The Nuns' Chorus — Kiri te Kanawa Kiwi EA-112 7in. 45 EP. This is not a recording of Maori music but it features a Maori who is one of the brightest stars on the New Zealand musical scene. Kiri Te Kanawa has just finished a year of contest triumphs in New Zealand and Australia and there is little doubt that she has no reached her peak as yet. One side one of this record is the Nuns' Chorus from Strauss's ‘Casanova’. Miss Te Kanawa sings it with the St Mary's Choral Group. Side two has ‘Let the Bright Seraphim’ from Handel's ‘Sampson and Delilah’. Unfortunately, this is something less than it might have been for this critic. Leonora Owsley does not use the organ to reproduce the glorious trumpet obligatto which has usually been a notable accompaniment to this aria. I wonder if perhaps she does this to allow the solo to have full prominence. However ‘Let the Bright Seraphim’ is truly a duet of singer and trumpet, and this version does not exploit the aria's full potential.
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Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 59
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177The Nuns' Chorus — Kiri te Kanawa Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 59
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