Kiri Te Kanawa Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Songs of Inspiration. Decca Digital CD.

The combination of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and The Utah Symphony
Orchestra all giving their best make this a quality recording.
Released originally on Decca Digital, it may be over 25 years old, but is not a re-hash of some old and
questionable master tapes, but a still available album that had possibly been overstocked, hence some
sellers still have it as new.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, recorded here during the tenure of Dr Jerold D Ottley who was Musical
Director from 1974-1999 are on top form, with the late Julius Rudel conducting both choir, orchestra and
soloist.
Dame Kiri, sings some classics such as, The Nun's Chorus from Casanova, O Divine Redeemer from
The Redemption by Verdi, The Hallelujah from Beethoven's Christ On The Mount of Olives, and a sweet
rendition of Home Sweet Home in Kiri's native Maori, plus my personal favorite, On Wings of Song by
Mendelssohn.
There are 13 tracks in all. Some period classics, and a couple of Rodgers and Hammerstein favourites too.
Recorded in The Salt Lake Tabernacle in 1989.
Decca Digital release.

1x CD in very good condition, working 100%. Very faint surface scratching on CD and box.