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Into The West (album)
''Into the West'' is the debut album released in 2004 by New Zealand singer, Yulia (Yulia MacLean). That same year, the album was rereleased in December as a two disc special edition, entitled Into The West Special Christmas Edition. Track listing Original release #"Into The West" #"Scarborough Fair" #"Angel" #"The Prayer" #"L'hymne à l'amour" #"Hoki Hoki Tonu Mai/E Pari Ra" #" Softly Whispering I Love You" #"I Go To Sleep" #"If You Go Away" #"One Day I'll Fly Away" #"Ombra mai fu "" ("Never was a shade…"), also known as "Largo from ''Xerxes''", is the opening aria from the 1738 opera '' Serse'' by George Frideric Handel. Context The opera was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its pre ..." #"Russia" #"Bailero" #"Otchi Tchornia" Special Christmas Edition The ''Special Christmas Edition'' contained a bonus disc with the tracks: #"I'll Be Home For Christmas" #"Teehaya Noch (Silent Night)" #"Mary's Boy Child" Charts Certifications Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulia MacLean
Yulia (also Yulia Townsend and Yulia MacLean) is a Russian-born New Zealand classical crossover singer. Her first solo album ''Into The West'' went platinum in its first week of sales in New Zealand. She won two NZ Music Awards; 'Best Female Solo Artist' and ''42 Below'' 'Best Selling Album in New Zealand'. She has supported Amici Forever and Russell Watson with two sold-out tours in Tokyo. Yulia's albums ''Into the West'' and ''Montage'' had three top 40 radio hits in New Zealand, "Into the West", "Angel" and "We're All Alone". Yulia was the first female vocalist in New Zealand to have two back to back number one hit albums. Yulia's voice was once described as a "lovely rich contralto with passion and conviction", and she also have the ability to perform in the mezzo-soprano range. Life MacLean was born and raised in Volgograd, Russia. She and her mother emigrated from Russia to Christchurch, New Zealand in 2002 after being abandoned by her abusive father. Career Within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout of the remaining 50% held by Bertelsmann. BMG was instead rebuilt as BMG Rights Management on the basis of 200 remaining artists. History Sony BMG Music Entertainment began as the result of a merger between Sony Music (part of Sony) and Bertelsmann Music Group (part of Bertelsmann) completed on August 6, 2004. It was one of the Big Four music companies and includes ownership and distribution of recording labels such as Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Mchenry Records, Jive Records, RCA Victor Records, RCA Records, Legacy Recordings, Sonic Wave America and others. The merger affected all Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group companies worldwide except for Japan, where it was felt that it would reduce competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montage (Yulia Album)
''Montage'' is an album released in 2006 by New Zealand operatic singer Yulia (Yulia MacLean Yulia (also Yulia Townsend and Yulia MacLean) is a Russian-born New Zealand classical crossover singer. Her first solo album ''Into The West'' went platinum in its first week of sales in New Zealand. She won two NZ Music Awards; 'Best Female So ...). Track listing #"We're All Alone" #"No-One Like You" #"Maybe" #"You Are Here" #"Everything You Touched" #"Habarnera" #"Che Faro" #"To Ni Veter" #"With You I'm Born Again" #"Pavane" #"Nobody Does It Better" #"Plaisir D'Amour" #"The Actress" #"The Show Must Go On" Charts Certifications References 2006 albums Yulia MacLean albums {{2000s-classical-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Softly Whispering I Love You
"Softly Whispering I Love You" is a song written by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook originally recorded by the duo under the name of David and Jonathan. This version peaked at No. 23 in Australia on ''Go-Set''s National Top 40 Singles Chart. The Congregation version *It was covered in 1971 by The Congregation, where the group's version was a worldwide hit. Their version peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, 1 in South Africa and New Zealand, No. 10 in Germany and No. 11 in Australia's ''Go-Set''s Singles Chart. In North America, the group was known as The English Congregation, where the song went to #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #21 in Canada. Paul Young version English singer Paul Young recorded the song for his '' Other Voices'' album, and it was released as the first single from the album on 30 April 1990. It reached No. 21 on the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ombra Mai Fu
"" ("Never was a shade…"), also known as "Largo from ''Xerxes''", is the opening aria from the 1738 opera ''Serse'' by George Frideric Handel. Context The opera was a commercial failure, lasting only five performances in London after its premiere. In the 19th century, however, the aria was rediscovered and became one of Handel's best-known pieces. Handel adapted the aria from the setting by Giovanni Bononcini, who, in turn, adapted it from the setting by Francesco Cavalli. All three composers had produced settings of the same opera libretto by Nicolò Minato. Music Originally composed to be sung by a soprano castrato (and typically sung in modern performances of ''Serse'' by a countertenor, contralto or a mezzo-soprano; sometimes even by a tenor or high baritone an octave below), it has been arranged for other voice types and instruments, including solo organ, solo piano, violin or cello and piano, and string ensembles, often under the title "Largo from ''Xerxes''" or (as in Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Debut Albums
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other hand, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
