Artist
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Conductor
Johannes Fritzsch
Orchestra
Queensland Symphony Orchestra

• 1-4 Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs)
• 5 Morgen! (Tomorrow)
• 6 Zueignung (Dedication)
• Excerpts from Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Rose)

Strauss's most consistent source of inspiration in his long creative career was the sound of the soprano voice. The sublime beauty of his Four Last Songs, written when he was in his eighties belies their reputation as the pinnacle of artistic achievement for sopranos.

Renowned Australian performer Yvonne Kenny has captured the heartfelt essence of this magnificent collection in all-new recordings for ABC Classics.

Included on the disc are other Strauss highlights, such as the finale of Rosenkavalier, and the composer's wedding present to his bride, the exquisite song Morgen! (Tomorrow).

This is a landmark Australian recording, and a must-have for serious collectors and amateur music-lovers alike.

Artists
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
David Hobson (tenor)

Between them, Yvonne Kenny and David Hobson have sold over a quarter of a million albums,making them two of the highest selling recording artists in Australian history.

Singing for Love includes three newly recorded duets with orchestra, alongside highlight tracks selected from their extensive discographies.

Singing for Love includes songs, operetta and opera, united by the theme of love in all its guises: for friendship, romance, family and of course, for music itself.

1. LALO Vainement, ma bien aimee (In vain, my beloved) from Le Roy d'Ys
2. HANDEL Lascia ch'io pianga (Let me lament) from Rinaldo
3. DONIZETTI Una furtiva lagrima (A furtive tear) from The Elixir of Love
4. NOVELLO We'll Gather Lilacs from Perchance to Dream
5. HEUBERGER Im Chambre separee (A Private Room) from The Opera Ball
6. TRAD. arr. BRITTEN I Will Give My Love an Apple
7. KERN All the Things You Are from Very Warm for May
8. WILLSON Till There Was You from The Music Man
9. VERDI Parigi, o cara (Paris, my love) from La traviata
10. LOEWE I Could Have Danced All Night from My Fair Lady
11. PORTER So in Love from Kiss Me, Kate
12. LEHAR Love Unspoken from The Merry Widow
13. STRAUSS II One Day When We Were Young from The Great Waltz
14. MONTEVERDI Pur ti miro (I gaze upon you) from The Coronation of Poppea
15. MORRICONE Nella fantasia (In my dreams) from The Mission
16. PORTER True Love from High Society
17. HANDEL arr. SOMERVELL Silent Worship
18. HANDEL Where'er You Walk from Semele
19. MORRICONE Se (Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso)

The glittering ballrooms of Vienna come alive in this swirling, vibrantly-coloured new album from Yvonne Kenny.

In a blaze of gypsy fire, Australia's premier soprano teams up with conducting legend Richard Bonynge in operetta's greatest hits.

From The Merry Widow to The Gypsy Princess to The White Horse Inn, this is a lavishly produced feast for the ears filled with the romance, passion and sparkling humour of Vienna, city of dreams and delights.

Track Listing:

• J. STRAUSS II Entrance of the Countess from The Spirit of Vienna
• ZELLER Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol (Roses from Tyrol) from The Birdseller
• SIECZYNSKI Wien, Wien du Stadt meiner Träume (Vienna, City of My Dreams)
• J. STRAUSS II The Nuns' Chorus from Casanova
• ZELLER Sei nicht bös (Don't Be Cross) from The Mine Foreman
• LEHÁR Einer wird kommen (Someone Will Come) from The Czarevitch
• KÁLMÁN Heia, Heia (Entrance Song) from The Gypsy Princess
• STOLZ Mein Liebeslied muss ein Walzer sein (My Love Song Must Be a Waltz) from White Horse Inn
• HEUBERGER Im Chambre séparée (A Private Room) from The Opera Ball
• LEHÁR Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss (My Lips Kiss So Hotly) from Judith
• LEHÁR Vilia from The Merry Widow
• LEHÁR Love Unspoken (The Merry Widow Waltz)
• LEHÁR Hör' ich Cymbalklänge (When I Hear the Sound of the Cimbalom) from Gypsy Love
• KREISLER Stars in My Eyes
• ABRAHAM Toujours l'amour (All for Love) from The Ball at the Savoy
• NOVELLO Some Day My Heart Will Awake from King's Rhapsody
• NOVELLO My Dearest Dear from The Dancing Years
• ABRAHAM Good Night from Victoria and Her Hussar

