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 Kiri - A Portrait
Release Date: 02/10/2004 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 000186302   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Giacomo PucciniJoseph CanteloubeWolfgang Amadeus MozartGiuseppe VerdiRichard Strauss
Charles GounodGabriel FauréRichard RodgersCésar Franck
Erich Wolfgang KorngoldJohn GayGeorge Frideric HandelJohann Sebastian Bach
Heitor Villa-LobosJohannes BrahmsGeorges BizetFrederick Loewe
Jerome KernVictor HerbertPrincess Te Rangi PaiJohann Strauss Jr.
Gottfried H. StölzelCarl DavisAndrew Lloyd Webber
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te KanawaMitsuko UchidaAlfredo KrausOlaf BärLynn Harrell
José CarrerasOlga HegedusChristopher Bowers-Broadbent
Conductor:  Stephen BarlowJeffrey TateSir Georg SoltiGyörgy FischerZubin Mehta
Sir Colin DavisJulius RudelCharles DutoitBarry Rose
Sir Neville MarrinerRichard BonyngeRiccardo ChaillyJohn Mauceri
Nelson RiddleCarl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony OrchestraEnglish Chamber OrchestraLondon Philharmonic OrchestraVienna Chamber Orchestra
Florence Maggio Musicale OrchestraFlorence Maggio Musicale ChorusVienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Utah Symphony OrchestraMontreal Symphony OrchestraMormon Tabernacle Choir
Academy of St. Martin in the FieldsAmbrosian Opera ChorusNational Philharmonic Orchestra
Chicago Symphony OrchestraInstrumental EnsembleChicago Symphony Chorus
Bologna Teatro Comunale OrchestraLondon VoicesNelson Riddle Orchestra
Waihirere Maori GroupPhilharmonia Orchestra

Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 26 Mins. 

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1.  Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Stephen Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1918; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
2.  Chants d'Auvergne: Volume 1 - no 2, Baïlèro by Joseph Canteloube
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Jeffrey Tate
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1923-1930; France 
Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Language: French 
3.  Chants d'Auvergne: Volume 3 - no 5, Malurous qu'o uno fenno by Joseph Canteloube
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Jeffrey Tate
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1923-1930; France 
Length: 1 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Language: French 
4.  Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 30 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
5.  Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, K 383 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  György Fischer
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1782; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Language: German 
6.  Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Mitsuko Uchida (Piano)
Conductor:  Jeffrey Tate
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 9 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
7.  La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici "Brindisi" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Alfredo Kraus (Tenor)
Conductor:  Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra,  Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 4 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
8.  La traviata: Ah, fors' è lui...Sempre libera by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Zubin Mehta
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1853; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 38 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
9.  Zaide, K 344 (334b): Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1779-1780; Salzburg, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 38 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
10.  Four Last Songs, AV 150: no 3, Beim Schlafengehen by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1948; Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Language: German 
11.  Ave Maria by Charles Gounod
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Julius Rudel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Utah Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; France 
Length: 2 Minutes 43 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
Notes: Arranged: Chris Hazell
This work is based on J.S. Bach's Prelude no 1 in C from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier.' 
12.  Requiem, Op. 48: Pie Jesu by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Charles Dutoit
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888 rev 1893; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
13.  The Sound of Music: Climb ev'ry mountain by Richard Rodgers
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Julius Rudel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mormon Tabernacle Choir,  Utah Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Chris Hazell 
14.  Panis angelicus by César Franck
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Barry Rose
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1872; France 
Length: 3 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
Notes: Arranged: Alan Boustead 
15.  Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Glück, das mir verblieb "Mariettalied" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Stephen Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1920; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: German 
16.  Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Schnelle Füsse by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Olaf Bär (Baritone), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Period: Classical 
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 52 Secs. 
Language: German 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Es lebe Sarastro." 
17.  Die Zauberflöte, K 620: Es lebe Sarastro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Olaf Bär (Baritone), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Period: Classical 
Written: 1791; Vienna, Austria 
Language: German 
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with "Schnelle Füsse." 
18.  Beggar's Opera: Virgins are like the fair flower by John Gay
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1728; England 
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs. 
Language: English 
19.  Beggar's Opera: Cease your funning by John Gay
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Richard Bonynge
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1728; England 
Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs. 
Language: English 
20.  Messiah, HWV 56: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1742; London, England 
Length: 4 Minutes 21 Secs. 
Language: English 
21.  Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244: no 12, Blute nur by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: ?1727; Leipzig, Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs. 
Language: German 
22.  Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
23.  Bachianas brasileiras no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos: Aria "Cantilena" by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Performer:  Lynn Harrell (Cello), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Jeffrey Tate
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Instrumental Ensemble
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1938-1945; Brazil 
Length: 6 Minutes 43 Secs. 
Language: Portuguese 
24.  German Requiem, Op. 45: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1854-1868; Austria 
Length: 8 Minutes 20 Secs. 
Language: German 
25.  Manon Lescaut: Tu, tu, amore, tu? by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  José Carreras (Tenor), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
Length: 8 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection is preceded by "Oh, sarò la più bella." 
26.  Carmen: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante "Micaëla's Aria" by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
Length: 5 Minutes 44 Secs. 
Language: French 
27.  My Fair Lady: Wouldn't it be loverly by Frederick Loewe
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra,  London Voices
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1956; USA 
Length: 4 Minutes 47 Secs. 
Language: English 
28.  High, Wide and Handsome: The Folks Who Live on the Hill by Jerome Kern
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Nelson Riddle
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1937; USA 
Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Nelson Riddle 
29.  The Enchantress: Art is calling for me by Victor Herbert
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Stephen Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1911; USA 
Length: 3 Minutes 57 Secs. 
Language: English 
30.  Hine e Hine by Princess Te Rangi Pai
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Waihirere Maori Group
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1916; New Zealand 
Length: 1 Minutes 41 Secs. 
31.  Casanova: O Madonna, auf uns sieh "Nuns' Chorus" by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Julius Rudel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Mormon Tabernacle Choir,  Utah Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs. 
Language: German 
Notes: Arranged: Ralph Benatzky and Douglas Gamley 
32.  Bist du bei mir by Gottfried H. Stölzel
Performer:  Olga Hegedus (Cello), Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (Organ), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs. 
Language: German 
33.  The Most Wonderful Birthday of All by Carl Davis
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Carl Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra,  London Voices
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
Length: 4 Minutes 43 Secs. 
Language: English 
34.  Sunset Boulevard: With One Look by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Performer:  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor:  Stephen Barlow
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs. 
Language: English 
Notes: Arranged: Chris Hazell 
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