Her Greatest Hits

Kiri
Kiri Te Kanawa - Greatest Hits ~ 14 Favorites of Opera, Popular & Traditional Song
Kiri Te Kanawa Classics
Kiri Te Kanawa - Ave Maria
Kiri Sings Berlin

ASIN: B00000424J
Release Date: 1994-07-19

Tracks:

Louise: Depuis le jour
Mariettas Lied
Porgi amor
Befreit
Si. Mi chiamano Mimi
O soave fanciulla
You'll Never Walk Alone
It Never Was You
Why Don't You Do Right?
Hine e hine
Tahi nei taru kino
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
With One Look
Salaambo's aria
O mio babbino caro
Somewhere
Art Is Calling
World In Union
Happy Birthday To You

Customer Reviews:

A very fine Dame Kiri .......2006-01-05

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa was never between my favourite singers but I have to admit that she is really a respectable artist and this lovely cd proves how versatile she is and how she managed to keep a fresh and mellow tone even in her fifties. She is really at her best in the extracts from Citizen Kane and the operetta The Enchanteress. It's a pity that no Verdi music is included in the program, Kiri Te Kanawa was a great Amelia (Simon Boccanegra) and a moving Desdemona. A very fine Dame Kiri indeed.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!.......2005-04-15

OK. I'm going to go out on a limb here. This is, IMHO, Dame Kiri's finest recorded performance.

I know that's taking in a whole lot of territory, but there is something simply magical, and magisterial, about her singing here.

Yes, I know "perfection" is that illusive impossibility to be sought but never achieved. However, on this night I think Dame Kiri did achieve perfection.

Simply a glorious life affirming performance by one of the great singing artists of the last fifty years.

Dame Kiri, Happy Birthday, and thank you.

Listen to a real diva!.......2002-12-17

Kiri's exquisite voice and expansive repertoire make for an unbeatable combination which reaches its crescendo on this special evening. A full symphony orchestra, two choruses, a jazz trio, and even a tenor (!) help Kiri in celebrating her 50th birthday. (That's her chronological age, the voice is timeless.) The hall's accoustics are excellent and orchestra and audience support without intruding. One of the reasons why I love Kiri's singing is that I believe she sings the songs the way the composer wanted them to be sung without the sometimes annoying embellishments employed by others. Kiri includes songs sung in her ancestral Maori in a program that takes the listener from the opera house to Broadway and then to an intimate jazz club. I love live concerts because I feel most artists are at their best before a live audience and this cd is proof. I don't believe that there is another artist recording today that has covered such a wide range of song styles and done it with such beauty and skill. This disc is confirmation. If you only buy one Kiri cd, make it this one. But don't be surprised if you start buying many more!

She Is the Best.......2002-10-26

The first time I ever heard the voice of Kiri Te Kanawa was on a recording of Salaambo's aria from CITIZEN KANE for the RCA film classics series on vinyl. It was one of the most haunting and beautiful pieces of music ever composed by Bernard Herrmann. It was Kiri Te Kanawa performance of this piece that was so incredible. I had seen the film several times, but to hear a high fidelity recording of Kiri Te Kanawa on this particular piece really demonstrated not only the raw talent but also a depth of intuitive emotion that she brought to Herrmann's composition. Anyone that could interpret the inner struggle behind Herrmann's music so precisely demonstrated an uncommon ability to become one with the music. I still can't pronounce her name correctly but Kiri Te Kanawa is the epitome of a well-honed talent. She is a gift to us all. This CD is very welcome.

Brava Kiri!.......2002-08-26

What a truly breathtaking concert! Kiri is obviously one of the top three divas to surface over the past fifty years!

Her technique is spotless, her tonality marvelous, and her intonation superb! For those worried about Kiri's "maturing" sound; age has brought a "different" soprano, but one just as lovely as ever...

The selection of music was fabulous, such a variety brings about an interesting and lively effect...

Tracks:

From The Album 'Drumming': Entrances
From 'Drumming': Halasana - Solo For Drums And Piano
From 'Drumming': Sorbet No. 1: Latin American Interlude
From 'Rhythm Song': Rhythm Song
My Spine
Slaughter on 10th Avenue
From 'Drumming': Sorbet No.5: Wood And Metal Chimes
From 'Rhythm Song': A Little Prayer
From 'Light In Darkness': Eldorado (From Cenas Amerindias)
From 'Drumming': Sorbet No. 7: Hi - Hat Playout
From 'Rhythm Song': Black Key Study
From 'Wind In The Bamboo Grove': Diver timento For Marimba And Alto Saxophone
From 'Dancin': Taps in Tempo
Born to be Wild
From 'Wind In The Bamboo Grove': Michi For Marimba

Tracks:

From 'Drumming': Sorbet No. 4 - Woodblocks And Falling Instruments
Light in Darkness
From 'Drumming': The Anvil Chorus
From 'Wind In The Bamboo Grove': Rhapsody For Marimba, Flute, Clarinet, Double Bass And Drums
The Swan
Sorbet No. 3
Concerto for solo percussion and chamber orchestra
Flight of the Bumble Bee
Sorbet No. 6
From 'Wind In The Bamboo Grove': Marimba Spiritual (excerpt) For Marimba Solo With Three Percussionists
From 'Dancin': Hejre Kati
From 'Rhythm Song': Maple Leaf Rag
From 'Drumming': Matre's Dance
From 'Rhythm Song: Czardas
Oxygen

Customer Reviews:

Review of Evelyn Clennie's "Her Greatest Hits".......2007-01-10

Excellent product for beginning drummers. Teaches what can be done with a wide varity of percussion instruments.

