Hushabye (album)

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Hushabye
Hushabye Hayley Westenra album artwork.jpg
Studio album by
Hayley Westenra
Released14 June 2013
Recorded2013
Genre Classical, Traditional music
Length43:36
Label Decca, Universal
Producer Jon Cohen
Hayley Westenra chronology
Paradiso
(2011)		Hushabye
(2013)

Hushabye is the sixth international studio album by Christchurch, New Zealand soprano Hayley Westenra. The album consists of lullabies and other gentle songs, and is intended to be a calming experience for both children and adults; Westenra sang closer to the microphone than normal in order to create an appropriate atmosphere. [1]

Contents

The fourth track on the album, "Sleep On", was composed by Paul Mealor with lyrics by Brendan Graham as a lullaby for the then-Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby. [2] [3] Westenra and her record company, Decca Records, will be giving away a copy of the album to every new parent in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand whose child was born on the same day as the royal baby. [4] [5]

Track listing

  1. "Pretty Little Horses"
  2. "Hushabye Mountain" (from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang )
  3. "Dream a Little Dream"
  4. "Sleep On"
  5. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
  6. "Go to Sleep"
  7. "Brahms Lullaby"
  8. "Goodnight My Angel"
  9. "All Through the Night"
  10. "Baby Mine"
  11. "Hine E Hine"
  12. "When at Night I Go to Sleep"
  13. "Stay Awake" (from Mary Poppins )

Deluxe edition

  2. "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
  3. "Bau Bei"
  4. "All Through the Night" (Welsh version)

Japanese edition

  2. "Yurikago No Uta (Cradle Song)"
  3. "Nemunoki No Komoriuta"
  4. "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
New Zealand Albums Chart [6] 14

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References

  1. ↑ "Hayley Westenra speaks to Classic FM" . Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Royal Wedding composer pens lullaby for William and Kate's baby". www.telegraph.co.uk. 6 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "How I Wrote... Sleep On - Paul Mealor". classicfm.com. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Stewart, Ashleigh (20 June 2013). "Hayley's right royal baby gift". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hayley Westenra official site" . Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "The official New Zealand music charts". nztop40.co.nz. July 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.


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