Kiri – The Best Of

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

Kiri
Greatest hits album by
Kiri Te Kanawa
Released29 Oct 2001
GenreOpera, classical, musicals
LabelEMI Classics
Kiri Te Kanawa chronology
Maori Songs
(1999)		 Kiri
(2001)		 The Very Best Of
(2003)

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 Te Kanawa sang at the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales in 1981.

Track listing
  1. "Let the bright Seraphim" - Handel (Samson)
  2. "Dove sono" - Mozart (Le nozze di Figaro) (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 Lecouvreur)
  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" -Gustav Holst/ Skarbek
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