The Best of Yvonne Kenny

Yvonne Kenny

A collection of favourites from one of Australia’s most distinguished sopranos, Yvonne Kenny.

Both internationally and in Australia Yvonne Kenny has built an enviable reputation as a dazzling interpreter of works by Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Britten, and more recently for her interpretations of the Richard Strauss heroines. She appears regularly on the concert platform including the Edinburgh and Aix-En-Provence Festivals, BBC Promenade concerts, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and London’s Wigmore, Festival and Royal Albert Halls. Australian performances have included concerts with the Australian Brandenberg Orchestra, national tours for Musica Viva and the Australian Chamber Orchestra as well as guest appearances with all the symphony orchestras and with Opera Australia in a broad range of repertoire. International appearances include the Vienna State Opera, La Scala in Milan, Salzburg Festival, Berlin State Opera, Opéra de Paris, English National Opera, Zurich Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. Kenny has a discography of over 60 international titles, including her Gold disc Simple Gifts on the ABC Classics label.

Track Listing:

1 DVOŘÁK Song to the Moon from Rusalka
2 HANDEL Lascia ch’io pianga (Let me weep) from Rinaldo
3 DVOŘÁK Songs My Mother Taught Me
4 R. STRAUSS Morgen! (Tomorrow)
5 SIECZYNSKI Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, city of my dreams)
6 PUCCINI O mio babbino caro (Daddy dearest) from Gianni Schicchi
7 RODGERS Something Wonderful from The King and I
8 R. STRAUSS Frühling (Spring) from Four Last Songs
9 LEHÁR Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß (My lips kiss with such fire)
10 Attr. STÖLZEL Bist du bei mir (With you at my side)
11 CANTELOUBE Baïléro from Songs of the Auvergne
12 LEHÁR Love Unspoken (The Merry Widow Waltz)
13 HANDEL Rejoice Greatly from Messiah
14 FAURÉ Clair de lune (Moonlight)
15 HEUBERGER Im Chambre séparée (A private room) from The Opera Ball
16 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Silent Noon
17 KERN Make Believe from Show Boat
18 HANDEL Tornami a vagheggiar (Come back and gaze on me with longing) from Alcina
19 LEHÁR Vilia from The Merry Widow
20 TRAD. arr. COPLAND Simple Gifts

ISBN / Catalogue Number: 4764620  

Released: 2011-10-07T00:00:00