RICHARD RODGERS
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' (Oklahoma!) / It Might As Well Be Spring (State Fair) / Falling In Love With Love (The Boys From Syracuse) / I Have Dreamed (The King And I) / This Can't Be Love (The Boys From Syracuse) / Where Or When (Babes In Arms) / If I Loved You (Carousel)

JEROME KERN
The Way You Look Tonight (Swing Time) / All The Things You Are (Very Warm For May) / Make Believe (Show Boat)

IRVING BERLIN
What'll I Do? (Music Box Revue) / Blue Skies (Betsy)

HAROLD FRASER-SIMSON
Love Will Find A Way (The Maid Of The Mountains)

FREDERICK LOEWE
I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady) / I Loved You Once In Silence (Camelot)

SIGMUND ROMBERG
Lover, Come Back To Me (The New Moon)

COLE PORTER
So In Love (Kiss Me, Kate) / True Love (High Society)

HAROLD ARLEN
Over The Rainbow (The Wizard Of Oz)

1. TRAD. arr. PHYLLIS TATE (1911-1985)
   The Lark in the Clear Air
2. TRAD. arr. BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913-1976)
   The Salley Gardens
3. TRAD. arr. HERBERT HUGHES (1882-1937)
   She Moved thro' the Fair
4. RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)
   Linden Lea
5. ROGER QUILTER (1877-1953)
   Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
6. GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)
   The Heart Worships
7. FRANK BRIDGE (1879-1941)
   Come to me in my Dreams
8. FRANK BRIDGE
   Love Went a-Riding
9. ARNOLD BAX (1883-1953)
   Rann of Exile
10. TRAD. arr. BENJAMIN BRITTEN
    How Sweet the Answer
11. TRAD. arr. BENJAMIN BRITTEN
    O Waly, Waly
12. TRAD. arr. BENJAMIN BRITTEN
    I Will Give my Love an Apple
13. TRAD. arr. ROGER QUILTER
    Believe me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms
14. RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
    Silent Noon
15. IVOR GURNEY (1890-1937)
    Sleep
16. EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)
    Like to the Damask Rose
17. ROGER QUILTER
    Love's Philosophy
18. PETER WARLOCK (1894-1930)
    Sleep
19. FREDERICK DELIUS (1862-1934)
    Twilight Fancies
20. FREDERICK DELIUS
    Young Venevil
21. TRAD. arr. ROGER QUILTER
    Barbara Allen
22. TRAD. arr. BENJAMIN BRITTEN
    The Ash Grove
23. ALICIA SPOTTISWOODE (1810-1900)
    Annie Laurie
24. TRAD. arr. HERBERT HUGHES
    I Know Where I'm Goin'
25. TRAD. arr. BENJAMIN BRITTEN
    The Minstrel Boy

HENRYK GORECKI (b. 1933)

Symphony No. 3 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

1. Lento (Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile)
2. Lento e largo (Tranquillisimo)
3. Lento (Cantabile semplice)

