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... |
Various Artists / Mixed by Kenny Dope & Karizma
Soul Heaven [ Defected Records / 2 CD - released 19/Nov/2007 ] Modern classics & underground anthems with all guns blazing! |
W.A. MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro (Complete opera in English at a special price) William Dazeley, Yvonne Kenny, Rebecca Evans, Christopher Purves, Diana Montague, Jonathan Veira, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra Davi [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 1/Aug/2004 ] 'There's thrilling modern-instrument playing from the Philharmonia and Parry holds the whole thing together, doubling as pianist for the accompanied recitative.' Classic FM 'Disc of the Month' October 2004 |
Yvonne Kenny (Soprano), Larry Skrobacs (Piano)
Yvonne Kenny - Live at Wigmore Hall [ Etcetera / CD ] |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection' Yvonne Kenny, Jard van Nes / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt [ LPO Live / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2010 ] "The LPO, giving everything to their former chief, play like creatures possessed." (The Sunday Times) |
SIR GEORGE DYSON
The Canterbury Pilgrims / At the Tabard Inn / In Honour of the City Yvonne Kenny / Robert Tear / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] "the glory of the piece is the choruses, which are splendidly sung here...The splendid Chandos recording is fully worthy of the vibrant music-making here." Penguin Guide, 2011 edition |
STRAVINSKY
Ballet music: Le Sacre / Petrushka / The Firebird / Pulcinella / Suites no. 1 and no. 2 Yvonne Kenny / Robert Tear / Philadelphia Orchestra under Riccardo Muti / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields under Sir Neville Marriner [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/May/2006 ] "Marriner's Pulcinella is a joy from first bar to last; how the players enjoy the quirkiness of Stravinsky's scoring" (Gramophone on Pulcinella) |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem Mass, K.626 Yvonne Kenny (sop) Sarah Walker (mezzo) William Kendall (tenor) / Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra/ George Guest [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'George Guests new recording is distinguished by its deliberate tempos but also its very powerful rhythmic momentum and an expressive intensity of a kind one might not expect from a conductor and choir who belong to the English cathedral tradition.... |
HENRYK GORECKI
Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa [ ABC Classics / CD - released 4/Apr/2016 ] Henryk Gorecki (b. 1933) is one of Poland's eminent contemporary composers. He emerged as part of a Polish avant-guard under the old-style communist regime, but it wasn't until the early 90s that he came to international prominence with his Symphony... |
HANDEL / MOZART / LEHAR / KALMAN / GERSHWIN / NOVELLO / RICHARD STRAUSS
Yvonne Kenny - Great Operatic Arias Vol 2 Yvonne Kenny (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] 'A fine snapshot of a much-loved soprano in some of her most celebrated roles.' Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Divine Yvonne Kenny (incls 'song to the Moon', 'Let the Bright Seraphim' & 'O mio babbino caro') Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Kamirski [ ABC Portrait of an Artist / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] 2 CD slimline of classic recordings from internationally acclaimed soprano Yvonne Kenny. Following her TV appearances as a judge on Operatunity Oz, Yvonne will become a household name to a whole new generation of music lovers. Features classic tracks... |
STRAUSS / LEHAR / HEUBERGER / ZELLER / KALMAN / etc
Vienna City of my Dreams Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ ABC Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] 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... |
MOZART / DONIZETTI / HANDEL / PURCELL / BIZET / SULLIVAN / PORTER / etc
Yvonne Kenny - Great Operatic Arias Vol 1 Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 7/Aug/2001 ] This is the first disc from Yvonne Kenny in Chandos' Great Operatic Arias series |
DELIUS
Delius: Songs Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Piers Lane (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] "Yvonne Kenny is, as ever, a scrupulous, sensitive artist, always alive to mood and character. She vividly catches the bardic desolation of Twilight Fancies, the sensuality of In the Garden of the Seraglio and the wayward charm of The Nightingale Has... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Four Last Songs / Excerpts from Der Rosenkavalier Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Fritzsch [ ABC Classics / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] Yvonne Kenny's reputation as a dazzling interpreter of works by Strauss was forged through her interpretations of Strauss' operatic heroines. As a young soprano making her career at the Royal Opera, she sang the role of Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier,... |
Yvonne kenny, soprano, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kamirski
The Yvonne Kenny Collection [ ABC Classics / 3 CD - released 13/Mar/2005 ] Popular arias, lieder, light opera and folk tunes reissued at a opopular price |
Zoot Sims / Kenny Drew Quartet
Complete Live Recordings [ Gambit / 2 CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
STRAUSS II / LEHAR / KALMAN / STOLZ
The Ultimate Operetta Album [2 CD set] Zsuzsa Csonka, Ingrid Kertesi, Yvonne Kenny (Sopranos) Karl-Michael Ebner, Marko Kathol, Michael Roider (Tenors) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] A beautiful selection of the best-known operetta arias, duets & orchestral music from Vienna's golden age of operetta, including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles, The Gypsy Princess, The Gypsy Baron and Countess Maritza. |