Waiata

by Te Kanawa,Kiri

Overview

The first album recorded by Kiri te Kanawa, in 1964, was a collection of Maori songs, and there's certainly logic in bringing her recording career full circle with Waiata, Maori for song, in 2014. Te Kanawa has recorded and performed music reflecting her Maori heritage. (She was an orphan, adopted by a Maori family.) The Maori song repertory, which has a long history, is a fascinating one, reflecting something like the process by which Scottish and Irish songs became incorporated into Western idioms, but with a still more diverse ritual origin reflected in the songs performed by te Kanawa here. Whakaaria Mai, a version of the Swedish-American hymn How Great Thou Art, is quite authentic, for Maori musicians have consistently adapted Western sacred music for their own uses. And te Kanawa, at 70, though certainly not the singer she once was, is still vocally quite recognizable. Fans of te Kanawa will be pleased to round out their collections with this release, and it's certainly true that few other sopranos would have attempted it. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2014
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0888837817028
Rank:	143850

Tracks

1. Tama Ngakau Marie (Son of a Peaceful Heart)
2. Karu Karu (Expectation)
3. Haere e Hine (Farewell My Lady Fair)
4. He Puti Puti Koe (To a Lovely Flower)
5. Maringi Noa (I Weep for Your Return)
6. Awe Maria (Hail Mary)
7. E Te Ariki (Our Lord, Watch Over Us)
8. He Wawata (The Days of Yearning)
9. Te Taniwha (The God of the Sea)
10. Whakaaria Mai (How Great Thou Art)
11. E Te Iwi E (Call to the People)
12. Kohu-Auahi (Blue Smoke)
13. Aue E Te Iwi E (The Pride of Our Maori People)
14. Kamate (Darkness Into Light)
15. Tirohia Mokoia (Look to the Island)
16. Ehara Te Waea (Love Never Breaks)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kiri Te Kanawa   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra   Primary Artist,Orchestra
Carl Doy   Conductor
University of Auckland Chamber Choir   Choir/Chorus
Leyton Greening   Drums

Technical Credits

Carl Doy   Orchestration,Producer
George Henare   Language Advisor
Lucien Denni   Original Material
Gwynne Denni   Original Material
Maori Traditional   Composer
Max Cryer   Liner Notes
Doug Jane   Engineer
Sir Apirana Ngata   Composer
Ruru Karaitiana   Composer
Duncan Innes   Photography