Album Summary
Anthony Rooley (Chitarrone)
David Reichenberg (Oboe)
Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
Anthony Rooley (Lute)
Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
John Dowland (1563 - 1626)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Michael East (1580 - 1648)
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
Guillaume de Machaut (circa 1300 - 1377)
Henry Lawes (Composer) (1596 - 1662)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643)
Sigismondo d'India (circa 1582 - 1629)
Notes & Reviews:
'Recommended with enthusiasm' (Fanfare, USA)
'An attractive release, not only for the almost unfailing charm with which Kirkby imbues the music but also as a record of how her voice has blossomed over a period of some two decades' (BBC Music Magazine)
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Works Details
Monteverdi, Claudio : Selva morale e spirituale - Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Conductor: Roy Goodman
- Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
- Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: circa 1640
Campion, Thomas : Now hath Flora rob'd her bowers - Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Conductor: Anthony Rooley
- Ensemble: Consort of Musicke
- Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1607
Purcell, Henry : Stript of their green our groves appear, Z 444 - Performers: Emma Kirkby (Soprano); Anthony Rooley (Lute)
- Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 1692
Monteverdi, Claudio : Voglio di vita uscir, madrigal for soprano - Performers: Anthony Rooley (Chitarrone); Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
d'India, Sigismondo : Le musiche, book 1 - Performers: Anthony Rooley (Chitarrone); Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Running Time: 4 min. sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Choral
- Written: 1609
Dowland, John : Third and Last Booke of Songes - Performers: Emma Kirkby (Soprano); Anthony Rooley (Lute)
- Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1603
Machaut, Guillaume de : Foy porter, honneur garder, virelai for voice - Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Written: 13th Century
Hildegard of Bingen : Columba aspexit - Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
- Period Time: Medieval
- Written: circa 1140-1179
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3) :: Recitative & aria. Schafe kö - Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Conductor: Roy Goodman
- Ensemble: Parley of Instruments
- Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: 02/23/1713
Dowland, John : Third and Last Booke of Songes - Performers: Emma Kirkby (Soprano); Anthony Rooley (Lute)
- Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1603
d'India, Sigismondo : Le musiche, book 5 - Performers: Anthony Rooley (Chitarrone); Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
Monteverdi, Claudio : Madrigals, Book 10 :: Quel sguardo sdegn - Performers: Anthony Rooley (Chitarrone); Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: circa 1632
Monteverdi, Claudio : Scherzi musicali, volume 2 - Performers: Anthony Rooley (Chitarrone); Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Running Time: 1 min. sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: circa 1632
Lawes, Henry : The Lark ("Swift through the yielding air") - Performers: Emma Kirkby (Soprano); Anthony Rooley (Lute)
- Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
Campion, Thomas : Move now with measured sound (from A Wedding Maske) for voice, lute & bass viol - Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Conductor: Anthony Rooley
- Ensemble: Consort of Musicke
- Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
- Period Time: Renaissance
- Written: 1607
Handel, George Frideric : The Triumph of Time and Truth, oratorio, HWV 71 :: Sharp thorns despising - Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Conductor: Denys Darlow
- Ensemble: London Handel Orchestra
- Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: 1757
Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 202 :: Recitative - Performers: David Reichenberg (Oboe); Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Conductor: Roy Goodman
- Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
- Running Time: 4 min. 59 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: by 1730
East, Michael : You Meaner Beauties of the Night for 5 voices - Performer: Emma Kirkby (Soprano)
- Conductor: Anthony Rooley
- Ensemble: Consort of Musicke
- Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque




























