Mozart's Lullaby [Single, Import]

Hayley Westenra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 5, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Universal Import
• ASIN: B0006TPFKK
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,344 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Japanese Title

2. Japanese Title

3. Japanese Title

Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL!, May 9, 2005

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John A. Jodell "Jack Jodell (Richfield, MN)" (Richfield, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart's Lullaby (Audio CD)

This is a sensationally delicious piece of music. Hayley Westenra's lovely vocals will sweep you away. Her piercingly high and smoothly flowing soprano background vocal is particularly striking. It's a shame that this single hasn't been released in an English-language version, but believe me, the performance and arrangement here would be worth owning in ANY language! Buy this single before it disappears for good---you will become as addicted to it as I am!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hailey Westenra--Live in Concert, August 25, 2005

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Patricia Willoughby (Worcester, MA. USA) - See all my reviews
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I had the pleasure of seeing Hailey perform this past Christmas Season with the Boston Pops orchestra. I had never heard her sing before, nor had I ever heard her name. She was amazing. My family and I and the whole audience sat in absolute astonishment during her all to brief performance. At the end of her performance she received a lengthy standing ovation. She outshined the Boston Pops. Obviously that night I went to Amazon and bought her Pure Album which is in the car CD changer and played often. Her voice absolutely wonderful.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars track listing, November 6, 2006

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This review is from: Mozart's Lullaby (Audio CD)

I just got this (here on Amazon). The tracks are:

Wiegenlied (Slow Version)
Wiegenlied (Fast Version)
Wiegenlied (''' Version)

Those are Japanese characters in the third title. (Thank you, CDDB; I never would've figured them out myself.) [Edit: Looks like the Japanese characters may not come through in the review. They showed up in the text box. Oh, well.]

As reported, it's apparently a German classical song. The first two tracks are in German -- as the tracks say, first slow, then faster. The third is apparently the same song in Japanese. Yes, Hayley sings all three.

The lyrics are printed inside the sleeve. I'm not even going to attempt to figure out how to do the Japanese characters, but the German is as follows. (There may be typos; I was not watching the screen most of the time while I typed them.)

Schlafe, mein Prinzchen schlaf ein,
Es ruhn nun Schäfchen un Vögelein,
Garten und Wiese verstummt,
Auch nicht ein Bienchen mehr summt,
Luna mit silbernem Schein
Gucket zum Fenster herein,
Schlafe beim silbernen Schein,
Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, Schlaf ein!

Alles im Schlosse schon liegt,
Alles in Schlummer gewiegt;
Reget kein Mäuschen sich mehr,
Keller und Küche sind leer,
Nur in der Zofe Gemach
Tönet ein schmachtendes Ach!
Was für ein Ach mag dies sein?
Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein!

Wer ist beglüchter als du?
Nicht als Vergnügen und Ruh!
Spielwerk und Zucker vollauf,
Und noch Karossen im Lauf,
Alles besorgt und bereit,
Daß nur mein Prinzchen nicht schreit.
Was wird da künftig erst sein?
Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein!

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As for my personal rating, this is a beautiful song and performance, but probably only "average" compared to Hayley's other work. If I had heard it first, I may not have been willing to spend the $22.50 import price. It would've been worth the normal price of a CD single, though. I wish it was available in the (U.S.) Apple Music Store.