Virgins are like the fair flower. Cease your funning.
Notes:
Songs and excerpts from a ballad opera (2nd and 3rd works), an oratorio (4th and 5th works), a requiem (6th work), and operas (8th-10th works). Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano ; various orchestras and conductors. Recorded at various locations between 1975 and 1984. Previously released material (p1976-p1986). Compact disc. Notes on Te Kanawa by J.B. Steane in English, French, and German, and texts with translations (24 p.)--inserted in container.
Contents:
Chants d'Auvergne. Baïlèro / Canteloube (English Chamber Orchestra ; Jeffrey Tate, conductor) (6:45) -- The beggar's opera. Virgins are like the fair flow'r (2:37) ; Cease your funning (1:28) / Gay (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Richard Bonynge, conductor) -- Messiah. Rejoice greatly (4:23) ; I know that my Redeemer liveth (5:49) / Handel (Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor) -- Deutsches Requiem. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit / Brahms (Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor) (8:20) -- Vado, ma dove? oh Dei! : K583 / Mozart (Wiener Kammerorchester ; György Fischer, conductor) (4:08) -- Nozze di Figaro. Dove sono / Mozart (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor) (4:56) -- Carmen. Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante / Bizet (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor) (5:44) -- Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini (National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor) (3:18) -- Bachianas brasileiras : no. 5. Aria (Cantilena) (6:40) ; Dansa (Martelo) (4:40) / Villa-Lobos (Lynn Harrell ; violoncello ensemble ; Jeffrey Tate, conductor).
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