Kiri - The Best Of

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Kiri - The Best Of
Studio album by Kiri Te Kanawa
Released 9 November 2001
Recorded ???
Label EMI
Kiri Te Kanawa chronology
Maori Songs
(1999)		 Kiri - The Best Of
(2001)		 The Very Best Of
(2003)

Kiri - The Best Of is a greatest hits album released by New Zealand opera diva, Kiri Te Kanawa in 2001.

This unique compilation is a comprehensive study of Kiri Te Kanawa's most memorable moments. It features 20 tracks from 4 different labels. Tracks include arias from the Marriage of Figaro, Tosca, La Traviata, and her famous O Mio Babbino Caro. Also included is Let the Bright Seraphim by Handel, which Kiri sang at the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales in 1981.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Let The Bright Seraphim" - Handel (Samson)
  2. "Dove sono (Le nozze di Figaro)" - Mozart (Solti)
  3. "Laudate Dominum" - Mozart
  4. "Ave Maria" - Bach-Gounod
  5. "Attendo, Attendo... Addio del passato" - Verdi (La traviata)
  6. "Vissi d'arte" - Puccini (Tosca) (Solti)
  7. "O mio babbino caro" - Puccini (Gianni Schicchi)
  8. "Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella" - Cilea (Adriana ecouvreur)
  9. "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" - Puccini (La rondine)
  10. "Depuis le jour" - Charpentier
  11. "Pie Jesu" - Fauré (Requiem)
  12. "Baïlèro" - Canteloube (Chants d'Auvergne)
  13. "Tonight" - Bernstein (West Side Story)
  14. "Summertime" - Gershwin
  15. "Someone To Watch Over Me" - Gershwin
  16. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - Kern
  17. "Let's Face The Music and Dance" - Berlin
  18. "True Love" - Porter
  19. "The World You're Coming Into" - McCartney
  20. "World in Union" - Skarbek