Kiri Te Kanawa - Maori Songs (1999) [EMI] bio Product Details Performers: Kiri Te Kanawa Composers: Traditional Release

Date: October 19, 1999 Label: EMI Classics Total Length: 56:16 Genres: Chanson/ Folk Song Title Artist Time 1. Hine e Hine (Lullaby) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemb le 4:32 2. Tarakihi (The Locust) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemb le 2:59 3. Moe Mai e Hine Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:27 4. Hoea ra Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:58 5. Matangi Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:32 6. Huri huri Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:26 7. E papa (Titi torea/E Aue) Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road En semble 3:26 8. Araka ka titiro Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:5 0 9. Hoki Hoki Tonu Mai Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:51 10. Po Ata Rau Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:46 11. Piki Mai Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:12 12. Haere ra e Hine Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3: 06 13. E Pari Ra Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:13 14. Akoako o te rangi Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:29 15. Tahi Nei taro kino Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3:24 16. Po Karekare Ana Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Maori Music Group/Abbey Road Ensemble 3: 05 This review is from: Maori Songs (Audio CD) First off - there is NO and I repeat NO OTHER SINGER in this world who could mak e those songs sound so emotional and beautiful. The love Kiri has for these song s comes through so clearly, it's her best album EVER for emotional imput! I star ted off, of course, with the first track, Hine e Hine. I felt quite tearful beca use of the way Kiri expresses herself, then I smiled my way through the battle s ongs (Tarakihi is magic!) and once I got to track Hoea Ra I was crying softly, b ut once Matangi arrived I really lost it! I was just crying my heart out, becaus e it touched my soul so much. She was completley indescribable. I don't even kno w how to describe the whole album, let alone just Kiri! The Maori Singers are ju st great. Even after track 5, I thought there couldn't be much more magic on thi s CD, that would be too perfect, but I was wrong! A combination of crying, smili ng and beating along with the war songs, until the inevitable happened - I reach ed Pokerekereana :) The native birds singing at the beginning of the song was be autiful enough (we have those birds in our back yard!) but then in come the Maor i male singers, then Kiri. It's progressing along with all of them singing away and then I LOVE how all of a sudden, it all goes quiet, and Kiri, more emotional than ever, sings her final, gorgeous line, 'Te aroha e.....' and her voice trai ls off. It's such an amazing way to end an amazing album! I was just stunned. As a New Zealander, I felt SO proud that this gorgeous singer, and her album, are from the same country as me! I sat there for about ten minutes doing nothing oth er than staring into space and thinking how incredible, amazing, BEAUTIFUL the w hole album was! Arguably Kiri's best album - a definite 5 stars! B U Y I T ! Hel

p other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? Report this | Permalink Comment Comment 5.0 out of 5 stars More than a labor of love...a GIFT of love!, January 10, 2000 By A Customer This review is from: Maori Songs (Audio CD) I've lived in Hawaii my entire life, so Polynesian music has a special effect on me--it stirs my "island spirit" (though I myself do not have Polynesian blood). I am also an opera singer (I hope)! When I first heard this CD, and and the fir st singer began, I thought, "Hey, where's Dame Kiri? " As you may have guessed, it was she who was singing! The stunningly beautiful soprano isn't singing in th e manner of her great Mozart or Strauss performances, but still keeps her musica lity and love of singing. Some of the electronic instrumentation may seem overwh elming, but it doesn't serve as the backbone of this album; what does is the sin ging of Dame Kiri and the highly talented Maori choir (hold onto your hats when they burst into good old fashioned Maori "shout-singing"! YEE-HA! ). I even like d the packaging. Maori spirit was definately soaring during the creation of "Kir i: Maori Songs." There's a good mixture of slow songs, fast songs, and slow-fast or fast-slow songs. Linear notes are nicely informational. I really love this a lbum! I'm sure it will leave you feeling good, too! Help other customers find th e most helpful reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Qintessential Kiri, November 28, 1999 By CAROLE F BROOKFIELD (Victoria BC) - See all my reviews This review is from: Maori Songs (Audio CD) This is an album for Kiri's homeland. It is quintessential Kiri, quintessential Maori, with the Maori flavour of her voice shown to its best advantage. Kiri is performing the melodies she grew up with, the ones we all grew up with if we liv ed in NZ. This is a wonderful album that we have been waiting for Kiri to do for decades. These are some of the songs she sings when she comes home, the ones we wait to hear. Those who say the opera lovers will be disappointed just don't ge t it! That's not who Kiri recorded it for!