http://www.yvonnekenny.com/ ...It took the arrival of Yvonne Kenny. to bring a touch of real class to the proceedings. The capacity audience took her to their hearts...' THE GUARDIAN, LONDON ARTISTS Yvonne Kenny soprano Iain Burnside piano Yvonne Kenny is at that perfect time of her career: old enough to be a living treasure but young enough to be in superb voice. Now renowned for performing operatic roles by Handel, Mozart and Strauss, Yvonne was first attracted to singing at the age of eighteen by Broadway shows. She has devised a new program revealing a very different side of herself, that draws together great love songs crossing periods and genres. These are interspersed with poems that provide commentary and reflection in turn both wry and moving. This is a fascinating emotional journey from a woman's perspective that Yvonne refers to as exploring 'all the ups and downs that life and love have to offer'. Yvonne Kenny is not just a wonderful singer but a performer whose warmth, wit and candour must be experienced at first hand. CARL VINE

Program: A Touch of Venus
Songs from across the centuries, by composers including Georg Friedrich HANDEL, Robert SCHUMANN, Reynaldo HAHN, Joseph CANTELOUBE, Erik SATIE, Frank BRIDGE, Jerome KERN, George GERSHWIN, Noël COWARD, Cole PORTER, Kurt WEILL, Benjamin BRITTEN, Tom LEHRER and Stephen SONDHEIM.

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Cat. No.: 476 5330
Barcode: 0028947653301
Label: ABC Classics CD
Release Date: Available Now

YVONNE KENNY | Clair de Lune

ARTISTS

Yvonne Kenny, soprano

TRACK LISTING

GOUNOD: Le Soir

GOUNOD: Ce que je suis sans toi

GOUNOD: Sérénade

GOUNOD: Viens! Les gazons sont verts!

FRANCK: Nocturne

BIZET: Chanson d'avril

FAURÉ: Aurore

FAURÉ: Clair de lune

FAURÉ: Nell

FAURÉ: Prison

FAURÉ: Rencontre

FAURÉ: Notre amour

DUPARC: L'Invitation au voyage

DUPARC: Au pays où se fait la guerre

DUPARC: Chanson triste

RAVEL: Cinq mélodies populaires grecques

HAHN: Le Rossignol des lilas

HAHN: L'Énamourée

HAHN: Quand je fus pris au pavillon

HAHN: Si mes vers avaient des ailes!

SATIE: Je te veux

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.

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Cat. No.: 476 1581
Barcode: 0028947615811
Label: ABC Classics CD
Release Date: Avail Now

YVONNE KENNY | The Salley Gardens

ARTISTS

Yvonne Kenny, soprano

TRACK LISTING

TRAD arr. Tate: The Lark in the Clear Air

TRAD arr. Britten: The Salley Gardens

TRAD arr. Hughes: She moved thro' the Fair

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea

QUILTER: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

HOLST: The Heart Worships

BRIDGE: Come to me in my dreams / Love went a-riding

BAX: Rann of Exile

TRAD arr. Britten: How sweet the answer / O Waly, Waly / I will give my love an apple

TRAD arr. Quilter: Believe me, if all those endearing young charms

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Silent Noon

GURNEY: Sleep

ELGAR: Like to the damask rose

QUILTER: Love's philosophy

WARLOCK: Sleep

DELIUS: Twilight fancies / Young Venevil

TRAD arr. Quilter: Barbara Allen

TRAD arr. Britten: The Ash Grove

SPOTTISWOOD: Annie Laurie

TRAD arr. Hughes: I know where I'm goin'

TRAD arr. Britten: The Minstrel Boy

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Cat. No.: 472 9082  
Barcode: 0028947290827
Label: ABC Classics 3CD
Release Date: Avail Now

YVONNE KENNY | The Yvonne Kenny Collection

ARTISTS

Yvonne Kenny, soprano

This specially-priced 3-CD box set contains:

Yvonne Kenny - Handel Arias (1998 ARIA Award Winner)
Yvonne Kenny - Simple Gifts (1995 ARIA Award Winner)
Yvonne Kenny - Something Wonderful

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