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  • Does anyone know if she covered this from an earlier version of Benedictus, or if this is an original version?

  • @Blackguard9099 Karl Jenkins wrote this song. Hayley's version is a bit shorter than original, but she sings it with her amazingly beautiful style.

  • i am a vietnam vet, become pacifist: this recording gives me chills every time I listen. Haley brings such innocence and beauty to it ... now i am tearing up egad

  • opera=sin microfonos...

  • I sing this in concert choir!! But it sounds WAYYYYYYYYY different. Actually I think our version is better not that this version or original isn't. It's just kinda boring after a while. She has a nice voice but I wished there was another melody of more lower voices. Hers was too high. But it was perfect, this woman should be a Celtic singer. They are called angel singers. Especially she'll fit in. Hey everyone look up CELTIC WOMEN! If you wanna see more perfect singing like this one. :)

  • @6Subliminal

    CW has ok voices, but they couldn't carry Hayley's sheet music.

  • @6Subliminal She was part of Celtic Woman for a while.

  • The Armed Man - Incredible.

  • Goddamn this song scared the shit out of me when I was down in the abyss in endless ocean.

  • Beautifull, perfection, no other word to describe it, the total combinations of sound's are just heavenly .Sarah Brightman is not in the same class, just my opinion.

  • Eh. So she can hit a high A. Fantastic feat achieved by few--or at least, achieved /well/--but I find lower, richer, more melancholy ranges more mellifluous and aurally pleasing.

  • @DarkenEssence go find paul robson then and ply your superfluous utterances there!

  • Benedictus qui venit nomine Domini

    Hosanna in excelsis

    Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord

    Hosanna in the highest

  • musica classico/religiosa, combina com Hayley

    Hayley eterna....

  • I wonder if when she was young she looked at everyone and said, "I'm going to sing on TV like an angel!" And I bet everyone laughed. But now look at her!

  • Karl Jenkins - Created one of the most breath-taking pieces of all time.

  • i watched this just beacause skullkid3 mentioned it and i never heard it before

  • WoW! Next time, Hayley will surely show us what an octave sounds like! Wonderful job, Hayley!!!! Thanks for sharing! :)

  • Oh my god , I want to marry this woman

  • Shylodragon, any competent voice teacher can teach a soprano to sing an effortless A...it is not a remarkable thing. Sopranos also sing B, C, D, and even E & F on some occasions. You CAN learn...this is a physical skill that just requires training, like an athlete or a dancer...it does cost money to have a good teacher but it is worth every penny. Do it, and you'll wonder why you waited so long. Save up...you would spend the money anyway on something else that will bring you far less joy!

  • WOW High A with little or no effort!!! Incredible!!! I would do ANYTHING to get the chance to take vocal lessons from her!

  • i wish i had her voice.....

  • ammmmmmmazing

  • pa da na "excelsis" kao da je anđelov posudila glas. za uzor uzimam je..a i treptanje i pogled su posebni

  • pa da ..kaže na 1:39,"2:01 to "excelsis" kao da je anđelov posudila glas.

  • Benedictus glas, ONA GA IMA ne bez razloga, izvježban Glas predodređen da hvata neuhvatljive vibracije Sto Moze Biti Samo Bogom dano,prefekt dragocjeno, Kad JE Čista emocija Duboko proživljena Onda ju i Drugi osjete.

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  • anđeoske visine dodirnem glasom i ja ponekad..ozbiljno!

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  • A beautiful girl with a voice to match.

  • an angel....<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

  • She makes it look effortless. Absolutely stunning.

  • I LOVE her voice, it's so beautiful and AMAZING!!!!!!! :D

  • Her voice is pleasant otherwise, but I feel that the 'hosanna in excelsis' climax is portrayed somewhat feebly.

  • Absolutely brilliant!

  • A relatively simple tone poem turned into one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever performed... all the way to the closup of her during the last few seconds.

  • Absolutely angelic. 5 stars.

  • The high A reached at 1:39 and again at 2.00 - Absolutely angelic!

    Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near the infinite.

    ~Thomas Carlyle ~

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  • 1 word AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

  • OMFG!!! i'm sooo happy ^_^ Haley + the music of Karl Jenkins = AWESOMENESS XDDDDDDD

  • my choir sings this

  • Latin truly id the best language on earth, Lingua Latina Maximus Est

  • so is this just karl jenkins' benedictus? i am confused.

  • This is Jenkins' version.

    "Requiem" is a Catholic service (liturgy) for the dead, made up of nine "prayers" in Latin and Greek. What composers have done over the centuries (Mozart, Verdi, Haydn, Berlioz, etc.) is make their own versions, driving their skill and talent to the limit in the service of the deceased and of God.

    And even if one can't respect the music for the fact that it is holy, one can still enjoy the beautiful, solemn, and consummate melodies.

  • Good:)

    My choir is singing this too!

  • ahh she's amazing :) my choir is singing this right now!

  • Wow! What awesome singers!! Truly incredible!

  • I sing this in chrous! But, a little differently.

  • Hayley is an AWESOME singer!!!!! I looove this song!!!

  • Some Muslim was talking about it but he removed his messages. I could care less about prophets, none of them are right. Muslims believing Muhammad(PBUH) was the true prophet, Christians believing Jesus was, all that shit doesn't hold value with me. I thought I'd clarify because some Muslim brought up Christian-centric music and said Muhammad(PBUH) was right was the true prophet. People were being mean to him(us Americans) so I thought I'd help him out by clarifying.

  • I'm wondering, I am Protestant Reformed, so vastly different then your religion. How did your religion come about?

  • That made absolutely no sense I hope you know. I really don't know what you are trying to say by that.

  • Every time she hits the high notes it gives me shivers!!! I love Hayley!

  • it is the Benedictus (latin prayer) from the setting by Karl Jenkins from his requiem for peace "The Armed Man" look it up on here its a stunning requiem

  • I wish she was my sister...or cousin at least....She is a Pure Angelic treasure who must be loved and cherished for years to come

  • I know some of u r gonna get pissed, but god she's hot!

  • Benedictus

    qui venit nomine Domini

    Hosanna in excelsis...

  • is this song latin? it sounds like it, in fact a couple of the songs i've heard sung by her on Endless Ocean sound latin, am i correct? if not what language is it?

  • This is Latin, yes.

  • Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord!

    Hosanna in the Highest!

  • This deffinetley my favorite song on her album pure!!! Beautiful!

  • Velice krásné, Hayley Westenra má nádherný hlas

  • Very good!

    :)

  • Hayley Westenra is a Pure Treasure!

  • The high A reached at 1:39 and again at 2:01 - Absolutely angelic!

  • wow thats high! well done hayley she soundls like a mermaid!

  • lol. i agree.

  • I spoke too soon. The orchestra didn't come in with enough power that makes this song more than amazing.  But her voice is still amazing.

  • @jasonito23 your observation viz a viz the orchestral entrance is spot on and indeed her voice is amazing

  • Amazing!

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