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Una Stravaganza" dei Medici: Intermedi (1589) per La Pellegrina / Taverner Consort, Parrott

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Hugh Keyte: La Pellegrina, for chorus
Performers: Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Players

The sixth release in the Rediscoveries series from Virgin Classics Andre Parrott's landmark recording of La Pellegrina - Music for the Wedding of Ferdinando De...continue...
Recording information: Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (07/1986)....continue...

50 Best Chillout Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Donohoe, Peter; Farr, Stephen; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Gavrilov, And...
Conductors: Handford, Maurice; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Warren-Green, Christopher; Olah, Erno; Norrington, Roger; Trevor, Kirk; Sawallisch, ...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Fretwork; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chill out music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Performed by some of...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-01-29

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve regina, for countertenor & strings in F minor (doubtful)
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Kirkby, Emma; Scholl, Andreas
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Rousset, Christophe

Vivaldi: Gloria; Stabat Mater / Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Caroly Watkinson, James Bowman

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Nulla in mundo pax sincera in E, RV 630; Amor, hai vinto (I), cantata for voice, strings & continuo, RV 651; Amen
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Kirkby, Emma; Nelson, Judith [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Preston, Simon; Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Choir of Christ Church Cathedral

Iconic recordings from the most legendary classical artists in history. The Virtuoso Series brings back many of these cherished titles back into the forefront at...continue...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Melodies by Faure, Mozart, Franck, Bruckner, Mahler et al. / various British choirs

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Vesperae solennes de confessore; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Pani...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Camerata Academica Wurzbu; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Dixon, Alistair
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzbu

This sublime compilation will take listeners on a journey through some of the most profound classical music ever written, demonstrating the wealth of inspiration that...continue...

Handel: Nine German Arias, HWV 202-210 / Emma Kirkby, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: German Arias (9); Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken (German Aria no 3), hymn for soprano & continuo, HWV 204; Sonata for Violin in F major, Op.1/12, HWV 370 (doubtful); In den ...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Baroque

Virgin Classics presents Rediscoveries - a brand new series devoted to the finest classical recordings that are no longer in print. The second edition is...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (01/03/1985-01/04/1985)....continue...

Haydn à la Anglaise - Haydn songs edited by William Shield / Emma Kirkby, soprano; Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-06-12

Works: Samuel Arnold: The Fleeting Hours, ballad for 2 voices & piano (after Haydn's Symphony Hob. 1; Morning, ballad for 2 voices, flute, guitar & piano (after Haydn's Symphony Hob. 1; Youth and Beauty, ba...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Gammie, Ian; Kirkby, Emma; Ross, Alastair; Thomas, Jenny [Flute]
Conductors: McCulloch, Derek
Ensemble: ; Café Mozart

BBC Music Magazine, April 2012
Delightful repertoire by Haydn for the English market in the 1780s, brightly sung with period instruments.
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Recording information: Rycote Chapel nr Thame, Oxfordshire (06/07/2011-06/09/2011)....continue...

Arie Antiche - songs by Caccini, Strozzi, Blow, Purcell, Notari, Sacacini, Lawes, Carissimi et al. / Emma Kirkby, soprano

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-06-05

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Johann Nauwach: Fantasy on Caccini's "Amarilli mia bella", for voice & lute; Tempesta di dolcezza; Angelo Notari: Fan...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]

Recording information: Forde Abbey, Dorset (01/1992)....continue...

Time Traveller: The Italian Renaissance - Palestrina, Gabrieli, Monteverdi et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Magnificat, Tone 7 (unspecified of 4 settings); Andrea Gabrieli: Gloria a 16; Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus; Dulcis Jesu pat...
Performers: Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bonner, Tessa; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Pott, Charles; Robertson, Nicholas; Thomas, D...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Brown, Timothy; McCreesh, Paul; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Taverner Players

An exuberant period of rebirth, emerging from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance brought an artistic flowering exemplified in the glories of Italy: painting, sculpture, architecture,...continue...