• Dvorak: Rusalka - Song to the Moon
• Puccini: Gianni Schicchi = O mio babbino caro
• Delibes: The Maids of Cadiz
• Ivor Novello: We'll gather Lilacs
• Gounod: Ave Maria
• Handel: Samson - Let the bright Seraphim
• Franck: Panis angelicus
• Schubert: Serenade D957
• Grieg: Peer Gynt - Solveig's Song
• Dvorak: Songs my Mother Taught Me
• Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song
• Schubert: Rosamunde - Romance
• Giovanni Martini: Plaisir d'amour
• Canteloube: Bailero
• Trad. Arr. Gamley: Danny Boy
• Trad. Arr. Flotow: The Last Rose of Summer
• Trad. Arr Britten: O Waly Waly
• Trad. Arr. Hurst: I know where I'm going
• Henry Bishop: Home Sweet Home
• Trad. Arr. Copland: Simple Gifts

1. Alfredo Catalani - Ebben?... Ne andro lontana
2. George Frideric Handel - Lascia ch'io pianga
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vedrai, carino
4. Michael William Balfe - I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls
5. Franz Lehar - Meine lippen, sie kussen so heiss
6. Johann Sebastian Bach - Bist du bei mir BWV508
7. George Frideric Handel - Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion
8. Franz Schubert - 'Ave Maria' Ellens Song III, D839
9. Edvard Grieg - I Love Thee Op. 5 No. 3
10. Richard Strauss - Morgen Op. 27 No. 4
11. Joseph Canteloube - Brezairola
12. Johannes Brahms - Weigenlied Op. 49 No. 4
13. Carl Orff - In truitina
14. Joaquin Rodrigo - De los alamos vengo, madre
15. Franz Lehar - Vilia
16. Ivor Novello - Waltz of My Heart
17. Noel Coward - I'll Follow My Secret Heart
18. Alan Murray - I'll Walk Beside You
19. William Henry Monk - Abide With Me
20. Trad. - Down by the Sally Gardens
21. Trad. - Greensleeves
22. Aaron Copland - Long Time Ago
23. Richard Rodgers - Something Wonderful

Rinaldo
Lascia ch'io pianga (Act II Scene 4)

Alcina
Tornami a vagheggiar (Act I Scene 15, 1736 revival)

Concerto in D major Op. 6 No. 5
Movement V: Allegro

Giulio Cesare in Egitto
E pur cosi in giorno… Piangero la sorte mia (recitative & aria, Act III Scene 2)
V'adoro pupille (sinfonia & aria, Act II Scene 2)
Da tempests (Act III Scene 7)

Semele
Overture ([Grave] - Allegro)
Oh Sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Act II Scene 2)
Overture (Gavotte)
Myself I shall adore (Act III Scene 3)

Xerxes
Ne men con l'ombre (Act 1 Scene 7)
Chi cede al furore (Act II Scene 14)

1. O Come, All Ye Faithful
2. The Coventry and Sussex Carols
3. Cantique de Noel (from Minuit, Chretiens )
4. Angels We Have Heard on High
5. Repentir (O divin Redempteur)
6. What Child is This?
7. Rejoice Greatly (from Messiah )
8. Ave Maria (based on Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana )
9. Away in a Manger
10. When a Child is Born
11. The Little Drummer Boy
12. The First Nowell
13. The Three Drovers
14. The Silver Stars are in the Sky
15. Christmas Day
16. Carol of the Birds
17. Christmas Bush for His Adorning
18. Night of Silence

