RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Capriccio (complete opera recorded in 1993) San Francisco Opera / Kiri Te Kanawa, Hakan Hagegard, Tatiana Troyanos, Victor Braun, David Kuebler, Simon Keenlyside / Donald Runnicles (cond) [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 24/Oct/2003 ] "A witty, intellectually satisfying production with winsome performances especially Braun's La Roche. Kiri enchants but a little more expressive singing would not have gone amiss." (MusicWeb Nov 2003) |
WAGNER / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / STAINER / CLARKE / etc
World Of Wedding Music Kiri te Kanawa, Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland / Choir of King's College, Choir of St Johns [ Decca / CD ] Everything you need for a perfect wedding |
BERLIOZ / GLUCK / PUCCINI / KORNGOLD / R. STRAUSS
Kiri Te Kanawa: A Portrait Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) [ EMI Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/2011 ] |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / COLE PORTER / IRVING BERLIN
Kiss Me Kate - The Best of Broadway Musical Kiri te Kanawa, Kim Criswell, Thomas Hampson, Chris Groenendaal / Ambrosian Chorus, London Sinfonietta, John McClinn [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] Brought together here are 20 of the loveliest songs from great musicals by songwriting legends George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin - bursting with irresistible groove and infectious swing. |
W. A. MOZART
Amadeus: Best of Mozart Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) Sabine Meyer (clarinet) James Galway (flute) Herbert von Karajan, Riccardo Muti, etc [ EMI Inspiration / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] The legendary movements from Mozart's symphonies, concertos, operas and choral works invite us to sit back and enjoy: find out for yourself how soothing and at the same time inspiring Mozart's music can be - one of the most brilliant and original... |
PUCCINI
Arias & Songs (La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, etc) Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Lyon Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano [ Warner Classics Apex / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "This is a Puccini disc with a difference. Besides the usual operatic excerpts, it includes three Puccini songs songs of which one, Sole e amore, is particularly enticing" Penguin Guide *** |
RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Tannhauser (highlights from the opera) Kiri Te Kanawa, Waltraud Meier, Hakan Hagegard, Rene Kollo / Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Marek Janowski [ Teldec / CD - released 17/Aug/1993 ] These excerpts, which come from the soundtrack of the film «Meeting Venus». They were recorded in St. Augustine's Church, London, May/June 1990. |
PURCELL / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / GRANADOS / RAVEL
The Kiri Te Kanawa Songbook Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2005 ] 'A rich ripe peach of a recital, and in case that suggests something altogether too sweet and lush to satisfy a fastidious taste it should immediately be added that the soprano's tone is fresh, her responsiveness to words keen, the pianist's touch... |
JOHN GAY
Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Complete Opera) Joan Sutherland, Kiri te Kanawa, Angela Lansbury, Warren Mitchell, Alfred Marks / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2015 ] Recording Location: Kingsway Hall, London, UK, March 1981 In 1981 Richard Bonynge, together with an illustrious cast of singers (Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, et. al.) and actors (Angela Lansbury, Warren Mitchell, Michael Hordern, et. al.) went... |
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
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'. |
BACH / HANDEL / PURCELL / PAISIELLO / GIORDANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Let The Bright Seraphim Kiri te Kanawa, Luica Popp, Marjana Lipuvsek, Robert Holl, Roberta Alexander, Olaf Bar, Jose Carreras, Janet Baker, Elly Ameling, etc [ Philips Golden Baroque / CD - released 25/Jan/1996 ] Jesu joy of man's desiring, Bist du bei mir, When I am Laid in Earth, The Trumpet Tune, Let the Bright Seraphim, and more |
MOZART / HANDEL / HAYDN / VERDI / FAURE / ROSSINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sacred Arias Kiri te Kanawa, Richard Lewis, Joan Sutherland, Elsie Morison, Janet Baker, Montserrat Caballe, Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Popp, etc [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/1987 ] Original EMI recordings from 1959 to 1982 |
PUCCINI / CILEA / GIORDANO / LEONCAVALLO / BOITO / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa - Italian Opera Arias Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung [ EMI / CD - released 20/Jun/1990 ] Recorded: VI & X.1989, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London |
CILEA / PUCCINI / CHARPENTIER / MASSENET / R. STRAUSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri Te Kanawa: Diva Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Staatskapelle Dresden [ EMI Classics / CD - released 17/Oct/1996 ] The best of Kiri in one package! |
CHARPENTIER / DEBUSSY / BERLIOZ / MASSENET / OFFENBACH / GLUCK / BIZET / VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa - French Opera Arias Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 20/Jun/1989 ] "As always, one marvels at the sheer allure of the voice" Gramophone |
PURCELL / RACHMANINOV / LISZT / GRANADOS / RAVEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri in Recital Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Decca / CD - released 1/May/1990 ] "..it should immediately be added that the soprano's tone is fresh, her responsiveness to words keen, the pianist's touch very evidently guided by a refined, lively intelligence, and the programme a delight in the variety." Gramophone |
KIRI te KANAWA
Maori Songs Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) with Maori group & Abbey Road Ensemble [ Warner Classics / CD - released 13/Jan/2002 ] Sung in the Maori language... Musical Direction & Arrangements - Carl Doy & Bruce Lynch. As featured in her stunning performance in Gisborne at the turn of the millennium. Very beautiful & rousing interpretations of traditional maori pieces -... |
HANDEL / CANTELOUBE / J. STRAUSS / RACHMANINOV / PUCCINI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Essential Kiri te Kanawa Kiri te Kanawa (soprano), various orchestras and conductors [ Decca Records / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] A great selection of Kiri's classical favourites all drawn from her many Decca recordings. Includes such popular favourites as 'The Nun's Chorus', 'Let the Bright Seraphim' and the entire 'Willow Song' and 'Ave Maria' from Otello. |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |