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Giuseppe Sinopoli, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kiri Te Kanawa, Placido Domingo - Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2003/1983)

Giuseppe Sinopoli, The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo - Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2003/1983)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | Italiano (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | 7.42 Gb (DVD9) | 129 min
Classical | NVS ARTS | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Japanese

This famous production of Manon Lescaut from The Royal Opera, recorded in 1983, features two of the biggest stars in opera, Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa, in their vocal prime. Placido Domingo’s performance of Des Grieux is considered to be unsurpassed. Conductor Guiseppe Sinopoli made his British operatic debut with this production. Puccini’s first masterpiece was rapturously received on its first night. It has his hallmark sensuality and also a youthful freshness, its untamed outpouring of melody just as passionate as his more famous operas, La Boheme, Tosca and Madame Butterfly. The role of Des Grieux is one of the most taxing in the tenor repertoire and Domingo’s passionate portrayal is one of his greatest achievements.
Placido Domingo & Kiri Te Kanawa & Luciano Pavarotti - The Best of [6CD Box, 1992]

Placido Domingo & Kiri Te Kanawa & Luciano Pavarotti - The Best of [6CD Box, 1992]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) & mp3 @ 320 kbps | tracks: 87 | Scans | 6:10:31 | ~ 1,52 Gb & 840 Mb
Label: Reader's Digest | Genre: Opera, classical, folk

The world greatest melodies sung by three of the world's greatest singers. A Reader's Digest release with wonderful music including operatic arias, romantic songs from musicals, Neapolitan folk songs, and others. Music for every taste and every mood. From the irresistibly catchy 'La Donna e Mobile', till the quiet and tender 'Una Furtiva'. Enjoy

Kiri Te Kanawa - The Ultimate Collection (2013)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Feb. 10, 2019
Kiri Te Kanawa - The Ultimate Collection (2013)

Kiri Te Kanawa - The Ultimate Collection (2013)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 361 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 218 MB | 01:24:00
Genre: Classical | Label: Decca

This ultimate collection showcases an artist with such diversity and a voice like no other. As she approaches her 70th Birthday, she clearly shows no signs of slowing down. Indeed, she will be appearing on the 3rd Series of TV series Downton Abbey, starring as Dame Nellie Melba.

Kiri Te Kanawa: Sorceress - A Handel Celebration [1994]  Music

Posted by Aregak at Jan. 8, 2018
Kiri Te Kanawa: Sorceress - A Handel Celebration [1994]

Kiri Te Kanawa: Sorceress - A Handel Celebration (Christopher Hogwood; The Academy of Ancient Music) [1994]
EAC Rip | FLAC, TRACKS+CUE, LOG | Covers | 1cd, 298 MB
Classical | Label: Philips; Polygram Records | Catalog Number: 434 992-2 | TT: 77:55

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa ONZ DBE AC (born 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand/Māori soprano who has had a highly successful international opera career since 1968. Acclaimed as one of the most beloved sopranos in both the United States and Britain she possesses a warm full lyric soprano voice, singing a wide array of works in multiple languages from the 17th to the 20th centuries. She is particularly associated with the works of Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Handel and Puccini…

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Michel Legrand (1992)  Music

Posted by Speedyclick at Dec. 27, 2010
Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Michel Legrand (1992)

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Michel Legrand (1992)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) | tracks: 18 | ~ 299 Mb | 1:03:05 | Scans
Label: TELDEC | Genre: Jazz, classic, vocal

A beautifull collection of Michel Legrand's all-time classics, sung by the wonderfull velvet voice of Kiri Te Kanawa, the worldwide famous soprano from New Zealand and the Maori country. Te Kanawa's voice has a vibrant but mellow quality that is ample in size without being overly heavy or forced. Music critics have consistently praised the freshness and warmth of her voice.
Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story, On the Waterfront - Kanawa, Carreras, Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story, On the Waterfront - Kanawa, Carreras, Bernstein
Exact Audio Copy (EAC) | APE Monkey's Audio 4.06 | CUE | LOG | COVERS | WinRAR | RS | Released: 1985 | 2 CD 428 MB

West Side Story is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The musical is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Set in New York in the mid-1950s, the musical explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The young protagonist, Tony, who belongs to the Anglo gang, falls in love with Maria, the sister of the rival Puerto Rican gang's leader. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre. Bernstein's score for the musical has become extremely popular; it includes "Something's Coming," "Maria," "America," "Somewhere," "Tonight," "Jet Song," "I Feel Pretty," "One Hand, One Heart," and "Cool."
Kiri Sings Gershwin (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, New Princess Theater Orchestra, John McGlinn)

