Emma Kirkby

Soprano

Emma Kirkby

The English soprano, Emma (Carolyn) Kirkby, studied classics at Oxford and received vocal training from Jessica Cash. Originally, she had no expectations of becoming a professional singer. As a classics student at Oxford and then a schoolteacher she sang for pleasure in choirs and small groups, always feeling at home most in Renaissance and Baroque repertoire.

Emma Kirkby has become a legend within the concept of music as beginning not with the singer but with the words; her name is always and above all associated with pure sound. "For two decades Emma Kirkby clear, agile voice has been the quintessence of pure sound in the singing of early music. She is still one of the treasures of the world of music" (Toronto Globe and Mail).

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Bach - Early Cantatas Volume 2

Bach - Early Cantatas Volume 2

Weimer Cantatas


Bach, J S:

Cantata BWV12 'Weinen, Klagen, sorgen, Zagen'

Cantata BWV18 'Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt'

Cantata BWV61 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'

Cantata BWV161 'Komm, du süsse Todesstunde'


Emma Kirkby (soprano), Michael Chance (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor) & Peter Harvey (bass)

The Purcell Quartet

Chandos Chaconne - CHAN0742

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Buxtehude - Vocal Music Volume 1

Buxtehude - Vocal Music Volume 1


Buxtehude:

O fröhliche Stunden, BuxWV 84

O dulcis Jesu, BuxWV 83

Fried- und Freudenreiche Hinfahrth BuxWV 76

Contrapunctus I

Was mich auf dieserWelt betrübt, BuxWV 105

Schaffe in mir, Gott, BuxWV 95

Gen Himmel zu dem Vater mein, BuxVW 32

Contrapunctus II

Singet dem Herrn, BuxVW 98

Cantata BuxWV 97: Sicut Moses

Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab BuxWV 38


Emma Kirkby (soprano), John Holloway (violin), Manfredo Kraemer (violin), Jaap ter Linden (viola da gamba) & Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord and organ)

“Kirkby seems to go from strength to strength and here I was particularly struck by the warm resonance of her mezzo range... an outstanding release” BBC Music Magazine

Naxos - 8557251

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William Lawes - Dialogues, Psalmes & Elegies

William Lawes - Dialogues, Psalmes & Elegies


Jenkins, J:

Cease, O cease ye jolly shepherds

Lawes, H:

Psalm 22

Lawes, W:

Dialogues, Psalmes & Elegies


Emma Kirkby (soprano), Poppy Holden (soprano), John York Skinner (countertenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Nigel Rogers (tenor), David Thomas (bass), Trevor Jones (bass viol) & Alan Wilson (organ)

The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley (director & lute)

Recorded - Decca Studio No.3, West Hampstead, London, April 1978

“There are some richly expressive examples of Lawes’s style included on this fascinating disc… These performances give us an enjoyable cross-section of this Stuart composer’s music.” Gramophone

Explore Records - EXP0011

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The Art of English Song

The Art of English Song

includes works by Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Dowland, Warlock, Grainger, Butterworth, Ireland, Quilter & Handel


Bryn Terfel, Kathleen Ferrier, Emma Kirkby, Peter Pears, Andreas Scholl, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Bonney, Felicity Palmer & Joan Sutherland.

Decca - 4765296

(CD - 2 discs)

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Chapter 12 - Baroque England (1650-1760)

Chapter 12 - Baroque England (1650-1760)

Works by Byrd, Dowland, Purcell, Handel & Tallis


Emma Kirkby, Fretwork, Andreas Scholl, Andreas Martin, Richard Egarr, London Baroque, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/McGegan, Rosemary Joshua, Gerald Finley, Clare College Chapel Choir, Timothy Brown, OAE/Jacobs, Lynne Dawson, Les Arts Florissants/Christie, Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe, Alfred Deller, Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier & The King's Noyse/David Douglass

Harmonia Mundi Century - HMX2908174

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Monteverdi - Madrigals

Monteverdi - Madrigals


Monteverdi:

Madrigali erotici e spirituali

Emma Kirkby (soprano), Evelyn Tubb (soprano), Mary Nichols (alto), Andrew King (tenor), Joseph Cornwell (tenor), Simon Grant (bass), Gabriele Micheli (organ)

The Consort of Musicke

Madrigali sui testi del Tasso

Cristina Miatello, Marinella Pennicchi (soprano), Gloria Banditelli, Claudio Cavina (alto), Giampaolo Fagotto (tenor), Pietro Spagnoli (bass)

Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini

Il settimo libro de madrigali, 1619 'Concerto'

Cappella Mauriziana, Mario Valsecchi

Ensemble Concerto, Roberto Gini

Scherzi Musicali

Rosita Frisani (soprano), Manuela Custer (mezzo soprano)

Ensemble Arte-Musica, Francesco Cera

Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

Amore: Alessandra Ruffini, Venere: Claudia Nicole Bandera, Plutone: Giovanni Faverio, Una delle Ingrate: Cattina Cadelo, Quattro Ombre d'Inferno: Emanuele de Cecchi, Vincenzo Manno, Massimo Crispi, Roberto Santini, Otto Anime Ingrate: Cladia Nicole Bandera, Anna Bottari, Cettina Cadelo, Emanuela Galli, Antonella Gianese, Sigrid Lee, Gloria Moretti, Verene Welser

