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FRANZ LEHAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lehar: The Merry Widow (complete operetta recorded in English in 2001) San Francisco Opera / Yvonne Kenny, Bo Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay / Erich Kunzel (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] '…this is about as lavish a production of Franz Lehár's adorable operetta as you are ever likely to see…soprano Yvonne Kenny is perfectly cast in the title role.' Classic FM Magazine |
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Various Artists / Sidney Bechet, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, Cassandra Wilson, etc
Icon - The Best of Blue Note (2CD) [ Blue Note Records / 2 CD - released 21/Mar/2014 ] As part of the celebrations to mark the 75th Anniversary of the iconic jazz label, The Best Of Blue Note brings together 22 outstanding tracks from the vaults of Blue Note to represent 75 years of jazz history. Featuring tracks from jazz legends... |
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BACH / MOZART / TARREGA / GRAINGER / BACH / RACHMANINOV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Swoon Collection Various Artists incls Sylvia McNair, Emma Kirkby, Vladimir Ashkenazy, St Petersburg Chamber Choir, Yvonne Kenny, etc [ ABC Classics / CD - released 9/Dec/1995 ] Showcasing some of the most stunning music ever written, this collection is a must-have for Swoon devotees new and old. |
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CACCINi / KOEHNE / DVORAK / GRANADOS / BRAHMS / TRADITIONAL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Swoon Gift Pack (2 CDs plus DVD) Yvonne Kenny, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Sara Macliver, Diana Doherty, Roger Woodward, Jane Rutter, David Hobson, Diana Doherty, etc [ ABC Classics / 3 CD/DVD - released 14/Oct/2007 ] The best-selling Swoon Gold double CD and the award-winning Swoon DVD now come as a special pack. All your favourites from the popular Swoon program on ABC Classic FM are included for a special price. |
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STRAUSS / LEHAR / HEUBERGER / KALMAN / MOZART / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / HANDEL / etc
Richard Bonynge: The Opera Collection Yvonne Kenny, Isabel Buchanan, Joan Sutherland, Deborah Riedel, Heather Begg, Angela Denning, etc / Richard Bonynge, conductor [ ABC Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 9/May/2025 ] Richard Bonynge is renowned as one of the finest opera conductors of his generation. His musicianship has been acclaimed around the globe - but it is at home in Australia that many of his closest musical collaborations have developed. |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Orchesral Works (Incls Pastoral Rhapsody & King's Herald Suite) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Moray Welsh (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] These recordings offer what are regarded by the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs as definitive interpretations of the repertoire. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Symphony 9 'Choral' Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano) Patrick Power (tenor) / Petteri Salomaa (bass) / London Classical Players, Roger Norrington [ Virgin Virgo / CD - released 19/Oct/2004 ] "For the Ninth, Norrington has a larger orchestra of some 65 players, with the 50-strong Schutz Choir in the finale. But the sonic mix is very much as it was on the earlier record, with glimmering, vibrato-free strings, plaintive woodwinds,... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: 'Hunt' Cantata BWV208, 'Peasant' Cantata BWV212 Maria Blasi, Yvonne Kenny, Kurt Equiluz & Robert Holl / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics Das Alte Werk / CD - released 6/Apr/2016 ] "Harnoncourt tops off the complete Teldec set of Bach's church cantatas with admirably ebullient accounts of [these two] secular cantatas…the exuberance of the performance carries over into Harnoncourt's accompaniments - no scholarly rectitude here - |
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PURCELL
Victorious Love Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Lawrence Cummings (harpsichord & spinet) Elizabeth Kenny (archlute & thearbo) [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] One of the most exciting young sopranos to emerge in recent years, Carolyn Sampson was born in Bedford, studied music at the University of Birmingham and lives in London. She made her opera début with English National Opera as Amor in The Coronation... |
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PICCININI / MacMILLAN / KAPSBERGER / VISEE / OLIVER / MUHLY
Ars longa: Old and new music for theorbo Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo) [ Linn Records / CD - released 14/Jun/2019 ] Ars longa see theorbo specialist Elizabeth Kenny perform a typically inventive recital of diverse repertoire spanning five centuries. • The theorbo's eccentric appearance and tuning belies its expressive and delicate qualities; its versatility... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Robinson Crusoe / Vert-Vert / Entre Nous John Brecknock, Yvonne Kenny, Roderick Kennedy, Marilyn Hill Smith, Toby Spence, Thora Einarsdottir, Jennifer Lamore / Alun Francis, David Parry (cond [ Opera Rara / 7 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] 'All but dedicated misanthropes will find this set entrancing. Highly recommended' Gramophone |
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RAMSEY / FORD / WARD / DERING / TOMKINS
Dialogues of Sorrow: Passions on the death of Prince Henry Gallicantus, with Elizabeth Kenny (lute) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "Crouch's programme of madrigals, lute songs and motets explores the public outpouring of grief and bitterness at the death of Prince Henry in 1612...The voices of Gallicantus milk every plangent suspension." The Independent on Sunday, 5th September 2010 |
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LENNOX BERKELEY
Ruth Op. 50 (complete opera) Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano) Mark Tucker (tenor) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Claire Rutter (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Joyful Company of Singers [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] Premiere recording of Sir Lennox Berkeley's opera Ruth. |
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JOHN KENNY
Dragon Voices John Kenny [ Delphian / CD - released 23/Sep/2016 ] People of Celtic culture all over ancient Europe were fascinated by lip reed instruments, and made great horns and trumpets in many forms - including the carnyx, a two-metre-long bronze trumpet surmounted by a stylised animal head. One of these was... |
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KALMAN
Csardasfurstin (Die) (The Gypsy Princess) (Complete operetta) Karl-Michael Ebner, tenor / Mojca Erdmann, soprano / Heinz Holecek, bass / Yvonne Kalman / Marko Kathol, tenor / Yvonne Kenny, soprano / Hellmuth Klum [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "A sweet 'n' spicy confection that shows operetta at it's delicious best" - Editor's Choice gramophone Magazine March 2005 |
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KALMAN
Csardasfurstin (Die) (The Gypsy Princess) (Complete operetta) Karl-Michael Ebner (tenor) Mojca Erdmann (soprano) Heinz Holecek (bass) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Naxos Opera Classics SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] Kálmán's great contribution to the musical language of Viennese operetta was to bring to it the brilliant colours, the heady rhythms and the dynamic energy of his native Hungary - not just as an imitator, like so many other composers, but as one who... |
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Kenny Baker's Dozen
Play Not Quite Two Dozen [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Apr/2002 ] Trumpeter Kenny Baker seems to have been around forever, certainly as far as the lives of most collectors reading these notes. His death not so long ago left a void which has been impossible to fill, both for collectors of Big Band music... |
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Kenny Burrell
Four Classic Albums (Kenny Burrell/Introducing Kenny Burrell/Blue Lights Vol 1/Blue Lights Vol 2) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] There has to be something in the air around Detroit! We have just released our four classic album tribute to Curtis Fuller (AMSC1326), still going strong at 83! And now we present another jazzman from Detroit, guitarist Kenny Burrell, still playing... |
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Kenny Dorham
Four Classic Albums (This Is The Moment / Quiet Kenny / Inta Something / Matador) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2013 ] |
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Kenny Dorham
Four Classic Albums (Afro-Cuban / 'Round About Midnight At The Café Bohemia / Jazz Contrasts / Whistle Stop) [ Avid Jazz / 2 CD - released 26/Jul/2018 ] AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD second set release from Kenny Dorham, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details... |