Release Date: 28 October 2012
Label: Carl Davis Collection
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 845458000222
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Christmas With Kiri
Description
Christmas with Kiri was recorded in 1983 and first released on Decca in 1985.It was recorded at a time when Kiri Te Kanawa was at the peak of her career and marked the beginning of the collaboration between her and Carl Davis, most notably when Paul McCartney requested to have Kiri for his Liverpool Oratorio. It followed the Blue Skies album with Nelson Riddle, her first crossover album. The album has not been available for many years and Carl Davis Collection has recently acquired the license to re-release it on its label.Christmas with Kiri is a crossover album with many traditional and popular Christmas songs from White Christmas to Twelve Days of Christmas featuring classics, popular and film. The album was amongst the first group of crossover albums made by Kiri at the time, with West Side Story and South Pacific following.The album also contains a song especially written for the occasion by Carl Davis The Most Wonderful Birthday of All
Tracklisting
Czech Nso/Carl Davis
Royal Ballet Sinfonia:Murphy
Rlpo:Davis
Prague Phil/Wihan/Davis
Kiri Te Kanawa:London Voices
Stephane Kerecki; Marc Copland; Tore Brunborg; Fabrice Moreau; Ralph Alessi
Stephane Fuget; Les Epopees
Stefan Plewniak; Orchestre de l'Opera Royal
Stefano Molardi
Spark, Valer Sabadus
Sophie Dervaux, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Silva Manfre
Shizuka Ishikawa, Dvorak Chamber Orchestra, Libor Pesek
