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| Released | 8 May 1997 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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French Songs and Arias is a 1997 compilation album released by New Zealand opera diva Kiri Te Kanawa. [1] [2]
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Phidyle" | Henri Duparc | 05:14 |
| 2. | "L'invitation Au Voyage" | Henri Duparc | 04:47 |
| 3. | "La Vie Anterieure" | Henri Duparc | 04:08 |
| 4. | "Le Manoir De Rosemonde" | Henri Duparc | 02:43 |
| 5. | "Testament" | Henri Duparc | 03:40 |
| 6. | "Au Pays Ou Se Fait La Guerre" | Henri Duparc | 05:28 |
| 7. | "Chanson Triste" | Henri Duparc | 03:18 |
| 8. | "Sheherazade: I. Asie" | Maurice Ravel | 09:26 |
| 9. | "Sheherazade: II. La Flute Enchantee" | Maurice Ravel | 02:46 |
| 10. | "Sheherazade: III. I'indifferent" | Maurice Ravel | 03:27 |
| 11. | "Louise: Depuis Le Jour" | Gustave Charpentier | 05:08 |
| 12. | "L'enfant Prodigue: L'aannee En Vain Chasse/I'annee...Azael! Azael!" | Claude Debussy | 05:15 |
| 13. | "La Damnation De Faust: D'amour I'ardente Flamme" | Hector Berlioz | 08:19 |
| Total length: | 01:03:44 | ||
Kiri Te Kanawa - Soprano (Vocal)
John Frederick Lewis - Cover Art
Paris National Opera Orchestra - Orchestra
John Pritchard - Conductor
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra - Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate - Conductor
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