Chansons & Madrigals of the Renaissance / A History of Music Century Vol 9

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Josquin Desprez: Faulte d'argent, canonic chanson for 5 voices; Claude Le Jeune: Une puce; Autant en emporte le vent; Loyset Compère: Nous sommes de l'ordre de St Babouin; Clément Janeq...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Visse, Dominique; Hillier, Paul; Van Nevel, Paul; Jacobs, René; Christie, William
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale; Ensemble Clément Janequin; Huelgas Ensemble; Les Arts Florissants; The Hilliard Ensemble

The Renaissance of Italian Music (The National Gallery Collection)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-29

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Beata es a 8; Hodie gloriosa; Magnificat, Tone 7 (unspecified of 4 settings); Andrea Gabrieli: Misaa, for 5 to 16 voices; Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes gentes pla...
Performers: Bonner, Tessa; Cornwell, Joseph; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Harre-Jones, Robert; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hurley, David; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, ...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Brown, Timothy; McCreesh, Paul; ; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

The Renaissance Period was a vibrant time when knowledge and fine arts flourished. In this beautiful 2-CD set, EMI Classics presents a collection of works...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Handel: The Occasional Songs /Kirkby, Daniels, Miller, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Airs (7) françois, HWV 155; Sans y penser; Quand on suit l'amoureuse loi; Der Mund spricht zwar; Dicente mis ojos; Beneath a shady willow; Chloe, you're witty; Di gode...
Performers: Butterfield, Adrian; Carwood, Andrew; Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Davies, Simon; Kirkby, Emma; Miller, David [Lute/Guitar]; Nicholson, Paul; Sharman, Katherine; Thorpe, William

Vivaldi Masterworks: Complete Concertos & Sonatas Op. 1-12

28 CD / Decca / 2011-09-20

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonatas (Suonate da camera a 3), for 2 violins & continuo, Op. 1; Sonatas (12) for violin & continuo, Op. 2; L'estro armonico, concertos (12) for 1-4 solo instruments, strings &...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bond, Danny; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bruine, Frank de; Bylsma, Anner; Canino, Bruno; Caudle, Mar...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Pickett, Philip; Preston, Simon; Dyer, Paul
Ensemble: ; New London Consort

This 28-CD set offers all the greatest Concertos, Sonatas and Vocal Works by the most popular Baroque composer of all time! These celebrated recordings -...continue...

The Power of Handel: Oratorio Highlights for Choir & Orchestra

1 CD / K&K / 2011-08-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Solomon; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Saul; Jephtha; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Performers: Allan, Miriam; Argenta, Nancy; Balbach, Steffen; Berner, Michael; King, Catherine; Kirkby, Emma; LeBrocq, Marc; Morsch, Andre; Nolte, Raimund; Oitzinger, Margot; Paulsen, Melinda; Petersen, Marlis; P...
Conductors: Budday, Jürgen
Ensemble: Maulbronner Chamber Choir

These live recordings are part of a cycle of oratorios and masses, performed in the basilica of Maulbronn Abbey under the direction of Jürgen Budday....continue...

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...
Recording information: Länna Church, Sweden (02/2010)....continue...

All Time Classics with Marian Arnold

3 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 174 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte' (I love the most High with my whole heart; François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Claud...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Peter; Forbes, Colin; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Hutchinson, Joyce; Kirkby, Emma; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lacey, Genevieve; Pinn...
Conductors: ; Kleiber, Carlos; Pesek, Libor; Tate, Jeffrey; Kempe, Rudolf; Khachaturian, Aram; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Santi, Nello; De Waart, Edo; Challender, Stuart; Thomas, Patrick; Hopkins, John
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players; The English Concert

Salzburg Barock / Emma Kirkby, soprano

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Fidicinium sacroprofanum; O Dulcis Jesu, for soprano, violin & continuo (attributed); Andreas Hofer: Nisi Dominus, for soprano, 2 violins & continuo (Psalm 126); Georg...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Siedel, Annegret
Conductors: Siedel, Annegret
Ensemble: Bell'arte Salzburg

Since its foundation in 1995, the Bell'arte Salzburg has endeavored to rediscover the rich Baroque culture of music in Salzburg. Led by Baroque violinist Annegret...continue...
Recording information: Forstern, Wallfahrtskirche Tading (07/20/2010-07/23/2010)....continue...

In Paradisum / Spiritual Classical Music

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Gio...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzburg

In Paradisum is back by popular demand! The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual...continue...

Haydn: Songs and Cantatas / Emma Kirkby, soprano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Wanderer, song for voice & keyboard (from English canzonettas, set 2), H.26a/32; Original Canzonettas Book 2, H 26a; Spirit's Song, H 26a no 41; Fidelity, Hob. 26a no 30; O Tu...
Performers: Hadjimarkos, Marcia; Kirkby, Emma

The songs on this CD all resulted from a dinner in Vienna on December 1790. Haydn, Mozart and the violinist and impresario Salomon were discussing...continue...
Recording information: Salle Charratmuse, Charrat, Switzerland (01/2009)....continue...

