Yvonne Kenny
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492
RecommendedLucia Popp (Susanna), Kiri Te Kanawa (Countess), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Samuel Ramey (Figaro), Thomas Allen (Count)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Kiri te Kanawa sings the Countess's aria with meltingly beautiful tone...The discreet flirtation with Cherubino...is done with some feeling...Thomas Allen is quite simply superb as the Count. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 26th Awards (1983), Best Opera Recording
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
RecommendedYvonne Kenny (soprano) & Jard Van Nes (mezzo soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & London Philharmonic Choir, Klaus Tennstedt
there are fine things: the focused, weighty playing; the charm of the childlike moments, the mighty storm that blows through the gentle pastures of the second movement, and some suitably hard-hitting... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2010, Featured
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Beethoven: Symphonies, Overtures & Piano Concertos
RecommendedMelvyn Tan (piano)
London Classical Players, Roger Norrington
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Period performance
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, December 2022, Also Recommended - Beethoven 9
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Building A Library, October 2023, Recommended Period Instrument Recording
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony'
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
This is admirable for the conductor's musicality and an idiomatic solo soprano. The baritone is dry of timbre but never less than intelligent. Much warmer and more resonant that many rivals. — More…
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Britten: Gloriana
RecommendedJosephine Barstow (Elizabeth), Philip Langridge (Essex), Della Jones (Lady Essex), Jonathan Summers (Charles Blount), Alan Opie (Cecil), Yvonne Kenny (Lady Rich), Bryn Terfel (Henry Cuffe), Richard van Allan (Walter Ralegh)
Welsh National Opera, Sir Charles Mackerras
The Cinderella among Britten's operas finally received its due with this recording. The superb cast and Mackerras's sure touch reveal Gloriana as a touching insight into the travails of leadership. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Opera
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Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Stravinsky
RecommendedPaul Crossley (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), John Aler (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (Jocasta), Vinson Cole (Oedipus), Nicolai Gedda (Shepherd), Hans Sotin (Tiresias), Simon Estes (Messenger), Patrice Chéreau (narrator)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Los...
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Building a Library, May 2018, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, July 2019, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording (The Rite of Spring)
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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Bizet: Carmen
Teresa Berganza (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don Jose), Sherrill Milnes (Escamillo), Ileana Cotrubas (Micaela), Yvonne Kenny (Frasquita), Alicia Nafé (Mercédès), Robert Lloyd (Zuniga), Stuart Harling (Moralès), London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
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Pacini: Alessandro nell’Indie RecommendedBruce Ford (Alessandro), Jennifer Larmore (Poro), Laura Claycomb (Cleofide), Dean Robinson (Timagene), Mark Wilde (Gandarte)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry
Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)… was a rival of (in turn) Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi. Bruce Ford, Jennifer Larmore and Laura Claycomb bring their roles to a vivid life, and David Parry... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th November 2007
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