Product Details

• Actors: Kiri Te Kanawa
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: October 31, 2006
• Run Time: 70 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ICLRBG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #159,149 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Carols from Coventry Cathedral featuring famed soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael George baritone, Jouko Harjanne trumpet, Choirs of Coventry and Lichfield Cathedrals, BBC Philharmonic conducted by Robin Stapleton.

With Carols: O come, O come Emmanuel, There is no rose of such virtue, The holly and the ivy, Of the Father’s heart begotten, The Three Kings, I saw three ships, Ding, dong, merrily on high, We wish you a merry Christmas and many more!

Coventry Carol
KIRI TE KANAWA

In dulci jubilo
O come, O come Emmanuel
MICHAEL GEORGE

There is no rose of such virtue
KIRI TE KANAWA

The holly and the ivy
KIRI TE KANAWA , MICHAEL GEORGE

Of the Father’s heart begotten
KIRI TE KANAWA

The Three Kings
MICHAEL GEORGE

I saw three ships
KIRI TE KANAWA

Ding, dong, merrily on high
JOUKO HARJANNE

We wish you a merry Christmas
KIRI TE KANAWA, MICHAEL GEORGE, JOUKO HARJANNE

O Tannenbaum
KIRI TE KANAWA • JOUKO HARJANNE

O little one sweet
Joy to the world
MICHAEL GEORGE • TIMOTHY NORRIS

Good King Wenceslas
MICHAEL GEORGE

Carol Fantasy: Kings of Orient, Away in a manger, Past three o’clock , The first Nowell, Sussex Carol, God rest ye merry gentlemen , Angels, from the realms of glory
Hark! The herald angels sing
KIRI TE KANAWA, MICHAEL GEORGE, JOUKO HARJANNE

The Shepherds’ Farewell
In the bleak midwinter
KIRI TE KANAWA , MICHAEL GEORGE

O little town of Bethlehem
JOUKO HARJANNE

Torches
MICHAEL GEORGE

The Virgin Mary had a baby boy
KIRI TE KANAWA, MICHAEL GEORGE

Silent Night
KIRI TE KANAWA

Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, November 14, 2007

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Allan Life (Chapel Hill, N.C.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas With Kiri Te Kanawa - Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael George, (DVD)

I first experienced this concert six years ago in a television adaptation, where each carol was introduced by David Frost with an astonishing amount of misinformation. Even with that intrusion, Kiri te Kanawa's performance of such carols as "There is no Rose of Such Virtue" and "Of the Father's Heart Begotten" was superlative, and on this DVD, Christmas with Dame Kiri can be savored without commentary. She is well supported by the choirs of Coventry and Lichfield Cathedrals, by the BBC Philharmonic, and by the trumpet of Jouko Harjanne. She is perfectly complemented by bass-baritone Michael George, who deserves more acknowledgement in the packaging of the DVD. Kultur International is furthermore quite Scrooge-like in failing to provide any information about the versions of carols performed here, but that's my final "humbug" for this item. Kiri te Kanawa and Michael George perform with sincerity and art, the recording is good, and the camerawork and editing are satisfying, with panoramas of the cathedral juxtaposed with Graham Sutherland's Christ the King, and candle flames that resonate like the music itself.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars transcendent, December 2, 2009

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Marianne Bacon (Middletown, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas With Kiri Te Kanawa - Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael George, (DVD)

Truly this concert goes beyond itself to convey the beauty, tenderness, joy, of the feast of Christmas. I love it very much.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas With Kiri Te Kanawa, January 11, 2007

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Norene R. Emerson (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas With Kiri Te Kanawa - Kiri Te Kanawa, Michael George, (DVD)

I was delighted with this DVD. Te Kanawa's voice is radiant, and she is beautiful and dressed elegantly for the season. The DVD has a great deal of variety featuring a singer with a marvelous bass voice, superb orchestra, and a boys' and men' chorus that are all well-trained. I plan to watch and listen to this wonderful DVD for many years to come. I love to hear the standard and familiar Christmas carols, as well as some more unfamiliar ones that are included. Thumbs up on this one.