Amazing musics.......2006-03-14

This is such an amazing CD of Evelyn Glennie.

Good price, good music, i was so pleased.

but the sounds of marimba needed to be more loud...I couldnt hear a few part of the musics.

Flawless.......2003-11-11

For technical mastery and seamless execution, Evelyn Glenie has no peer in percussion. Underappreciated is her tremendous athletic ability realized in an infinity of strokes without the performance decay that one would expect of merely human muscles.

While all the selections on these generous disks are worthy, their sequencing sometimes seems irrational: moods, styles, and genre are strangely mixed. Most of the recordings are excellent, but a few lack the finesse of tonality necessary to catch her subtle variations.

If possible, see her in person: she is also a great dramatist who understands silence as well as tone.

Glennie.......2000-03-13

This CD contains some great playing of the marimba, set and other percussion instruments but also has a lot of junk on it! Some of the songs leave you going "what the heck was she thinking?" Glennie is a great musician and can undoubtly "play" but this is not her best stuff on two CD's.

Evelyn Glennie: Greatest Hits.......2000-02-04

A great CD from an amazing percussionist. After listeing, it is easy to tell why she is looked up to by the percussion community. This is a great collection of her best playing.

The Brenda Lee Story (Her Greatest Hits)

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The Best Years on Decca
Don't Miss This If You like Brenda Lee!!
Don't Miss This If You like Brenda Lee!!
LITTLE BRENDA LEE'S VERY BEST
First-Class Hits from One of The First Female Teen Idols

The Brenda Lee Story (Her Greatest Hits)
Brenda Lee
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000002O0O
Release Date: 1991-12-10

Tracks:

Johnny One Time
All Alone I Am
Sweet Nothin's
As Usual
Dum Dum
You Can Depend On Me
Coming On Strong
Losing You
Fool #1
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Emotions
Just Out of Reach
Anybody But Me
We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me)
Thanks A Lot
I Want To Be Wanted
You Always Hurt The One You Love
Too Many Rivers
My Whole World Is Falling Down
Break It To Me Gently
That's All You Gotta Do
I'm Sorry

Customer Reviews:

The Best Years on Decca.......2003-01-26

With so many Brenda albums to choose from, one could be understandably overwhelmed. This CD encompasses BL's Rock years on Decca Records. According to Billboard, BL had 29 chart hits from 1960-1967. 16 of the 22 tracks herein made those charts. BL also (!) had 19 country chart hits from 1971-1985, with one actually released in 1957 when she was 13 years old. That is longevity! No pure country releases are included here but "Fool # 1" and "Too Many Rivers", which both made the rock charts, have distinct country flavors. So too do "Johnny One Time" and "Just Out of Reach", which made neither chart. Favorite tracks are highly subjective but this listener especially liked "Losing You" and "Emotions". The only track that failed to impress was a far too upbeat version of Hank Williams' "Jumbalaya" which does justice to neither country nor rock. That one errant entry aside, "The Brenda Lee Story" ably showcases that talented performer from Lithonia, Georgia. Old fans of Little Miss Dynamite have a safe choice here and these tracks may well produce some new ones.

Don't Miss This If You like Brenda Lee!!.......2001-11-07

Brenda Lee's cut of "I'm Sorry" is worth the price of this album by itself. But all of her goodies are also here, like "Break It To Me Gently" and "Too Many Rivers To Cross." Styles change and singers come and go...but it is hard to understand why talent like Brenda's does not continue to have her making top-of-the-chart recordings up to the present. Fortunately, we have these precious gems of BL to listen to - and I do!! Over and over. Classics!

Don't Miss This If You like Brenda Lee!!.......2001-11-07

LITTLE BRENDA LEE'S VERY BEST.......2000-04-06

Miss Brenda Lee, that little girl who grabbed everyone's attention (and heartstrings) in the 60's is one of the finest components of song this world has to offer. Where LeAnn Rimes was a few years ago is territory Miss Lee paved way back when. Who else could put that brave front on the heartbreaking story of "AS USUAL"? All her hits are here, including the great arrangement and brass solo of "LOSING YOU", the bittersweet "YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME", and the bluesy "BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY". Brenda's rockin' sides are also spotlighted in "SWEET NOTHIN'S" and "DUM DUM". Another favorite "TOO MANY RIVERS" is included here, which I haven't seen on other CDs in a long while. Yes, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" is missing, but don't us true Brenda fans already have that? A fine collection.

First-Class Hits from One of The First Female Teen Idols.......2000-02-07

Brenda Lee was among the first and (to these ears) best female teen idols, and "The Brenda Lee Story" is an outstanding overview of her career.

Just a teenager when she recorded many of these songs with producer Owen Bradley , Ms. Lee could even then sing countrypolitan ballads the near-equal of labelmate Patsy Cline (1960's #1 "I'm Sorry," "Fool #1," the elegant "All Alone Am I"). She also fired up teenage pop fluff like "Sweet Nothins" with a rock n' roll growl her contemporary, Connie Francis, could not manage. (Listen to her line, "My baby gives me that special look," for proof.) The collection has a few missteps: Hank Williams' "Jambalaya" is a bit too speedy, "You Always Hurt The One You Love" pales next to Clarence Henry's version. But overall, Brenda Lee's "Story" is a fine introduction to her best work, lacking only her Christmas classic "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" to make it perfect.

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