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Kiri: A Portrait, Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Works of Puccini, Mozart, Strauss, etc.Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano
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Kiri Te Kanawa has to be reckoned with as one of the major singers of art music. Over the years, Decca has kept sort of a low profile in assembling greatest-hits type packages for Te Kanawa, preferring instead to keep as many of her full-price offerings in the active catalog as possible. With Kiri Te Kanawa: A Portrait, Decca has decided to take a new approach, and the consumer comes out the winner.
Decca has dusted off a long-deleted, single-disc collection, Kiri: A Portrait, issued in 1987 as Decca/London 417645, and has generously filled it out to a two-disc set. The liner notes were written by the co-producer of this collection, Cyrus Meher-Homji (marketing and repertoire manager for Universal's classical and jazz division in Australia), and are a bit exorbitant in their unrestrained praise for Te Kanawa, but the music isn't hype, as Te Kanawa's best work was done for Decca. This disc covers Te Kanawa's take on works ranging from arias from John Gay's The Beggar's Opera to a native Maori song she has known since her childhood in New Zealand. The selection is varied and well-chosen, but for the listener, what is sung becomes a second consideration to how well Te Kanawa sings it, and hers is a silvery, beautiful voice that is heard here to its best advantage. If you are not familiar with Kiri Te Kanawa and want to know more of her work, this is likely your best option as a place to start. Established fans of Te Kanawa, however, may still want Kiri Te Kanawa: A Portrait for its convenience, good sound, and reasonable asking price.
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© 2008 All Media Guide, LLC. All Music Guide is a registered trademark of All Media Guide, LLC.
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Giacomo Puccini ComposerGianni Schicchi (opera) Work |
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| 1 | 9.O mio babbino caro | 2:26 |
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Joseph Canteloube ComposerChants d'Auvergne, Series 1 Work |
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| 2 | 2.Baïlèro | 6:39 |
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Joseph Canteloube ComposerChants d'Auvergne, Series 3 Work |
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| 3 | 5.Malurous qu'o uno fenno | 1:30 |
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| 4 | 1.Cavatina: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro al mio duolo | 4:29 |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ComposerCh'io mi scordi di te? Non temer, amato bene, for soprano and orchestra, K.505 Work
English Chamber Orchestra Orchestra,
Jeffrey Tate Conductor,
Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano,
Mitsuko Uchida Piano
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| 5 | Ch'io mi scordi di te? Non temer, amato bene, for soprano and orchestra, K.505 | 9:47 |
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| 6 | Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, for soprano and orchestra. K.383 | 3:35 |
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| 7 | 3.Aria: Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben | 6:36 |
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| 8 | 3.Beim Schlafengehen | 4:50 |
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| 9 | Ave Maria (Adaptation of Bach's Prelude in C, BWV846) | 2:44 |
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Gabriel Fauré ComposerRequiem, Op.48 Work |
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| 10 | 4.Pie Jesu | 3:42 |
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| 11 | Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello, and bass | 3:36 |
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| 12 | 6.Glück, das mir verblieb (Marietta's Lied) | 5:09 |
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Mormon Tabernacle Choir Chorus/Choir,
Julius Rudel Conductor,
Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano,
Utah Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
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| 13 | Nuns' Chorus | 3:31 |
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Richard Rodgers ComposerSound of Music, musical Work
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Chorus/Choir,
Julius Rudel Conductor,
Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano,
Utah Symphony Orchestra Orchestra
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| 14 | Climb Ev'ry Mountain | 3:11 |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber ComposerSunset Boulevard (musical) Work |
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| 15 | With One Look | 3:29 |
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Carl Davis ComposerThe Most Wonderful Birthday of All, song Work
London Voices Chorus/Choir,
Philharmonia Orchestra of London Orchestra,
Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano,
Carl Davis Conductor
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| 16 | The Most Wonderful Birthday of All, song | 4:40 |
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| 17 | Hine e Hine (Maori Lullaby) | 1:44 |
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Sir Neville Marriner Conductor,
Ambrosian Opera Chorus Chorus/Choir,
Olaf Bär Voice,
Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano,
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Orchestra
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| 1 | 10.Finale, Pamina, Papageno: Schnelle Füsse, rascher Mut; 11a.Finale, Chorus: Es lebe Sarastro, Sarastro lebe! | 4:53 |
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John Gay ComposerThe Beggar's Opera, ballad opera Work
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| 2 | Virgins Are Like The Fair Flow'r | 2:35 |
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| 3 | Cease Your Funning | 1:27 |
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| 4 | 20.Aria (Soprano): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion | 4:20 |
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| 5 | 8.Aria (Soprano): Blute nur, du liebes Herz | 4:36 |
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| 6 | Bist du bei mir, BWV508 (attrib. G.H. Stolzel) | 2:48 |
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| 7 | 1.Aria (Cantilena) | 6:39 |
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Johannes Brahms ComposerEin deutsches Requiem (German Requiem), for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, Op.45 Work
Chicago Symphony Chorus Chorus/Choir,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Orchestra,
Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano,
Georg Solti Conductor
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| 8 | 5.Soprano: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit | 8:19 |
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Giacomo Puccini ComposerTosca (opera)...Act 2 Work |
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| 9 | 12.Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore | 3:17 |
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Giacomo Puccini ComposerManon Lescaut (opera)...Act 2 Work
Teatro Comunale Orchestra, Bologna Orchestra,
Riccardo Chailly Conductor,
Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano,
José Carreras Tenor
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| 10 | 11.Oh, sarò la più bella! | 8:32 |
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Georges Bizet ComposerCarmen (opéra-comique)...Act 3 Work |
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| 11 | 9.Je dis qui rien ne m'épouvante (Michela's aria) | 5:43 |
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Giuseppe Verdi ComposerLa Traviata (opera)...Act 1 Work
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Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra Orchestra,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Chorus/Choir,
Alfredo Kraus Tenor,
Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano,
Zubin Mehta Conductor
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| 12 | 3.Brindisi: Libiamo, ne' lieti calici | 3:03 |
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| 13 | 9.Follie! Delirio vano è questo! Sempre libera | 4:37 |
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Frederick Loewe ComposerMy Fair Lady, musical Work
London Voices Chorus/Choir,
John Mauceri Conductor,
London Symphony Orchestra Orchestra,
Kiri Te Kanawa Soprano
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| 14 | Wouldn't It Be Loverly? | 4:45 |
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| 15 | The Folks Who Live On the Hill, song (from the film "High, Wide and Handsome") | 4:36 |
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Victor Herbert ComposerThe Enchantress (operetta) Work |
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| 16 | Art Is Calling For Me | 3:57 |
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