly, but case was broken. Replacement arrived on time.
Published on 4 Jan 2010 by Pk Hankard
Christmas review
This Offering from Haley is a Christmas Delight ,One To Sit Back Close Your Eyes ,And Relax to.
Published on 3 Jan 2010 by Mr. F. G. Fuller
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