Kiri Sings Gershwin (Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, New Princess Theater Orchestra, John McGlinn) [1990]
EAC Rip | FLAC, TRACKS+CUE, LOG | Covers | 1cd, 317 MB
Classical | Label: Warner Classics | Catalog Number: D 170258 | TT: 46’05

Original arrangements of Gershwin tunes are rare these days, but that's what you'll hear in this album by Kiri Te Kanawa. Granted, the arrangements sound somewhat dated according to 21st century tastes, but that's what makes them fascinating. These were like nothing anyone else was writing when the George and Ira first brought them to life. Kiri uses a different, somewhat breathier voice than you might be used to on her classical albums, probably not the type of voice Gershwin had in mind, but I think it generally works pretty well.
By Dennis Brightwell

Kiri Te Kanawa - Mozart- Sacred Music [1990]  Music

Posted by Aregak at Jan. 8, 2018
Kiri Te Kanawa - Mozart- Sacred Music [1990]

Kiri Te Kanawa - Mozart- Sacred Music (Colin Davis) [1990]
EAC Rip | FLAC, TRACKS+CUE, LOG | Covers | 1cd, 341 MB
Classical | Label: Elite Classics | Catalog Number: AS-164-A | TT: 01'16'’40

While Kiri Te Kanawa was still preparing for that career-defining debut as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, she made her first Mozart disc under Colin Davis: a collection of sacred music, including the Solemn Vespers, KV 339, with its serene setting of ‘Laudate Dominum’, and Exsultate, jubilate. The Countess became the singer’s calling-card, and she repeated the role immediately in San Francisco and at Glyndebourne. The thwarted Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni followed, again under Davis at Covent Garden, before Kiri took her Countess to the Met in New York in February 1976, and sang her first Fiordiligi in Paris, in a production by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. The Paris Opera was also the location of Kiri’s debut as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte in 1977. Her leap into superstardom came when she sang at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana in July 1981…
Mozart - Don Giovanni (Lorin Maazel, Ruggero Raimondi, Jose van Dam, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa, Teresa Berganza) [2009]

Mozart - Don Giovanni (Lorin Maazel, Ruggero Raimondi, Jose van Dam, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa, Teresa Berganza) [2009]
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 3cd, 771.49 MB
Classical | Label: Sony | Catalog Number: 88697527262

Maazel's performances appear not only on audio recordings but on film - he was the conductor for film versions of Don Giovanni (Joseph Losey's award-winning adaptation, mentioned below), Carmen and Franco Zeffirelli's interpretation of Otello.
Although primarily known as a conductor, Maazel was no stranger to composition himself, arranging material from Wagner's Ring Cycle into a 75-minute suite, The Ring Without Words, and composing an opera based on George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; and as if this were not enough, he was also an accomplished violinist (see below for a recording of his performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons)…
Solti Conducts The Mozart Operas: Le nozze di Figaro (2012/1981)

Solti Conducts The Mozart Operas: Le nozze di Figaro
Classical | DECCA 478 3703 | 2012 | TT: 168.06 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Covers | 658 Mb

Unlike the late arrival of Mozart's Turkish opera, "Figaro" was much more of a constant in Solti's long career. Apart from being his debut opera, and a work he conducted at Covent Garden in a new staging in 1963-64, he also led editions in Chicago (1957), and with the Paris Opera in the highly visible Giorgio Strehler production that opened Intendant Rolf Liebermann's bold-new-start regime in March 1973; it was initially presented at the Palace of Versailles and in 1976 toured to the US. Frederica von Stade, the most admired Cherubino of the day, who had sung the role for Solti at Versailles, also appears on his subsequent recording. Made in 1981 with an exceptional cast, it won a Grammy award, perhaps unsurprisingly given that its other major assets include Kiri Te Kanawa's creamy-voiced Countess, Lucia Popp's sprightly Susanna, Thomas Allen's authoritative Count and Samuel Ramey's weighty Figaro. Smaller roles - Jane Berbié's Marcellina, Robert Tear's Basilio and Philip Langridge's Curzio among them - are also handled with tremendous care.