1. PIETRO MASCAGNI (1863-1945)
   1 Ave Maria (based on Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana)
   Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Stanhope
   Recorded 1999
2. JOSEPH CANTELOUBE (1789-1957)
   2 Bailero (from Chants d'Auvergne)
   Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Kamirski
   Recorded 1993
3. GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924)
   3 O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
   Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Kamirski
   Recorded 1993
4. GIUSEPPE NICOLINI (1762-1842)
   4 Parmi sentir nell'anima (from I baccanali di Roma)
   Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
   Recorded 1982
5. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
   5 Oh Sleep (from Semele)
   Australian Brandenburg Orchestra directed by Paul Dyer
   Recorded 1997
6. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
   6 Myself I shall Adore (from Semele)
   Australian Brandenburg Orchestra directed by Paul Dyer
   Recorded 1997
7. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
   7 Ah, I know that all is ended (from The Magic Flute)
   Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge
   Recorded 'live' 1986
8. MARCOS ANTONIO PORTUGAL (1762-1830)
   8 Sconsigliata che fo!... Son Regina (from La morte di Semiramide)
   Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry
   Recorded 1982
9. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
   9 V'adoro (from Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
   Australian Brandenburg Orchestra directed by Paul Dyer
   Recorded 1997
10. REYNALDO HAHN (1875-1947)
    10 L'Enamouree
    Malcolm Martineau, piano
    Recorded 1996
11. SAVERIO MERCADANTE (1795-1870)
    11 La Rosa
    David Harper, piano Recorded 1998
12. JACQUES OFFENBACH (1819-1880)
    12 Take Me Away To the One I Adore (from Robinson Crusoe)
    Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
    Marilyn Hill Smith (Suzanne)
    Alexander Oliver (Toby)
    Sandra Browne (Man Friday)
    Alan Opie (Jim Cocks)
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alun Francis
    Recorded 1980
13. ANTONIN DVORAK (1841-1904)
    13 Song to the Moon (from Rusalka)
    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Kamirski
    Recorded 1993
14. LEO DELIBES (1836-1891)
    14 Les Filles de Cadix
    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Kamirski
    Recorded 1993
15. CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1903)
    15 Repentir (O divin Redempteur)
    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Stanhope
    Recorded 1999
16. MICHAEL WILLIAM BALFE (1808-1870)
    16 I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls (from The Bohemian Girl)
    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Kamirski
    Recorded 1996
17. IVOR NOVELLO (1893-1951)
    17 We'll gather lilacs (from Perchance to Dream)
    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Kamirski
    Recorded 1993

Artists: Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Caroline Almonte (piano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), Guy Noble (piano), Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Lazar Shuster (violin).

The Contemporary Singers

CD 1

1. MICHAEL WILLIAM BALFE (1808-1870) I Dreampt I Dwelt in Marble Halls from The Bohemian Girl Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
2. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) Tornami a vagheggiar (Come back and love me) from Alcina Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer director
3. ANTONIN DVORAK (1841-1904) Song to the Moon from Rusalka Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
4. ERIK SATIE (1866-1925) Je te veux (I want you) Malcolm Martineau piano
5. RICHARD RODGERS (1902-1979) arr. Julie Simonds Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' from Oklahoma! Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Guy Noble conductor
6. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Let the Bright Seraphim from Samson Geoffrey Payne trumpet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Karirski conductor
7. FRANCESCO CILEA (1866-1950) Lo son l'umile ancella (I am the humble handmaid) from Adriana Lecouvreur Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Karirski conductor PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
8. CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893) Repentir - O divin Redempteur (Repent - O divine Redeemer) Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor
9. IRVING BERLIN (1888-1989) arr. Graeme Brown What'll I Do? from Music Box Revue Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Guy Noble conductor
10. TRADITIONAL IRISH arr. Herbert Hughes She Moved thro' the Fair Caroline Almonte piano
11. JOSEPH CANTELOUBE (1879-1957) Bailero from Songs of the Auvergne Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
12. JOAQUIN RODRIGO (1901-1999) De los alamos vengo, madre (I've just been among the poplars, mother) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
13. TRADITIONAL ENGLISH arr. Benjamin Britten O Waly, Waly Caroline Almonte piano
14. GABRIEL FAURE (1845-1924) Clair de lune (Moonlight) Malcolm Martineau piano
15. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL V'adoro pupille (O eyes, I adore you) from Julius Caesar Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer director
16. FRANZ LEHAR (1870-1948) Meine Lippen, sie kussen so heiss (My lips kiss with such heat) from Giuditta (Judith) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor

