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Kiri Te Kanawa - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Richard Strauss / Joseph Canteloube
The Classic Albums / Opera And Sacred Arias

Compil. US 2014 on Decca label
Classical (Opera, Operetta, Classical, Baroque, Romantic)

CD1: Recording: Kingsway Hall, London, 16-19 August 1982. Publisher. Éditions Heugel & Cie. (P) 1983 Decca Music Group Limited Reissue of the album: Chants D'Auvergne Vol 1. CD2: Recordings: Sofiensaal, Vienna, December 1980 (10/13); Kingsway Hall, London, June 1981 (1/2); Henry Wood Hall, London, 5 July-30 October 1982 (3-9/11); Großer Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, March 1989 (12). (P) 1981 (10/13), 1982 (1/2), 1991 (12) Decca Music Group Limited. (P) 1983 (3-9/11) Universal International Music BV. CD3: Recording: All Saint's Church, Tooting, Londo, June 1984. Publisher: Oxford University Press (4); Copyright Control (6/7/9/10). (P) 1984 Universal International Music BV. Reissue of the album: Ave Maria. CD4: Recording: St Peter's Church, Morden, April-May 1989. Publisher. Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd (1); Durand & Cie, Paris (6-10); Unión Musical Español (13-17). (P) 1990 Decca Music Group Limited Reissue of the album: Kiri In Recital. CD5: Recordings: Großer Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, 8 & 9 June 1990 (1-4); Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, 12 & 13 June 1990 (5-17). Pubishers: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers ltd (1-4/5/8); Universal Edition AG, Vienna (6/11-14/16/17); Birnbach Richard KG (7); D. Rahter Musikverlag (9); Adolph Fürstner (10); Peters Edition Ltd (15). (P) 1991 Decca Music Group Limited. Reissue of the album: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs / Thirteen Songs With Piano Accompaniment. CD6: Recordings: Henry Wood Hall, London, 2-13 July 1975 (Carmen); Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, February-May 1984 (Tosca); 7-18 July 1986 (Arabella); Munich, February 1986 (Faust); Chiesa di San Giorgio Poppiale, Bologna, June 1987 (Manon); Abanella Studio, Milan, December 1988 (Simon Boccanegra); Großer Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, November 1990 (Die Fledermaus); Orchestra Hall, Chicago / Carnegie Hall, New York, 8-19 April 1991 (Live recording, Otello); Teatro Verdi, Florence, December 1992 (La Traviata). Publisher: Fürstner Musikverlag GmbH / Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd (Arabella). (P) 1976 (Carmen), 1986 (Tosca), 1987 (Arabella), 1988 (Manon), 1989 (Simon Boccanegra), 1991 (Otello) Decca Music Group Limited. (P) 1987 (Faust), 1991 (Die Fledermaus), 1993 (La Traviata) Universal International Music BV. This compilation (P) 2014 Decca Music Group Limited (C) 2014 Decca Music Group Limited. Made in the EU. Total timing 6h 00' 51'' Comes in clamshell cardboard box with each CD in separate, individual artwork, wallet and a 92-page booklet. Note: Titles in tracklist as appear on booklet.

