Rooley, Anthony [Lute] > Kirkby, Emma

Monteverdi Duets & Solos

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-02-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Chiome d'oro, Canzonetta (Livre 7) a 4 voci con violini; Madrigals, Book 7; Non è di gentil core chi non arde, madrigal for 2 sopranos (from Book 7), SV 118; Concerto. Settim...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Rooley, Anthony [Lute]
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

This collection of chamber vocal music is a vivid picture of lavish private entertainment in Venice at the height of its splendor. In a review...continue...
Recording information: Forde Abbey, Somerset (1986)....continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Gesualdo: Quinto libro dei madrigali / Anthony Rooley, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigals for 5 voices, Book 5
Performers: Cornwell, Joseph; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, Emma; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Rooley, Anthony [Lute]
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

The fifth out of six books of madrigals here exemplifies the free style of the ‘seconda prattica', employing an outstanding range of inventive harmony and...continue...