Kiri - The Best Of

Infobox Album
Name = Kiri - The Best Of
Type = Album
Artist = Kiri Te Kanawa


Released = 9 November 2001
Recorded = ???
Genre =
Length =
Label = EMI
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Maori Songs"
(1999)
This album = "Kiri - The Best Of"
(2001)
Next album = "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.

Track listing

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