Musicians

	Kiri Te Kanawa voc, *1944 NZ soprano vocals, album by
	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart voc, 1756-1791 AT album by, composed by
	Richard Strauss p, 1864-1949 DE album by, composed by
	Joseph Canteloube p, 1879-1957 FR album by, composed by
	St. Paul's Cathedral Choir , chorus
	Barry Rose org, *1934 GB conductor, chorus master
	Jean Fay consultant, pronunciation consultant
	James Lock , 1939-2009 GB engineer, engineer, balance, engineer, recording
	Hans-Peter Schweigmann , DE engineer, balance
	Jobst Eberhardt , engineer, balance
	Onno Scholtze , 1935-2012 NL engineer, balance
	Simon Eadon , engineer, balance, engineer, recording
	English Chamber Orchestra , orchestra
	Mary Robert , photography by, booklet, pp.11
	Stan Fellerman , US photography by, wallet cd1
	Zoë Dominic , 1920-2011 GB photography by, wallet cd3
	John Swannell , *1946 GB photography by, wallet cd4 & cd6
	Jillian Edelstein , photography by, wallet cd5
	Georg Solti p, 1912-1997 GB piano, conductor
	Roger Vignoles p, *1945 GB piano
	Raymond McGill product manager, box
	Thea King cl, 1925-2007 GB clarinet
	Jeffrey Tate hps, *1943 GB conductor
	Neil Black ob, *1932 GB oboe
	José-Luis Garcia vn, 1944-2011 ES violin
	Lorenzo da Ponte , 1749-1838 US libretto by
	The London Philharmonic Orchestra , orchestra
	Sir Colin Davis hps, 1927-2013 GB conductor
	Johann Andreas Schachtner tr, 1731-1795 AT libretto by
	The London Symphony Orchestra , orchestra
	Giuseppe Petrosellini , IT libretto by
	Caterino Mazzolà , 1745-1806 IT libretto by
	Pietro Metastasio , 1698-1782 IT libretto by
	Giovanni de Gamerra , libretto by
	Abbate Giambattista Varesco , 1735-1805 AT libretto by
	György Fischer p, *1935 HU conductor
	D. Michele Sarcone , lyrics by
	Wiener Kammerorchester , AT orchestra
	Emanuel Schikaneder voc, 1751-1812 DE libretto by
	John Pritchard hps, p, 1921-1989 GB conductor
	Gottlieb Stephanie Der Jüngere , 1741-1800 AT libretto by
	Wiener Philharmoniker , DE orchestra
	Anonymous bvoc, acg, lyrics by
	Alfred Phillips , lyrics by
	Olga Hegedus vc, cello
	Johann Sebastian Bach , 1685-1750 DE composed by, formerly attrib.
	Christopher Bowers-Broadbent org, GB organ
	William Whittaker , 1876-1944 GB arranged by
	Robert S. Bridges , lyrics by
	Alan Boustead , arranged by
	Heinrich Heine , 1797-1856 DE lyrics by
	Traditional , lyrics by
	Thelma Owen hrp, GB harp, arranged by
	Sir Walter Scott , 1771-1832 GB lyrics by
	Adam Storck , 1780-1822 DE translated by
	Crispian Steele-Perkins tr, trumpet, arranged by
	Newburgh Hamilton , 1691-1761 IE lyrics by
	Benjamin Britten p, 1913-1976 GB arranged by
	Nahum Tate , 1652-1715 IE lyrics by
	Victor Hugo , 1802-1885 FR lyrics by
	Francesco Petrarca , 1304-1374 IT lyrics by
	Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi , FR translated by
	Fernando Periquet , *1873 ES lyrics by
	Cristóbal de Castillejo , lyrics by
	Curro Dulce voc, *1816 ES lyrics by
	Hermann Hesse , 1877-1962 DE lyrics by
	Joseph Von Eichendorff , 1788-1857 DE lyrics by
	Betty Wehrli-Knobel , 1904-1998 CH lyrics by
	Des Knaben Wunderhorn , DE lyrics by, from
	Gottfried August Bürger , 1747-1794 DE lyrics by
	Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1475-1564 IT lyrics by
	Adolf Friedrich Von Schack , 1815-1894 DE lyrics by
	Hermann Von Gilm , 1812-1864 AT lyrics by
	Heinrich Hart , 1855-1906 DE lyrics by
	Felix Dahn , 1834-1913 DE lyrics by
	Otto Friedrich Gruppe , 1804-1876 DE lyrics by
	John Henry Mackay , 1864-1933 GB lyrics by
	Roberto Scaltriti b, *1969 IT baritone vocals
	Donato di Stefano voc, bass vocals
	Giorgio Gatti voc, *1948 IT bass vocals
	Chor Des Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , chorus
	Zubin Mehta , *1936 IN conductor
	Francesco Maria Piave , IT libretto by
	Silvia Mazzoni , IT mezzo-soprano vocals
	Orchestra Of The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino , orchestra
	Barry Banks eb, *1960 GB tenor vocals
	Alfredo Kraus voc, 1927-1999 ES tenor vocals, alfredo
	Riccardo Chailly vc, *1953 IT conductor
	Domenico Oliva , 1860-1917 IT libretto by
	Giulio Ricordi , 1840-1912 IT libretto by
	Giuseppe Giacosa , 1847-1906 IT libretto by
	Luigi Illica , 1857-1919 IT libretto by
	Marco Praga , 1862-1929 IT libretto by
	Ruggiero Leoncavallo p, 1857-1919 IT libretto by
	Orchestra Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna , orchestra
	Jules Barbier , 1825-1901 FR libretto by
	Michel Carré , 1821-1872 FR libretto by
	Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks , orchestra
	August Everding , 1928-1999 DE arranged by
	André Previn p, *1929 US conductor
	Carl Haffner , DE libretto by
	Richard Genée , 1823-1895 RU libretto by
	National Philharmonic Orchestra , GB orchestra
	Giacomo Aragall voc, *1939 ES tenor vocals, cavaradossi
	Henri Meilhac , FR libretto by
	Ludovic Halévy , 1834-1908 FR libretto by
	Arrigo Boito , 1842-1918 IT libretto by
	Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala , orchestra
	Hugo von Hofmannsthal , 1874-1929 AT libretto by
	Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , GB orchestra
	Gabriele Fontana , *1957 AT soprano vocals, zdenka
	Elzbieta Ardam , *1962 PL contralto vocals, emilia
	The Chicago Symphony Orchestra , US orchestra
	Luciano Pavarotti voc, 1935-2007 IT tenor vocals, otello

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