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A 2013 compilation from Decca in celebration of the 70th birthday of soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.

Handel - Let the Bright Seraphim [Samson HWV 57] – with Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) & the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Barry Rose. Recorded June 1984, All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

Canteloube - Bailero [Songs of the Auvergne] – with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate. Recorded 19/8/1982, Kingsway Hall, London

Mozart - Alleluia [Exsultate, jubilate K165] – with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis. Recorded 6/4/1971, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Mozart - Laudate Dominum [Vesperae solennes de confessore K339] – with the English Chamber Orchestra & St Paul's Cathedral Choir conducted by Barry Rose. Recorded June 1984, All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

Mozart – Porgi amor [Le Nozze di Figaro K492] – with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Recorded June 1981, Kingsway Hall, London

Bizet – Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante [Carmen WD 31] – with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Recorded 13/7/1975, Henry Wood Hall, London

Gounod – Air des Bijoux [Faust] – with the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Sir Colin Davis. Recorded Feb. 1986, Herkulessaal, Munich

Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) – with Lynn Harrell (cello). Recorded 23/6/1984, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Puccini - Vissi d'arte [Tosca] – with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Recorded May 1984, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

Strauss, R - Beim Schlafengehen [ Vier letzte Lieder: no.3] – with the Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Recorded 9/6/1990, Grossersaal, Konzerthaus, Vienna

Mendelssohn - Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song) op.34 no.2 – with the English Chamber Orchestra & St Paul's Cathedral Choir conducted by Barry Rose. Recorded June 1984, All Saints' Church, Tooting

Handel – I know that my Redeemer liveth [Messiah HWV 56] – with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Recorded 9/10/1984, Orchestra Hall, Chicago

Gounod after Bach - Ave Maria – with the Utah Symphony conducted by Julius Rudel. Recorded Feb.1989, The Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

Fauré – Pie Jesu [Requiem op.48] – with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit. Recorded 23/10/1987, L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal

Franck - Panis Angelicus – with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Barry Rose, Recorded June 1984, All Saints' Church, Tooting.

Verdi – Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) [La Traviata] - with Barry Banks (tenor), Donato Di Stefano (bass), Roberto Scaltriti (baritone), Silvia Mazzoni (mezzo-soprano), Giorgio Gatti (bass), Alfredo Kraus (tenor) & the Coro & Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino conducted by Zubin Mehta. Recorded Dec. 1992, Teatro Verdi, Florence

Rodgers - You'll Never Walk Alone [Carousel] – with the Utah Symphony & Mormon Tabernacle Choir conducted by Julius Rudel. Recorded Feb.1989, The Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

Rodgers - Climb Every Mountain [The Sound of Music] – with the Utah Symphony & Mormon Tabernacle Choir conducted by Julius Rudel. Recorded Feb.1989, The Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

Loewe – I Could Have Danced All Night [My Fair Lady] – with Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Susan Bickley (soprano) & Judith Rees (mezzo) & the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Mauceri. Recorded 9/5/1987, Henry Wood Hall, London

Bishop - Home, Sweet Home [Clari] – with the Utah Symphony conducted by Julius Rudel. Recorded Feb.1989, The Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah

Adam - O Holy Night (Cantique de Noel) – with the Philharmonia Orchestra & London Voices conducted by Carl Davis. Recorded March 1985, CTS Studios, Wembley