The Very Best Of (Kiri Te Kanawa album) explained

The Very Best Of
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Kiri Te Kanawa
Border:	yes
Released:	23 September 2003
Label:	EMI
Prev Title:	Kiri - The Best Of
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Kiri Sings Karl
Next Year:	2006

The Very Best Of is a greatest hits album released by New Zealand opera diva, Kiri Te Kanawa in 2003.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Signore, ascolta!" - Puccini (Turandot)
2. "Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l’umile ancella" - Cilea (Adriana Lecouvreur)
3. "La mamma morta" - Giordano (Andrea Chénier)
4. "Attendo, attendo... Addio del passato" - Verdi (La Traviata)
5. "Je marche sur tous les chemins... Obéissons quand leur voix appelle" - Massenet (Manon)
6. "Depuis le jour" - Charpentier (Louise)
7. "Ella a fui, la tourterelle!" - Offenbach (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
8. "Me voilà seule... Comme autrefois" - Bizet (Les pêcheurs de perles)
9. "Ach, ich fühl's" - Mozart (Die Zauberflöte)
10. "Dich, teure Halle" - Wagner (Tannhäuser)
11. "Wie nahte mir der Schlummer... Leise, leise, fromme Weise!" - Weber (Der Freischütz)
12. "Da geht er hin, der aufgeblas'ne schlechte Kerl" - Strauss (Der Rosenkavalier)
13. "Glück, das mir verblieb" - Korngold (Die tote Stadt)
14. "La Flûte enchantée" - Ravel (Shéhérazade)
15. "L'invitation au voyage" - Duparc
16. "Le Manoir de Rosemonde" - Duparc

Disc two

1. "Somebody Loves Me" from George White's Scandals of 1924 (Gershwin)
2. "Love Is Here to Stay" from The Goldwyn Follies
3. "Embraceable You" from Girl Crazy
4. "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess
5. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" from Cover Girl (Kern)
6. "A Fine Romance" from Swing Time
7. "The Song Is You" from Music in the Air
8. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" from Follow the Fleet (Berlin)
9. "What'll I Do?" (Berlin)
10. "They Say It's Wonderful" from Annie Get Your Gun (Berlin)
11. "I've Got You Under My Skin" from Born to Dance (Cole Porter)
12. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" from Seven Lively Arts
13. "True Love" from High Society
14. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kent)
15. "Silent Night" (Gruber)
16. "Come To The Fair" - (Martin)
17. "The Last Rose of Summer" (Irish folksong)
18. "The Keel Row" (Scottish folksong)
19. "Comin' Thro' the Rye" (Scottish folksong)
20. "Greensleeves" (English folksong)
21. "Danny Boy" (Irish folksong)
22. "Hoki Hoki Tonu Mai" (Māori song)
23. "Po Ata Rau (Now Is the Hour) (Māori song)
24. "The World You're Coming Into" - Paul McCartney & Carl Davis