Ensemble Concerto, Roberto Gini

Il ballo delle ingrate

Lamento della ninfa


Brilliant Classics - 99710

(CD - 6 discs)

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Purcell: Theatre Music

Purcell: Theatre Music


Purcell:

Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge - incidental music, Z570

Bonduca or The British Heroine - incidental music, Z574

The Gordion Knot Untied - incidental music, Z597

Sir Anthony Love or the Rambling Lady - incidental music, Z588

Distressed Innocence or The Princess of Persia - incidental music, Z577

The Married Beau or The Curious Impertinent - incidental music, Z603

Circe - incidental music, Z575

The Virtuous Wife or Good Luck At Last - incidental music, Z611

The Old Batchelor - incidental music, Z607

Overture in G minor, Z770

Don Quixote - incidental music, Z578

Amphitryon or The Two Sosias - incidental music, Z572

The Double Dealer - incidental music, Z592

The Richmond Heiress or A Woman Once in the Right, Z608

The Rival Sisters or The Violence of Love - incidental music, Z609

Henry the Second, King of England - incidental music, Z580

Tyrannic Love or The Royal Martyr - incidental music, Z613

Overture in G minor Z772

Theodosius, or The Force of Love - incidental music, Z606

The Libertine or The Libertine Destroyed - incidental music, Z600

The Massacre of Paris: Thy genius lo!, Z604

Oedipus - incidental music, Z583

The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581

Sir Barnaby Whigg or No Wit Like a Woman's: Blow, Blow, Boreas blow, Z589

Beneath a poplar's shadow

The English Lawyer: My wife has a tongue, Z594

A Fool's Preferment or The Three Dukes of Dunstable - incidental music, Z571

The Indian Emperor or The Conquest of Mexico: I look'd and saw within, Z598

The Knight of Malta: At the close of the ev'ning, Z599

A Dialogue between Thirsis and Daphne: Why, my Daphne, why complaining, Z525

The Wife's Excuse, or Cuckolds make themselves - incidental music, Z612

Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero: No, no, poor suff'ring heart, Z576

Regulus or The Faction of Carthage: Ah me! to many deaths, Z586

The Marriage-Hater Match'd: incidental music, Z602

Love Triumphant or Nature Will Prevail: How happy's the husband, Z582

There's not a swain (Rule a Wife and Have a Wife)

The Female Virtuosos: Love, thou art best, Z596

Epsom Wells: Leave these useless arts, Z579

The Maid's Last Prayer, or Any Rather than Fail - incidental music, Z601

I see she flies me ev'rywhere

The Canterbury Guests or A Bargain Broken: Good neighbour why?, Z591

The Fatal Marriage or The Innocent Adultery - incidental music, Z595

The Spanish Friar or The Double Discovery: Whilst I with grief, Z610

Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country - incidental music, Z585

The Mock Marriage: Oh! how you protest...'Twas within a furlong, Z605

Oroonoko: Celemene, pray tell me, Z584

Pavan in A major Z748

Pavan in A minor Z749

Pavan in B flat major Z750

Pavan in G minor Z751

Pavan for Three Violins and Bass in G minor - Z752

Trio Sonata, for violin, bass viol and organ, Z780

Chacony in G minor - for Two Violins, Viola and Bass Z730


Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Elizabeth Lane, Joy Roberts, Prudence Lloyd (sopranos), James Bowman (countertenor), Martyn Hill, Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott, Alan Byers, Peter Bamber, Julian Pike (tenors), David Thomas, Christopher Keyte, Geoffrey Shaw, Michael George (basses)

Academy of Ancient Music, The Taverner Choir, Christopher Hogwood

Decca Collectors Edition - 4755292

(CD - 6 discs)

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Handel: Athalia

Handel: Athalia


Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aled Jones, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Thomas

The Academy of Ancient Music, New Collegae Choir, Oxford, Christopher Hogwood

Gramophone Choral Award 1987

GGramophone Awards 1987

Best of Category - Choral

Decca Gramophone Awards Collection - 4752072

(CD - 2 discs)

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British Music Collection - William Byrd

British Music Collection - William Byrd

Psalmes, Sonets & Songs of sadnes and pietie, 1588


Byrd:

Psalmes I & V

Sonets and Pastorals XVII, XIX, XXII & XXVI

Songs of sadnes and pietie XXVIII, XXIX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIV, XXXV


Emma Kirkby, Jacqueline Fox, John York Skinner, Mary Nichols, Joseph Cornwell, Andrew King, John Milne, Francis Steele

The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley

Decca British Music Collection - 4750492

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Above the Starrs

Above the Starrs


Tomkins:

Verse Anthems and Consort Music


Emma Kirkby (soprano), Catherine King (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Donald Grieg (baritone), Richard Wistreich, Jonathan Arnold (basses)

Fretwork

Harmonia Mundi - HMU907320

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