Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Autumn Leaves"(Feuilles Mortes) & "It Never Was You" - Previn/Brown/Lowe 

What a beautiful woman.😍 What she says at the end is profound. It's what makes all the difference.

Beautifull !

Her singing is angelic. And Previn plays all the right notes in the right order!

4 legends!

DAME KIRI IT WAS AMAZING

Prévin accompanies so masterfully! Gosh, that's something. Autumn Leaves "chanson" is beautifully intimately sung too.

You critics are being ridiculous. This is obviously a rehearsal. Kiri even has a pen in her hand to mark up the score, and she looks at Previn to question him at one point. In the opening section, she's covering her mouth with her hand, something no singer would do in performance. It's not until it gets to the part in English that they're even trying very hard, and even then they're just testing things out. If you think musicians play "all out," all the time, you're nuts. This is the equivalent of a Tuesday run-through of a game plan by an NFL team getting ready to play on Sunday. They practice, they rehearse, they refine until they have it right for performance time. And it still sounds goo. Kiri Te Kanawa at 40 percent is better than 95 percent of the people who think they can sing.

Love her interpretation of the music.

Kiri is beautiful, voice is very pretty

I'm in love of this Dame Bravo for ever

Just luv what she did to the kurt weil song! Wow

Kiri es única, gracias por el post.

Perfect.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sung this with such a smooth flavor during this rehearsal, I'm already melting with fluffy clouds and love 💜🌺💮🌸✨ BRAVO 🌹🥀🌷🌺🌸💐

This is a perfect arrangement and performance! Incredibly beautiful. Breath-taking.

Thank you for this upload - "It Never Was You" just leaves me speechless every time I play it.

Effortless and very graceful in articulating all the notes. Amazing gift...blessings😊❤️

Caught this rendition a few years ago on a PBS special - have been trying to find it again ever since - I believe there was an album/disk named "Kiri Te Kanawa - Sidetracks" that was released shortly afterwards that featured these wonderful performers - thank you so much for the upload

Kiri is adorable and she "Does make a wonderful noise" Andre obviously holds her in high esteem

I enjoyed it. lovely voice.

@windstorm1000 well Autumn Leaves is not associated with Broadway and really, musicians can sing anything they love, nobody is forced to listen to it against their will, and an artist wouldnt really serve themselves or listeners by placing limits on their creativity or how much love they express both of these pieces are quite beautiful to me, and I am very very glad to have them available to listen to -Love

Addictive!...

lovely! thanks for sharing :)

WOWOWOWOWOWOW che naturalezza. BRAVISSIMA!

She really does sing It Never was You better than other versions I've heard. The phrasing comes to life when she sings it

Maravilhosos!!!!!

Thank you for this. I found it very enjoyable. Thank you.

Kiri is charmant like always

KIRI ES UNA ARTISTA MUY INTELIGENTE Y SUMAMENTE VERSÁTIL,TIENE UNA GRAN INTUICIÓN PARA CANTAR Y UNA GRAN SENSIBILIDAD, EN UNA PALABRA...MUY "COMPLETA".

There are only a few version of this song that I really like....Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's rendition here is definitely on my top list.

@theblueangel28 You are right--we go to the concerts of singers we enjoy, or buy CD's of people we like listening to--it IS taste thing. I really liked what you said about artists not putting limits on their creativity--That's one of the most intelligent, perceptive comments I've heard about artists in general here. Thanks for broadening my tastes--I still prefer certain things, but don't we all. Love to you back.

Baez' rendition is awsome also! I must confess I love Dame Kiri te Kanawa.

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Scintillating ~ isn't it great when a classical singer sings jazz? Pow!!

Julie sings It Never was You with Andrew as well in Japan 1995.

LIsten to the first minute and a half of this vid. I ask you: Who knew that such a beautiful tune was eclipsed under all the vapid, insipid ornamentation w/which Autumn Leaves is usually "adorned"?

Is is possible to get a DVD of this session? When and where was it done? Her version of "It Never Was You" borders on unbelievable. Previn always helps her rise above even herself.

She sings the hell out of this song. Judy Garland acts the hell out of it. RU-vid is wonderful.

A JEWEL OF A RECORDING. PEOPLE YOU ARE MISSING A TREAT.

The bassist is Ray Brown who was married to Ella Fitzgerald

previn says that she should be given the copy write on this tune..I agree

She was so pretty in these New York sessions, I think Ray Brown had a crush on her!

windstorm 1000: she started out as a pop singer. If you were able to see and hear this whole DVD you would see the way the music evolves between these four wonderful musicians. This bit we have watched here is an early rehearsal and Kiri is learning to sing jazz, which is another animal entirely. I don't think she sings anything like an opera singer here. Have you heard her sing opera? Breath windstorm, let it wash over you - it will be a much more enjoyable experience. With respect.

When Diva is more "than - just a Diva"...

Herr Previn. Ich habe mit Ihrer Frau Mutter bei Fritzi Massary Tee getrunken. Das ist lange her ... Und LES FEUILLES MORTES habe ich auch in RU-vid (auf Franzoesisch und Englisch) gesungen, aber nicht so schoen wie die goettliche Dame Kiri, da ich kein professioneller Musiker bin (retired university prof. in Kyoto, Japan).

A beautiiful traitress.

is michelle legrand?

The bassist was Ray Brown…. Ex-husband of Ella Fitzgerald.

Volume is too low

They may respect each other, but obviously they are not relaxed. After all, the result is perfect and fits to the sophisticated song.

There is only one singer for this - Jo Stafford.

nie but it is obvious that KTK does not understand much about French laguage. Still, Jacques Prevert might have smiled.

Respect to KTK but this is not really her thing. After Yves Montand no-one should sing Fueilles Mortes.

I love all of these musicians, but their styles are incompatible. It doesn't work for me. I LOVE Dame Kiri doing standards in her own beautiful style and of course Andrew Previn can do no wrong in jazz or in classical, whatever he chooses, but not together.

Way too much bass

Is this really sung by Kiri Te kanawa ? I cannot even recognize Kanawa's voice. If this isreally sung by Kiri Te Kanawa, it is a great disappointment for me.

Why do opera singers insist on doing pop? Its like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole!! is it conceit that just because you can hit high c's you fell entitled to do Broadway??? These are two voice types folks.

I realise that this was a practice session but it was still a great disappointment. Feuilles Mortes is a french song and various French singers have sung the definitive versions!