VARIOUS
100 Best Carols [6 CD set] Various Artists includes Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Kiri te Kanawa, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Hendricks, Hermann Prey, etc [ Warner Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 12/Nov/2007 ] This 6-CD set contains all the best-loved carols that gladden and enrich the Christmas season, performed by outstanding choirs, ensembles and soloists from all over the world. |
PUCCINI
100 Best Puccini (excerpts from La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and others) Various Artists including Roberto Alagna, Josa Van Dam, Angela Gheorghiu, Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Robert Tear, etc [ EMI Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 29/Sep/2008 ] In 2008 the world celebrated the 150th anniversary on 22 December of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and perhaps the last in the line of the gifted melodists and dramatists to shape the genre... |
HANDEL / BACH / TCHAIKOVSKY / BRITTEN / PLAESTRINA / CORELLI / etc
111 Classics for Christmas [5 CD set] Leontyne Price, Roberto Alagna, Plácido Domingo, John Eliot Gardiner, Jascha Heifetz, King's College Choir Cambridge, Kiri Te Kanawa, Magdalena Kožená [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2014 ] With 111 tracks, there's something for every Christmas wish: traditional Christmas carols in English, German and French, a musical range from Gregorian Chant to Benjamin Britten, great artists such as Roberto Alagna, Plácido Domingo & our Kiri. |
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. |
VIVALDI / TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / DEBUSSY / etc
40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics Various Artists including Monique Haas, Daniel Barenboim, Barbara Bonney, Piero Toso, Kiri Te Kanawa, etc [ Warner Classics & Jazz / 2 CD - released 13/Apr/2009 ] Winter masterpieces from Vivaldi, Bach, Debussy, Schubert, Prokofiev and Mendelssohn over a double disc set. All performed by top artists from the Warner catalogues. |
50 BEST CHILLOUT
50 Best Chillout Classics (3 Disc) Various artists incls Choir of King's College, Lesley Garrett, Emma Kirkby, Neville Marriner, Kiri te Kanawa, Monks of Silos, etc [ Warner Classics 50 Best / 3 CD - released 15/Feb/2013 ] This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chillout music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest artists. |
50 BEST SACRED MUSIC
50 Best Sacred Music: Includes 'Zadok the Priest', 'Ave Maria' & 'Panis angelicus' Veronique Gens, Barbara hendricks, Philippe Jaroussky, Christa Ludwig, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri te Kanawa, King's College Choir, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Aug/2017 ] Fifty of the very best popular sacred pieces performed by performers and artists from the giant Warner and Erato catalogues. |
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... |
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday - The Royal Albert Hall Celebration Various Artists incls Michael Ball, Sarah Brightman, Antonio Banderas, Kiri te Kanawa, Tina Arena & Glenn Close [ Universal Pictures DVD / DVD - released 23/May/2001 ] A musical tribute to famed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber in celebration of his 50th birthday. This fantastic show features music from all his major musicals, as performed by the stars of his stage and film productions. Featuring tracks from Whistle... |
TRADITIONAL
Angels: Christmas With The Great Sopranos Leontyne Price, Renee Fleming, Kiri Te Kanawa, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Decca Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] A Christmas evening with the greatest of sopranos including Barbara Bonney, Renee Fleming, Leontyne Price & Joan Sutherland. |
GOUNOD / MOZART / BACH / GOUNOD / MENDELSSOHN / FRANCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa: Ave Maria Kiri te Kanawa with the choir of St Paul's Cathedral, English Chamber Orchestra [ Philips / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] Ave Maria, Jesu joy of man's desiring, Panis Angelicus, Ave verum, On wings of song and more |
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 |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein On Broadway Various Artists including Marilyn Horne, Kiri te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, June Anderson & Christa Ludwig [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] Leonard Bernstein was both a brilliant orchestrator and a gifted tunesmith, and his lyrics, often penned by Stephen Sondheim, are memorable, razor sharp and brilliantly apposite. West Side Story, Candide and On the Town are featured here. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Best Sacred 100: [6 CDs at a special price] Various artists incl Hilliard Ensemble, Ambrosian Singers, Choir of King's College, Philippe Jaroussky, Thomas Hampson, Kiri te Kanawa [ Warner / Erato / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2019 ] A 100 of the world's best-loved sacred songs, arias, choruses and orchestral works. Featuring such composers as Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, George Frideric Handel, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Johannes Brahms. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Bernd Weikl (baritone) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & chorus / Sir George Solti [ Decca / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] "Solti also has good soloists: the very reliable Bernd Weikl and the lovely and accomplished Dame Kiri Te Kanawa." (Gramophone) |
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) |
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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas Voices Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne, Renata Tebaldi, Anna Netrebko, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, etc [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD - released 5/Nov/2009 ] The world's greatest voices in a collection of the most beautiful sacred songs and carols. featuring Luciano Pavarotti, Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Leontyne Price, Anne Sofie von Otter, José Carreras, Anna Netrebko, Renata Tebaldi, and more. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas With Kiri Te Kanawa - Carols From Coventry Cathedral Michael George / Jouko Harjanne / Choirs of Coventry and Lichfield Cathedrals / BBC Philharmonic / Robin Stapleton [ Warner Music Vision / Kultur / NVC Arts / DVD - released 10/Dec/2006 ] G :- Carols from Coventry Cathedral featuring famed soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael George baritone, Jouko Harjanne trumpet, Choirs of Coventry and Lichfield Cathedrals, BBC Philharmonic conducted by Robin Stapleton. |
HERRMANN / NEWMAN / KORNGOLD / TIOMKIN / ROZSA / WAXMAN
Charles Gerhardt conducts Classic Film Scores National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt, with Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) & Norma Procter (contralto) [ RCA Red Seal / Sony music Masters / 12 CD Box Set - released 13/Mar/2020 ] In the 1970s, the Classic Film Scores series introduced a new generation to the sumptuous sound of music in Hollywood's "Golden Age." |