A Portrait of Kiri Te Kanawa

~ Release by Kiri Te Kanawa (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
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1Tosca: “Vissi d'arte”
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor)
recording of:
Tosca: Atto II. “Vissi d’arte” (Tosca)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
part of:
Tosca: Atto II (Tosca: Act II)
Giacomo Puccini3:34
2Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro”
producer:
Roy Emerson (producer, engineer, classical) and Paul Myers (classical record producer)
soprano vocals [Lauretta]:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
John Pritchard (conductor)
recorded at:
EMI Studios (London) in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1981-09)
recording of:
Gianni Schicchi: “O mio babbino caro” (Lauretta)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
librettist:
Giovacchino Forzano
publisher:
Casa Ricordi BMG S.p.A. and G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd.
part of:
Gianni Schicchi
Giacomo Puccini2:31
3La traviata: “È strano - Ah, fors' è lui”
solo soprano vocals and soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. “Ah, fors’è lui” (Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I (La traviata: Act I)
recording of:
La traviata: Atto I. Recitativo “È strano! è strano!” (Violetta)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La traviata: Atto I (La traviata: Act I)
Giuseppe Verdi9:26
4Hänsel und Gretel: “Der kleine Sandmann”
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
conductor:
Sir John Pritchard (conductor)
recording of:
Hänsel und Gretel: Akt II, 2. Szene. Lied des Sandmanns “Der kleine Sandmann bin ich, s-t!” (Sandmann, Hänsel, Gretel)
composer:
Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer) (from 1891 until 1892)
librettist:
Adelheid Wette (German lyricist)
part of:
Hänsel und Gretel (original german lyrics)
Engelbert Humperdinck2:42
5Don Giovanni: “Ah, fuggi il traditor”
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I. No. 8 Aria “Ah! Fuggi il traditor!” (Donna Elvira)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1:12
6Don Giovanni: “Mi tradi”
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris
conductor:
Lorin Maazel (conductor)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. Anhang. No. 21b Aria “Mi tradi quell’alma ingrata” (Donna Elvira) [540c/2]
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
part of:
Don Giovanni: Recitative and Aria, K. 540c
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart6:52
7Morgen
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay (Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
arranger:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1897)
arrangement of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
Richard Strauss4:04
8Ruhe, meine Seele!
solo soprano vocals and soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Ruhe, meine Seele, op. 27 no. 1
lyricist:
Karl Friedrich Henckell
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
Richard Strauss3:51
9Gretchen am Spinnrade
piano:
Richard Amner
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
recording of:
Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 118)
Franz Schubert3:49
10Du bist wie eine Blume
piano:
Richard Amner
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
recording of:
Myrthen, op. 25: Nr. 24. Du bist wie eine Blume
lyricist:
Heinrich Heine (German poet)
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Myrthen, op. 25
Robert Schumann2:24
11Après un rêve
piano:
Richard Amner
soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
recording of:
Après un rêve, op. 7 no. 1 (original; for voice and piano)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (in 1877)
translator:
Romain Bussine
publisher:
Choudens (in 1878)
premiered at:
Société nationale de musique in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1879-01-11)
part of:
Trois mélodies, op. 7
Gabriel Fauré3:05
12Old Sir Faulk
piano:
Richard Amner
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
recording of:
Façade: Old Sir Faulk (Fox Trot)
lyricist:
Edith Sitwell
composer:
William Walton (composer and conductor) (in 1932)
part of:
Façade: An Entertainment (42-number set compiled by Pamela Hunter)
Sir William Walton2:08
13Daphne
piano:
Richard Amner
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
recording of:
Façade: Daphne
lyricist:
Edith Sitwell
composer:
William Walton (composer and conductor)
part of:
Façade Revived
part of:
Façade: An Entertainment (42-number set compiled by Pamela Hunter)
Sir William Walton3:25
14Through Gilded Trellises
piano:
Richard Amner
solo soprano vocals:
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
recording of:
Façade: Through Gilded Trellises
lyricist:
Edith Sitwell
composer:
William Walton (composer and conductor)
part of:
Façade: An Entertainment (42-number set compiled by Pamela Hunter)
part of:
Façade: An Entertainment (Sitwell - Walton 1951 version)
Sir William Walton3:58

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