''Pure'' is the first internationally released

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Hayley Westenra Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987) is a New Zealand classical crossover singer and songwriter. Her first internationally released album, ''Pure'', reached number one on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million c ...

. It became the highest selling New Zealand Album, which Westenra was awarded by at the

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of 2004. It was published by the

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label in 2003. It was distributed in the United States by

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in 2004. During its first week of sales it sold 19,068 copies. As of 2007, ''Pure'' is the best selling classical album for the 21st century in the UK, and in New Zealand remains the best selling album from a New Zealand artist. ''Pure'' gives a new freshness to well known classical repertoire, as well as exploring the world of pop and traditional Maori choral singing, including renditions of "Who Painted the Moon Black?", "

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), "In Trutina", from Orff's

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" (a cover of the

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co-wrote the track "Beat of Your Heart" just for the album. Also on the album is " Pokarekare Ana", a New Zealand love song which has enduring popularity, and has become Hayley's signature song. "Never Say Goodbye" is an adaptation of the tune from Maurice Ravel's solo piano piece ''

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''. ''Pure'' topped the New Zealand Album Chart for eighteen weeks, being certified 12× Platinum, as well as topping the Australian and UK Classical Album Charts. ''Pure'' was recorded at

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, London, England.

Track listing

New Zealand version

# Who Painted the Moon Black # Beat of Your Heart # Never Say Goodbye # Dark Waltz # Heaven # In Trutina # Across the Universe of Time # River of Dreams # Wuthering Heights # My Heart and I # Benedictus # Hine E Hine Collector's edition bonus CD # Pokarekare Ana # Amazing Grace # The Mummers' Dance # Mary Did You Know # Silent Night Holy Night # Away in a Manger

Australian version

# Across The Universe of Time # Never Say Goodbye # Beat of Your Heart # Pokarekare Ana # Who Painted The Moon Black? # River of Dreams # Benedictus # Hine E Hine # Dark Waltz # Amazing Grace # My Heart And I # In Trutina # Heaven # Wuthering Heights # Pokarekare Ana (duet with

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) Collector's edition bonus CD # Silent Night # Away in a Manger # Mary Did You Know # The Mummers' Dance

UK version

# Pokarekare Ana # Never Say Goodbye # Who Painted the Moon Black? # River of Dreams # Benedictus # Hine e Hine # Dark Waltz # Amazing Grace # In Trutina # Beat of Your Heart # Heaven # Wuthering Heights # Hine e Hine (Māori mix) Collector's edition bonus CD # Mary Did You Know # Bridal Ballad # Pokarekare Ana (Vocalise) # My Heart And I # Across the Universe of Time # Silent Night, Holy Night # Away in a Manger

US version

# Pokarekare Ana (Come Back to Me) – 3:18 # Never Say Goodbye – 3:13 # Who Painted the Moon Black? – 3:38 # River of Dreams – 4:21 # Beat of Your Heart – 3:13 # Amazing Grace – 3:42 # Benedictus – 3:50 # Hine E Hine (Maiden, O Maiden) – 5:06 # Across the Universe of Time – 3:42 # Dark Waltz – 4:18 # In Trutina (From Carmina Burana) – 2:22 # Heaven – 4:09 # Wuthering Heights – 3:44

Japanese version

# ポカレカレ・アナ (マオリ族の伝承歌 / arr. Sarah Class) (Pokarekare Ana) # ネヴァー・セイ・グッバイ（ラヴェル：亡き王女のためのパヴァヌからの編曲） (Never Say Goodbye) # フー・ペインティッド・ザ・ムーン・ブラック (Sonia Aletta Nel / arr. Sarah Class) (Who Painted the Moon Black?) # リヴァー・オブ・ドリームス (ヴィヴァルディ：四季 – 冬からの編曲 / arr. Sarah Class) (River of Dreams) # ベネディクトゥス (Karl Jenkins) (Benedictus) # ヒネ・エ・ヒネ (マオリ族の子守歌 / arr. Sarah Class) (Hine e Hine) # ダーク・ワルツ (Author Frank Musker / arr. Sarah Class) (Dark Waltz) # マイ・ハート・アンド・アイ (TVドラマ「ラ・ピオーヴラ」主題歌) (My Heart and I) # イン・トゥルティナ (オルフ：カルミナ・ブラーナからの編曲) (In Trutina) # ビート・ユア・ハート (サー・ジョージ・マーティン / Giles Martin) (Beat of Your Heart) # アクロス・ザ・ユニバース・オブ・タイム (Sarah Class) (Across the Universe of Time) # ヘヴン (Frank Musker / Ronan Hardiman) (Heaven) # 嵐が丘 (Kate Bush / arr. Sarah Class) (Wuthering Heights) # ．メアリー・ディド・ユー・ノウ？ ��ーナス・トラック(Mary Did You Know?) (bonus track) # ．アメイジング・グレイス (arr.サー・ジョージ・マーティン) (「白い巨塔」主題歌) ��ーナス・トラック(Amazing Grace) (bonus track)

International version

Personnel

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(guitar, keyboards, programming) *

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(guitar) *

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(guitar) * Dave Hartley (piano) *James Brett (keyboards) *Steve Pearce (bass) * Mark Brown (bass) * Andres Kallmark (programming) *

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s) *

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

Samples can be heard on the artist's site

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