Kiri Te Kanawa - Songs of Inspiration

Kiri Te Kanawa (Artist), Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Composer), Pietro Mascagni (Composer), Cesar Franck (Composer), Giuseppe Verdi (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Julius Rudel (Conductor), Utah Symphony (Orchestra), Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Mormon Tabernacle Choir
• Orchestra: Utah Symphony
• Conductor: Julius Rudel
• Composer: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Pietro Mascagni, Cesar Franck, Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, et al.
• Audio CD (October 23, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B0000041VM
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,098 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Te Kanawa, Kiri
  • #25 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Hymns
  • #39 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Oratorios

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Her Best, May 5, 2002

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Virgil Howarth (Austin, Tx. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kiri Te Kanawa - Songs of Inspiration (Audio CD)

This is one of the best performances of an operatic artist with the Morman Tabernacle choir in existance. Kiri's poise, music selections, and execution are flawless. The ending of "You'll Never Walk Alone" which would be forced for other artists is effortless for Kiri.

For anyone who enjoys choir music with guest artists, this recording is a "must buy".

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of My Favorite Kiri Recordings, February 26, 2000

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Mike Smith (Tonkawa, Oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kiri Te Kanawa - Songs of Inspiration (Audio CD)

I brought this after watching (And taping) her 1989 Mormon Tabernacle Temple concert on PBS in 1992, and I have to said, this is one of my favorite Kiri recordings ever. It's still is!

There's some great selections on there that Kiri fans will enjoy, such as the Cavalleria Easter Hymn, Auf Flugeln Des Gesanges, Home Sweet Home sung in her native Maori (Dame Kiri herself is half-Maori), as well as some that doesn't appear on PBS (Such as the rarely-heard Nuns' Chorus, the Nabucco Va Pensiero, and Hear My Prayer sung in English).

Althrough the CD is recorded live, as the booklet notes stated, portions are topped and tailed in a separated studio session, to give the CD a studio-like recording.

I do enjoy it so often. Now, only if the video of that concert is released commerically, so we can pleased it a lot.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The golden voice of song, January 9, 2007

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K. L. Hague (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kiri Te Kanawa - Songs of Inspiration (Audio CD)

A wonderful recording which I purchased years ago in cassette form, and wore out! So happy to be able to buy in CD form, and well worth listening to. Kiri Te Kanawa has a glorious soprano voice, full of warmth and colour, and her interpretation of song is in my opinion second to none."Songs of inspiration"
really does inspire and feed the soul. As a music lover, and singer myself I love all of the pieces on this album with a passion.