Chants D'Auvergne (W/Dvd) (Spec) [Special Edition, Import]

Kiri Te Kanawa (Artist), Canteloube (Artist), Eco (Artist), Tate (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Special Edition, Import
• Label: Decca Import
• ASIN: B0002SLP1S
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,675 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly A SPECIAL EDITION-For DVD Lovers Everywhere!, December 12, 2004

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Mike Smith (Tonkawa, Oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chants D'Auvergne (W/Dvd) (Spec) (Audio CD)

While every agreed that the 1982-84 Decca recording with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and the English Chamber Orchestra under Jeffrey Tate, of Joseph Canteloube's masterwork (Compiled in five volumes between 1923-1955) is on everyone's list of favorite recordings (Best brought as a twofer Double Decker set, which is still in print), this collection is even better for DVD lovers everywhere! This new Special Edition from Decca featured the DVD of the 1989 Peter Bartlett video production, which featured 16 of the 26 selections that appeared on the CD, with footage of the Auvergne Region of France, and studio footage of Dame Kiri lipsyncing to most of the selections that the DVD appeared. Both the CD and DVD featured the following songs in order of the DVD:

Bailero (A minute shorter on the DVD than on the CD)
Trois Bourrees
La Pastrouletta e lou Chibalie
L'Antouenou
Passo pel Prat
Lou Boussu
Brezairola
Malurous qu'o uno Fenno
Jou l'Pount d'o Mirabel
Tchut, Tchut
Lou Coucut
Obal, din lo Coumbelo
Quand z'eyro Petitoune
La-haut,sur le Rocher
Te, l'co, te (The listing of the timing is way off by an minute and an half on the DVD, since it's appear on the same cut on the CD, with Postouro, se tu m'aymo)
Uno Fionto Postouro

While everyone may like this one (I moved at it when I brought a VHS release of this back in 2000, and still do to this day), I perferred the DVD part of the Special Edition over the CD part (Which listed the same 16 selections) to see it on the a DVD player, while for listening to it on the DVD player, I still perferred the Decca Double Decker edition.

Neither way, it's still great to buy a copy of it, no matter what edition you want!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She's great., March 22, 2006

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David A. Nardini "Kiri Fan" (San Bruno, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chants D'Auvergne (W/Dvd) (Spec) (Audio CD)

I've had this on laser disc for years,
and enjoyed sowing it my friends. When
I found it on DVD I bought it for some
of them. It's shear pleasure to watch
and hear Kiri perform. The photography
and the scenery where out standing.

5.0 out of 5 stars INNOVATIVE PAIRING, May 14, 2008

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Timothy C. Wingate "History Buff" (Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chants D'Auvergne (W/Dvd) (Spec) (Audio CD)

Boy, have we come a LONG way from the days of LPs and Laser Discs. This perfect pairing really impressed me.

You can hear Dame Kiri alone on the CD or have her and some beautiful images of the Auvergne on the DVD - and it is all in one very compact "double-disc" format.

This has always been a famous and preferred interpretation by Dame Kiri and Jeffrey Tate and the ECO and has hardly ever been bettered.

This DVD will be used muchly as background music and visuals when relaxing or entertaining and it is quite a bargain.

Highly recommended.

Timothy Wingate Ottawa CANADA