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• Artist : Kiri/Various-Various Te Kanawa
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0724355672223
• Format : Import
• Format : Best of
• Label : EMI Classics
• Languages : Original Language: English
• Manufacturer : EMI Classics
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.40 inches (Height) x 5.50 inches (Length) x 0.20 pounds (Weight) x 4.90 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : EMI Classics
• Release Date : 1999-09-28
• SKU : EMI2July2995
• Studio : EMI Classics
• UPC : 724355672223

This compilation album covers the astonishingly varied output of Kiri Te Kanawa's recording career between 1984 and 1997, during which time she was singing Italian and French operatic repertoire, folk songs, popular classics and masterpieces of German romanticism. The pleasure of this pot-pourri lies in listening to the different timbres of voice that she brings to each genre: she is rich and fruity in the moments of Italian anguish ("L'altra notte in fondo al mare" from Mefistofele is particularly well done), cooler and more silvery in the French repertoire ("Depuis le jour" from Louise, for example) and brings just the right amount of relaxation to the Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin. The highlight for me is the piece of German music, ("Marietta's Lied" from Korngold's Die Tote Stadt) which, as anyone who has heard her sing Strauss knows, is really her home territory. The sense of discipline tempered by spirituous lushness that she brings to this ravishing music is a marvel. A great place for Kiri novices to start, and ideal for fans to plug gaps in their collection. --Warwick Thompson

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Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Senza mamma, O bimbo
  • 2: Depuis le jour (Act 3)
  • 3: The Last Rose of Summer
  • 4: Ecco: respiro appena ... Io son l'umile ancella (Act 1)
  • 5: Poveri fiori (Act 4)
  • 6: L'altra notte in fondo al mare (Act 3)
  • 7: All the Things You Are
  • 8: Récit et cavatine: Me voila seule dans la nuit ... Comme autrefois (Leïla)
  • 9: Always
  • 10: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
  • 11: Signore, ascolta (Act I)
  • 12: Greensleeves (arr. Gamley)
  • 13: La mamma morta (Act III)
  • 14: Mariettas Lied: Glück, das mir verblieb
  • 15: Annie Laurie (arr. Gamley)

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