Henkäys Ikuisuudesta

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Henkäys Ikuisuudesta
Studio album by Tarja Turunen
Released	November 8 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Christmas/Classical
Length	55:14
Label	Universal Music Nems Enterprises
Producer	Esa Nieminen
Tarja Turunen chronology
Yhden Enkelin Unelma (2004) Henkäys Ikuisuudesta (2006) My Winter Storm (2007)

Henkäys Ikuisuudesta (Breath from Eternity) is Tarja Turunen's first solo album, although this is not her "real" solo album, but a Christmas album. It was released November 8, 2006. The first single of the album, "You Would Have Loved This", was released in Finland on October 25. The album reached Gold and Platinum status in Finland with more than 30 000 copies sold. Henkäys Ikuisuudesta's release was followed by a tour that ended the Christmas project Tarja started in 2004. Tarja doesn't plan on doing any more Christmas material after this.^[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Song background 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Kuin Henkäys Ikuisuutta"
2. "You Would Have Loved This"
3. "Happy New Year"
4. "En Etsi Valtaa, Loistoa"
5. "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)"
6. "Varpunen Jouluaamuna"
7. "Ave Maria"
8. "The Eyes of a Child"
9. "Mökit Nukkuu Lumiset"
10. "Jo Joutuu Ilta"
11. "Marian Poika"
12. "Magnificat: Quia Respexit"
13. "Walking in the Air (Cover)"
14. "Jouluyö, Juhlayö" (Silent Night)

[edit] Song background

• All of the songs are covers, except for "Kuin Henkäys Ikuisuutta" which is written by Tarja and Esa Nieminen.
• The ABBA cover "Happy New Year" consists of both English and Spanish lyrics.
• "En Etsi Valtaa, Loistoa" was released on Tarja's "Yhden Enkelin Unelma" single in 2004, but the vocals have been re-recorded for this album. The music is composed by Jean Sibelius and the lyrics by Zacharias Topelius.
• Tarja also released "Walking in the Air" when she was a member of Nightwish, on their 1998 album Oceanborn.
• "Marian Poika" is the Finnish version of "Mary's Boy Child", and "Jouluyö, Juhlayö" is "Silent Night".

[edit] References

1. ^ Henkäys Ikuisuudesta album site

[edit] External links

• Official homepage

v • d • e Tarja Albums and EPs Henkäys Ikuisuudesta · My Winter Storm Singles "Yhden Enkelin Unelma" · "Leaving You For Me" · "You Would Have Loved This" · "I Walk Alone" · "Die Alive" Related acts Nightwish · Beto Vázquez Infinity