CD 2

1. TRADITIONAL AMERICAN arr. Aaron Copland Simple Gifts Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
2. COLE PORTER (1891-1964) So in Love from Kiss Me, Kate Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski, conductor
3. ALFREDO CATALANI (1854-1893) Ebben? … Then I shall go far away) from La Wally Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
4. CHARLES GOUNOD Le Soir (The evening) Malcolm Martineau piano
5. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Lascia ch'io pianga (Let me weep) from Rinaldo Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer director
6. HENRYK GORECKI (b. 1933) Mamo, nie placz, nie (Mama, don't cry, no) - Second movement from Symphony No. 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa conductor
7. GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924) O mio babbino caro (O daddy dear) from Gianni Schicchi Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski conductor
8. HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Villanelle from Les Nuits d'ete (Summer Nights) Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti conductor LIVE RECORDING, PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
9. JEROME KERN (1885-1945) arr. Graeme Brown The Way You Look Tonight from Swing Time Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Guy Noble conductor
10. REYNALDO HAHN (1874-1947) L'enamouree (The adored one) Malcolm Martineau piano
11. ADOLPHE ADAM (1803-1856) arr Mike Kenny Minuit, chretiens - Cantique de Noel (Christians, it is midnight - Christmas Hymn) The Contemporary Singers Antony Walker musical director, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor
12. RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) Morgen (Tomorrow), Op. 27 No. 4 Lazar Shuster violin, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kaminski conductor
13. GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Da tempeste (By tempests tossed) from Julius Caesar Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer director
14. JEROME KERN arr. Guy Noble All the Things You Are from Very Warm for May Guy Noble, piano
15. TRADITIONAL IRISH arr. Phyllis Tate The Lark in the Clear Air Caroline Almonte piano
16. PIETRO MASCAGNI (1863-1945) Ave Maria (adapted from the Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana) Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, David Stanhope conductor

A rewarding disc of French Art song from Australia's favourite soprano Yvonne Kenny. Featuring works from the masters of chanson including Charles Gounod and Reynaldo Hahn, this gentle and harmonious disc is a study in veiled eroticism and cultivated decadence. Miss Kenny is accompanied by one of the world's leading accompanists, Malcolm Martineau.

Artists: Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Composers: Bizet, Duparc, Faure, Franck, Gounod, Hahn, Ravel, Satie.

• CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893)
  1. Le Soir (Evening)
  2. Ce que je suis sans toi (What I Am without You)
  3. Serenade (Serenade)
  4. Viens! Les gazons sont verts! (Come! The Lawns Are Green!)
• CESAR FRANCK (1822-1890)
  5. Nocturne
• GEORGES BIZET (1838-1875)
  6. Chanson d'avril (April Song)
• GABRIEL FAURE (1845-1924)
  7. Aurore (Dawn)
  8. Claire de lune (Moonlight)
  9. Nell
  10. Prison
  11. Rencontre (Meeting)
  12. Notre amour (Our Love)
• HENRI DUPARC (1848-1933)
  13. L'Invitation au voyage (Invitation to a Journey)
  14. Au pays ou se fait la guerre (Gone to the War)
  15. Chanson triste (Sad Song)
• MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
  Cinq melodies populaires grecques (Five Popular Greek Melodies)
  16. I Le Reveil de la mariee (Awakening of the Bride)
  17. II La-bas, vers l'eglise (Over Yonder, towards the Church)
  18. III Quel galant m'est comparable (What Young Man Is My Equal?)
  19. IV Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques (Song of the Pistachio Harvesters)
  20. V Tout gai! (Happy as Can Be!)
• REYNALDO HAHN (1874-1947)
  21. Le Rossignol des lilas (The Nightingale in the Lilacs)
  22. L'Enamouree (The Adored One)
  23. Quand je fus pris au pavillon (When I Was Caught in the Summerhouse)
  24. Si mes vers avaient des ailes! (If My Verses Had Wings!)
• ERIK SATIE (1866-1925)
  25. Je te veux (I Want You to Be Mine)
  26. La Diva de l'Empire (The Diva of the Empire)