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Monteclair: Cantates à Voix Seule / Emma Kirkby, soprano

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-08-06

Works: Michel Pignolet de Montéclair: Le Retour de la Paix, cantata; Pan et Syrinx, cantata for voice & ensemble (No 4 of Second livre de cantates); Le Triomfe de la Constance, cantata for soprano, sol...
Performers: Devine, Steven; Kirkby, Emma; Seifert, Ingrid
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Baroque

Emma Kirkby and London Baroque here return to BIS with a disc of music from the French composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair.

An almost exact contemporary...continue...
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Orpheus In England: Dolwand & Purcell

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-01-02

Works: John Dowland: A Pilgrimes Solace; The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires; The First Booke of Songs or Ayres; Fantasia, for lute (from "A Varietie of Lute-lessons"); The Second Booke of Songs or A...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Lindberg, Jakob

Sometime around 1600, John Dowland received a pavane composed by his patron Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, in honor of 'the English Orpheus'. A hundred years...continue...
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The Queen's Music: Italian Vocal Duets & Trios

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-10-10

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Parlate per me, song; Pian piano mio core, song; Partitevi da me, song; Occhi belli, song; E' di ragion, song; Luigi Rossi: Tu sarai sempre, for 2 voices & continuo; Dite o Cieli,...
Performers: Bellini, Mikael; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik; Rydén, Susanne; Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Mime

Queen Christina of Sweden is one of the most fascinating characters in the history of 17th-century Europe. As the only child of King Gustavus Adolphus,...continue...
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Handel: Neun Deutsche Arien

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-01-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: German Arias (9); Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken (German Aria no 3), hymn for soprano & continuo, HWV 204; In den angenehmen Büschen (German Aria no 8), hymn for sopran...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Baroque

Among Handel's vocal works - from the early, operatic solo cantatas to the full-blown operas and the oratorios of his London years - the Nine...continue...
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The Artistry of Emma Kirkby

4 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-02-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Gloria, for soprano & orchestra (discovered in 2001); Salve Regina, antiphon for soprano, strings, organ & continuo in G minor, HWV 241; O qualis de coelo sonus, motet for so...
Performers: Abberger, John; Carter, William; Charlston, Terence; Georgi, Thomas; Gwilt, Richard; Harris, Lucas [Lute]; Kirkby, Emma; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Lindberg, Jakob; Mellon, Agnes [Sop...
Conductors: Cummings, Laurence; Medlam, Charles;
Ensemble: ; Theatre of Early Music

With her almost supernaturally clear and agile soprano, Emma Kirkby has enchanted audiences ever since she first appeared on the Early Music scene in the...continue...

Handel in Italy - Solo Cantatas / Kirkby, London Baroque

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Notte placida e cheta, HWV 142; Un alma innamorata, HWV 173; Figlio d'alte speranza, HWV 113; Dunque sarà pur vero, HWV 110 "Agrippina condotta a morire"; Concerto a q...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Baroque

This exciting program is presented by Emma Kirkby and London Baroque, household names in the sphere of 'early music' and beyond, and certainly no new-comers...continue...

Couperin, Lalande: Leçons de ténèbres / Kirkby, Mellon

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2008-01-04

Works: François Couperin: Leçons de tenébres; Michel-Richard Delalande: Leçons de Ténèbres, H 31
Performers: Charlston, Terence; Kirkby, Emma; Medlam, Charles; Mellon, Agnes

Within the liturgy of the Catholic Church there is a long tradition of singing the Lamentations of Jeremiah during Holy Week, based on a parallel...continue...

Honey from the Hive - Dowland: Songs / Kirkby, Rooley

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-02-09

Works: John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; Second Booke of Songes; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Farre from triumphing court
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Rooley, Anthony

If the court of Elizabeth could be compared to a bee-hive, John Dowland was one of its workers, tirelessly bringing in news from the Continent...continue...

Cataldo Amodei: Songs; Zamboni, Storace / Kirkby, Lindberg

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-04-01

Works: Cataldo Amodei: Cantate, Op. 2; Giovanni Zamboni: Sonate d'intavolatura di leuto, Op. 1; Bernardo Storace: Selva di varie composizioni d'intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Lindberg, Jakob; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik

Beach: Chanson d'amour, etc / Kirkby, Medlam, Lisney, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-03-08

Works: Amy Marcy Beach: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 150; Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23; Songs (2), Op. 100; Songs (3), Op. 19; Rendezvous, Op. 120; Songs (3), Op. 21; Browning So...
Performers: Barritt, Paul; Kirkby, Emma; Lisney, James; Medlam, Charles
Conductors:
Ensemble: Romantic Chamber Group of London

"The Bostonian pianist and composer Amy Beach was a prolific writer of songs, full of expressive melody both for the voice and, occasionally, for an...continue...

Handel: Gloria, Dixit Dominus / Cummings, Kirkby, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-06-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Gloria; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232
Performers: Boman, Birgitta; Enecker, Jörgen; Fagerberg, Magnus; Kirkby, Emma; Ljunggren, Margareta; Martinpelto, Hillevi; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Cummings, Laurence; Öhrwall, Anders
Ensemble: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble; Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra; Stockholm Bach Choir

Handel: Sacred Cantatas / Emma Kirkby, London Baroque

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-05-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Salve Regina, antiphon for soprano, strings, organ & continuo in G minor, HWV 241; O qualis de coelo sonus, motet for soprano, HWV 239; Sonata for Oboe in G minor, HWV 404; C...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Medlam, Charles
Ensemble: London Baroque

"I've seldom been as moved by a recording, both music and performance... Emma Kirkby retains all her familiar ethereal quality - the opening note grows...continue...

Baroque - A Baroque Celebration - Pachelbel, Bach, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-10-17

Works: Phillip Friedrich Böddecker: Natus est Jesus, for soprano & basso continuo; Alessandro Scarlatti: Non sò qual piú m'ingombra, chamber cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo ("Cantat...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma

Emma Kirkby appears on the BIS label with an album of Baroque Christmas music. This cherishable program will be savored by all lovers of fine...continue...