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 / MOZART / KORNGOLD / STRAUSS / GAY / HANDEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Art is Calling Me Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) various orchestras and conductors DELETED [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/1999 ] 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. |
MOZART / KORNGOLD / STRAUSS / WEILL / PUCCINI / BERNSTEIN / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri! - A 50th birthday celebration of her greatest hits live Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), with Dennis O'Neill (tenor) & the Waihirere Maori Group, Gisborne [ Decca Records / CD - released 10/Apr/1994 ] Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, 10 March 1994. |
PUCCINI / CANTELOUBE / MOZART / STRAUSS / FRANCK / VILLA-LOBOS / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: A Portrait Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) with various accompaniments [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 23/Feb/2004 ] The number of opera singers who, at any one moment in time, can be described as "household" names are few and far between but there is no question that one name that does spring to mind is that of Kiri Te Kanawa. |
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. |
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. |
BELLINI / BIZET / DONIZETTI / WAGNER / VERDI / GOUNOD / PUCCINI / etc
Operamania - 95 of opera's most glorious moments Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Mario Del Monaco, Joan Sutherland, Tom Krause, Birgit Nilsson, Kiri te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, etc [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/1994 ] This is the world's most popular operas in classic performances! Decca's recordings of operas rank among the very finest ever committed to disc. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Otello (complete opera recorded in 1992 at Covent Garden) Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Placido Domingo, Kiri te Kanawa, Sergei Leiferkus / Sir Georg Solti [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] G : - "The great work and the great performance; and, crucially, both gain from the filming. …is deeply impressive, and moving, to see how completely Domingo lives his role Te Kanawa too shows herself alive to every suggestion of her music and... |
PUCCINI / CILEA / MASSENET / CHARPENTIER / GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Placido Domingo - Great Love Scenes Placido Domingo (tenor), with Renata Scotto, Kiri te Kanawa & Ileana Cotrubas [ CBS Masterworks / CD - released 1/Nov/1985 ] Domingo's first appearance in a leading tenor role was as Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1961, and he made his U.S. debut the same year as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor with the Dallas Civic Opera. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 1991) Royal Opera, Covent Garden / Kiri Te Kanawa, Alexandru Agache, Sylvesyer, Roberto Scandiuzzi / Sir Georg Solti (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 9/Nov/2007 ] A well-received, stylish 1991 Royal Opera production staged by Elijah Moshinsky and premiered with Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart - Don Giovanni [Complete opera with libretto] Ruggero Raimondi, Kiri Te Kanawa, Edda Moser, Jose van Dam, Teresa Berganza / Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris, Lorin Maazel [ Sony Classical / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/1982 ] "Donna Anna sweeps in like a tornado: with Edda Moser all the furies, and a good many of the vowels as well, really are let loose." 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) |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Handel Gold Various Artists: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD - released 9/Mar/2009 ] "This is not really an issue to ponder too much in depth, rather lean back, shut one's eyes and just enjoy. Those who find the repertoire to their liking can rest assured that the performances are fully worthy of the music." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini Gold (arias & scenes from the operas) Luciano Pavarotti, PlAcido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sherrill Milnes, etc [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 16/May/2008 ] G - To mark Puccini's 150th anniversary, a new compilation of the best-loved Puccini arias and ensembles sung by a host of the greatest opera stars. |
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 |
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. |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Mozart Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Georg Solti, Willi Boskovsky, Kiri te Kanawa, Neville Marriner, Gervase de Peyer, Lucia Popp, Andreas Schiff [ Decca / CD - released 10/Nov/1991 ] A great beginners guide to music of Mozart. Recordings made between 1959 and 1985 |
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... |
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 |
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... |