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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 |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Opera Arias (Zaide, La Clemenza di Tito, Idomeneo, Zauberflote, Idomeneo, etc) Kiri te Kanawa, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis [ Philips / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] "Kiri te Kanawa's is one of the loveliest collections of Mozart arias on record, with the voice at its most ravishing." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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 |
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 -... |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Carmen (Highlights from the opera recorded in 1976) Tatiana Troyanos, Placido Domingo, Norma Burrowes, Kiri Te Kanawa / London Philharmonic / Georg Solti [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 20/May/1998 ] "The remastered recordings sounds both brilliant, full-bodied and atmospheric, ... Troyanos's singing is delicately seductive." *** Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs. |
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. |
MARIE-JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne (with Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras Aria and Dansa) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate with Lynn Harrell (cello) [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 21/Feb/2006 ] "Te Kanawa's richly sensuous approach to these delightful songs is very seductive, especially when the accompaniments by Jeffrey Tate and the ECO are so warmly supportive and the sound so opulent."(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 |
MOZART / GOUNOD / GLUCK / MASSENET / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / VERDI / etc
100 Best Opera Classics Maria Callas, Roberto Alagna, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Gedda, Placido Domingo, Boris Christoff, Kiri Te Kanawa, Christa Ludwi [ EMI Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2006 ] This set offers 100 opera tracks, 6 CDs at a super special price! |
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 |
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... |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.S.) - St Matthew Passion (Arias and Choruses) Kiri te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Chicago Sym., Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Records / 3 CD - released 11/Nov/1990 ] Classic recording with a top-line cast lead by our Kiri |
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 |
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 |
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! |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Sole Amore Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Lyon Opera Orchestra, Kent Nagano [ Erato / CD - released 10/Oct/2019 ] Though she rarely sang opera later in her career, Te Kanawa frequently performed in concert and recital, gave masterclasses, and supported young opera singers in launching their careers. (Wiki) |
KORNGOLD / WEBER / WAGNER / R. STRAUSS / W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: German Opera Arias Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel [ EMI / CD - released 15/Oct/1985 ] "There is no question whether she can do justice to the Wagner arias: the voice soars as it should, at least as recorded, and makes me wonder why she didn't take on more Wagner on stage. The orchestral playing is as beautiful as the singing" MusicWeb |
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. |
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. |
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 |
PUCCINI / VERDI / GIORDANO / TCHAIKOVSKY / BIZET / GOUNOD / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Your Hundred best Opera Tunes 1 (features 'Nessun dorma') Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne, Mirella Freni, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Kiri te Kanawa, Nicolai Ghiaurov, etc [ Decca / CD - released 9/Jan/1991 ] Your Hundred Best Opera Tunes Features fifteen tracks of popular arias which we all know and love |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 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. |
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." |
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. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1973) [4 CDs + Blu-ray audio] Rena Kollo, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Christa Ludwig, Zoltan Kelemen, Gottlob Frick / Wiener Philharmoniker [Vienna Philharmonic], Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Records / 5 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Apr/2018 ] This recording of Parsifal was the first studio recording of the work. A stellar cast is assembled with René Kollo as Parsifal, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Amfortas and Christa Ludwig as Kundry. |
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. |
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 |
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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... |
JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ Decca / CD - released 1/Jan/2018 ] "Te Kanawa's richly sensuous approach to these delightful songs is very seductive, especially when the accompaniments by Jeffrey Tate and the ECO are so warmly supportive and the sound so opulent." Gramophone |
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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 ] |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (Complete opera recorded in 1978) Kiri Te Kanawa, Peter Hofmann, Edita Gruberova, Kurt Moll, Kathleen Battle / Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 8/Jan/2021 ] A real gem looking at the incredible cast, a veritable "Who's Who" of opera singers of the time: Kiri Te Kanawa, Peter Hofmann, Edita Gruberova, Kathleen Battle, Kurt Moll and Jose Van Dam. |
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) |
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 *** |
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... |
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PUCCINI / OFFENBACH / STRAUSS / VERDI / WEBER / MOZART / etc
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa: Opera Arias [4 CD set] Kiri te Kanawa (soprano) / Various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 16/Feb/2014 ] "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 on the Puccini excerpts |
