Kiri

Kiri

Kiri
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-11-20
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. Samson, oratorio, HWV 57: Let the bright seraphim
  2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Dove sono
  3. Vesperae solennes de confessore for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339: Laudate Dominum
  4. Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
  5. La Traviata, opera: Attendo, attendo...Addio del passato
  6. Tosca, opera: Vissi d'arte
  7. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino
  8. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella
  9. La Rondine (The Swallow), opera: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
  10. Louise, opera: Depuis le jour
  11. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Pie Jesu
  12. Baïlèro, folksong for voice & orchestra (Chants d'Auvergne, Series 1, No. 2)
  13. Tonight, song (from 'West Side Story')
  14. Summertime, song (from Porgy and Bess, opera)
  15. Someone to Watch Over Me, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical)
  16. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, song (from 'Roberta')
  17. Let's Face the Music and Dance, song (from 'Follow the Fleet')
  18. True love, song (from 'High Society')
  19. Liverpool Oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra: The world you're coming into
  20. World in Union, song (after Holst's Jupiter Suite)

Music reviews of Kiri

Music Review: Great representation of music from a great singer
Rating: 5 Stars

A terrific album by a great singer. This album represents the considerable territory that Kiri Te Kanawa covers in here repertoire. She moves easily from Handel to Puccini to Jerome Kern. The insertion of classic show tunes as a part of this CD is a nice little plus. Some opera stars absolutely kill popular music by overwhelming it with operatic technique (listen to Richard Tucker singing "What now my love"; this is a pleasant little tune, but it can't stand up to Tucker's voice of steel, using all the power at his command). Te Kanawa sings these songs, for the most part, nicely and does not overpower them with operatic conventions.

She does a wonderful job on Handel's "Let the bright seraphim," displaying good coloratura technique, as a matter of fact. This cut nicely illustrates the clean sound of her voice. Her version of "Dove sono" (from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro) is a reflective rendering of this aria. The smoothness of her vocal line is wonderful to hear. Her version of "Vissi d'arte" (from Puccini's Tosca) also illustrates the art of Dame Kiri.

The popular tunes that follow are very interesting. She and Jose Carreras, at the outset, begin to overwhelm "Tonight" (from "West Side Story," with--by the way--Leonard Bernstein himself conducting this cut), making it appear that this might be one of those dismal pieces where opera singers wreck songs. However, shortly thereafter, the song becomes more Broadway than Metropolitan Opera, and that is to the good. Better still are Te Kanawa's versions of classic songs such as "Summertime" (from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess), where singing in a higher register works nicely and where she treats the song on its own terms; just so, Jerome Kern's "Smoke gets in your eyes" is sung so well. It is a poignant version of this song.

All in all, for those who are curious about Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, this is one interesting entrée. Well worth acquiring and listening to.
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