VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Baroque For Brides To Be Academy St Martins, English Chamber Orchestra, Kiri te Kanawa, etc [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] A Musical Bouquet For Your Wedding Day |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Complete Operas Ann Murray, Andreas Schmidt, Werner Hollweg, Arleen Auger, Edita Gruberova, Edith Mathis, Peter Schreier, Thomas Moser, Kiri te Kanawa, Ingvar Wixell [ Decca Bargain Boxes / 44 CD - released 6/Jul/2009 ] A unique collection of the complete operatic works of Mozart, from the fascinating teenage works to the profound late masterpieces. Operas known and loved the world over such as "Le nozze di figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Così fan tutte" and "Die Zauberflöte" |
TRADITIONAL
Classical Christmas [3 CD set] Roberto Alagna, Maurice Andre, Natalie Desssay, Thomas Hampson, Kiri te Kanawa, King's College Choir, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Nov/2014 ] A collection of carols and heartwarming Christmas favourites for the whole family to cherish. Yuletide classics performed by the leading lights of opera and choral music: Kiri Te Kanawa, Chanticleer, Libera, Natalie Dessay, Barbara Hendricks, Rolando... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / RICHARD WAGNER / W. A. MOZART
Inbrunst im Herzen: Famous German Arias and Scenes Brigitte Fassbaender, Franz Hawlata, Kiri te Kanawa, Rene Kollo, Waltraud Meier, Christine Schafer, Bryn Terfel and others [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2019 ] This collection of Famous Arias and Scenes, opera's finest, most exciting moments, will dazzle opera lovers and newcomers alike. The Arias and Scenes are each presented and performed by the most renowned and acclaimed artists of the opera stage. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (complete opera directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Recorded in 1976) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, Hermann Prey, Maria Ewing / Vienna Philharmonic / Karl Bohm [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 2/Jun/2005 ] "a visual treat, but having some solos delivered as interior monologues is distracting" Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Quartet [Original Soundtrack] Hermann Prey, Valerie Masterson, Ileana Cotrubas, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri te Kanawa [ Decca Records / CD - released 24/Jan/2013 ] Directed by Dustin Hoffman and based on the play by Ronald Harwood. The film stars Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins and Billy Connolly as retired Opera singers who annually put on a concert to celebrate Verdis birthday. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Mass In C Minor K.427 Ileana Cotrubas, Kiri te Kanawa, Werner Krenn, Hans Sotin / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard [ EMI / CD - released 15/Oct/1985 ] "Leppard's is the (Mass in C minor) to enjoy propped up on deep cushions and with a glass of your favourite liqueur." Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Don Giovanni (highlights from the opera recorded in 1991) Ingvar Wixell, Luigi Roni, Martina Arroyo, Stuart Burrows,Kiri te Kanawa / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips remastered / CD - released 20/Nov/1996 ] Originally recorded in London,1973 |
TRADITIONAL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Christmas with the Divas [4 CD set at a special price] Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Kiri te Kanawa, Renata Tebaldi [ Decca Records / 4 CD Box Set - released 28/Aug/2014 ] Four original Christmas albums starring legendary divas - four CDs at a special price, an ideal Christmas gift. |
GERSHWIN / RODGERS / BERLIN / HERRMANN / SCHOENBERG / WAXMAN / etc
John Mauceri - The Sound of Hollywood John Mauceri, with Julie Andrews, Ben Kingsley, Marilyn Horne, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir John Gielgud, Patti LuPone [ Decca / Eloquence / 16 CD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2023 ] The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra breathed new life into the orchestral pops repertoire, told new stories and brought in new audiences when it was revived under the conductor John Mauceri in the 1990s. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ultimate Wedding Album (Bach, Handel, Wagner, Clarke, Franck, Mendelssohn) Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri te Kanawa, etc [ Double Decca / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] All you could want for your wedding music |
KARL JENKINS
The Very Best of Karl Jenkins [2 CD set] Kate Royal, Kiri te Kanawa (sopranos) Alfie Boe (tenor) / Various orchestras, conducted by Karl Jenkins [ Universal Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2019 ] This 2-CD compilation presents a selection of the most popular pieces by the nation's best-loved living composer Karl Jenkins. Includes music from best-selling recordings Adiemus, The Armed Man, Requiem, Gloria, Stabat Mater, Palladio, Stella Natalis... |
BERLIOZ / GLUCK / PUCCINI / KORNGOLD / R. STRAUSS
Kiri Te Kanawa: A Portrait Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] |
PUCCINI / CILEA / STRAUSS / BERLIN / PORTER / TRADITIONAL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri Te Kanawa: The Very Best Of Kiri te Kanawa Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Emi Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Feb/2012 ] The glamorous soprano Kiri Te Kanawa was born in 1944 in Gisborne, on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. After winning a number of major vocal competitions in Australia, she came to London in 1966 to study singing at the London Opera... |
TRADITIONAL
Waiata Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [ Sony / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] In 1999 Dame Kiri Te Kanawa released 'Maori Songs', her second collection of Maori folk songs and prayers. That project was initiated by prominent NZ pianist/arranger Carl Doy, who has 13 years later created the follow up album 'Waiata'. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (complete opera recorded in 1985) Royal Opera Covent Garden / Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells, Aage Haugland, Barbara Bonney / Georg Solti (cond) [ Kultur DVD / DVD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] This opulent production by director John Schlesinger, filmed in 1985, marked the 25th anniversary of Sir Georg Solti's spectacular debut at Covent Garden, conducting this very opera. |
W.A. MOZART
Litanies / Vespers / Oratorios / Cantatas / Masonic Music SPECIAL PRICE Kiri Te Kanawa / Arleen Auger / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / Edith Mathis / Ilena Cotrubas / Fuchs / Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg / Staatskapelle Dresden [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition Box 11 / 13 CD - released 20/Nov/2005 ] The Philips Mozart Edition is now at budget price |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Don Giovanni... The definitive film edition of Mozart's classic opera! (filmed in 1979 and now remastered & restored) Kiri te Kanawa, Edda Moser, Teresa Berganza, Jose van Dam, Ruggero Raimondi, Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ Second Sight /Gammont DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Filmed on location in picturesque Vincenza, Italy, the operatic masterpiece Don Giovanni is beautifully translated to film by director Joseph Losey. Now restored and remastered. |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (J.): Die Fledermaus (Complete operetta) Kiri Te Kanawa, Edita Gruberova, Brigitte Fassbaender, Olaf Bar, Tom Krause / Vienna Philharmonic, Andre Previn [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1999 ] "Dame Kiri te Kanawa's portrait of Rosalinde brings not only gloriously firm, golden sound but also vocal acting with star quality..this goes to the top of the list of latterday Fledermaus recordings..recorded sound is superb." *** 3 stars Penguin |
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Faust (complete opera with full libretto recorded in 1986) Kiri te Kanawa, Francisco Araiza, Evgeny Nesterenko, Andreas Schmidt / Symphonie-Orchester & Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Sir Colin Davis [ Philips / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "Let me say at the outset that this is the most satisfying performance of Gounod's favourite opera yet to appear in the LP/CD era...In the lyrical music Araiza manages a real pianissimo not found in his rival's assumptions." Gramophone |