With the IT there's no chance that you'll miss it.
It's a critical point in the song if you are to appreciate the full expressive breadth of the performance.
The beautiful accents used in the three note phrase that close the first verse are absolutely beautiful, minor in themselves but so expressive in the context of the song as a whole, bridging as they do from the almost unaccompanied opening into the entrance of the full band. The ability to precisely scale and place musical energy, to map tiny changes in level against time, means that the IT easily reveals the subtle technique in Hayley Westenra's vocal, as well as the perfect counterpoint from the lute that underpins it. Take a track like the delicate and intricate `Bridal Ballad' from the Merchant Of Venice OST. The IT's secret is its ability to define not just detail, but also dynamics, not just space but also time. It's reviewed here and no doubt, the reviewer had equally exotic speakers and a CD player to match. Read on, for this is a review of a £3,500 (yep, pounds) amplifier called The Lavardin IT Integrated Amplifier, for home use. Which leads me onto a very interesting review of one of the World's best and most expensive audio amplifiers. What we need is Hayley singing it live in front of us, with no microphone - or perhaps, the World's best Hi-Fi system to play it on! Even concert hall amplification systems and acoustics cannot handle the delicacy of Hayley's voice in a song like this one. She sung it exquisitely for us at ClassicAlive, only last week and the more I listen to it, the more I like it.īut do we hear it as it should be heard, on our feeble computers and budget hi-fi systems? I don't think so. Bridal Ballad is also available on the UK Special Edition of "Pure" and Hayley often sings it in live performances, these days. Bridal Ballad, Hayley's contribution to The Merchant of Venice soundtrack.
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