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...
Recording information: Länna Church, Sweden (11/2008)....continue...

Messiah: The Dream Cast [Australia]

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-11-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Macliver, Sara; Price, Leontyne; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; McCreesh, Paul; Hogwood, Christopher; Pinnock, Trevor; Minkowski, Marc; Walker, Antony; Kaminski, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Mackerras, Charles...

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri / Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Horn no 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 (TrV 117); Duet-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, harp & strings, o.Op. 147 (TrV 293, AV 147); Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; An...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chance, Michael; Clevenger, Dale; Combs, Larry; Daniels, Charles; Golan, Joseph; Guastefeste, Joseph; Harvey, Peter; Kirkby, Emma; Klein, Alex; Magad, Samuel; Mc...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Purcell Quartet

This new release from Chaconne the Chandos' early music label focuses on Buxtehude's seven cantatas, collectively know as Membra Jesu nostri. The work takes the...continue...

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...
Recording information: Länna Church, Sweden (05/2008)....continue...

The Essential Trumpet: Bright, Bold & Beautiful

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1; Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique héroïque; George ...
Performers: Drury, David; Foster, John [Trumpet]; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Johnston, Kevin; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Levy, Yoram; Payne, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sheldon, Jane; Skillington, Mark; Sullivan, ...
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Forestier, Jean-Louis; Halász, Michael; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Mann, Paul; Porcelijn, David; Walker, Antony; Measham, David; Northey, Benjamin; Hopkins, John; Serebrier, Jos...

Maynard: The XII Wonders of the World, 1611; Characters Songs

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-07-06

Works: John Maynard: The 12 Wonders of the World, for voices & ensemble; Thomas Campion: Jack and Joan, for voices, lute & ensemble; Tobias Hume: Tobacco for bass & ensemble; Anonymous, English: The Poor So...
Performers: Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Hill, Martyn; Kirkby, Emma; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]; Skinner, John York; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

Recording information: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK (01/1975)....continue...

Monteverdi: Sacred Music

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-03-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Su le penne de' venti (Prologue to "La Maddalena" by Gio. Battista Andreini), for tenor & 5 instrume; Confitebor tibi, Domine II, motet for 3 voices & 2 violins (from Salve morale...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Holman, Peter; Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'Music of exhilarating inspiration, superbly performed. A recording as near as may be to the ideal ... a very remarkable recording indeed. For audiophile and...continue...
Recording information: Parish Church of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, London NW 11, En (02/02/1981-02/03/1981)....continue...

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...

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...
Recording information: Länna Church, Sweden (11/2006)....continue...

The Spirits of England and France Vol 2 / Gothic Voices

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-07-14

Works: Richard de Semilly: Je chevauchi, pastourelle; Gace Brulé: Desconfortés, plain de dolor et d'ire, R 1498; Quant define fueille et flour, R 1977; De bien amer grant joie atent, R 643; Ci...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bicat, Nick; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Kirkby, Emma; Nixon, Leigh; White, Robert [Bagpipes/Wind Instr.]; Wickham, Henry
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: Gothic Voices

This series explores the riches of French and English music from 1150 to 1450. The music for this recording features the songs of the trouveres....continue...

Santa Cecilia - Haydn, Handel, Purcell / Parrott, Ledger, Corboz, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-05-19

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass"), H. 22/5
Performers: Allan, Thomas; Burgess, Sally; Chance, Michael; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Fink, Marcos; Fournier, Brigitte; George, Michael; Gr...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Taverner Consort

Handel shares his anniversary year with two other composers who hold a prominent place in the musical pantheon, Henry Purcell (born 1659) and Josef Haydn...continue...

Handel: Chandos Anthems / Kirkby, Gilchrist, Layton, Academy of Ancient Music

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-05-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Chandos Anthem no 9 in E flat, "O Praise the Lord With One Consent", HWV 254; Chandos Anthem no 11 in B flat major, "Let God Arise", HWV 256; Chandos Anthem no 7 in G, "My So...
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Layton, Stephen
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

The legendary Emma Kirkby, tenor James Gilchrist and Trinity College Choir Cambridge demonstrate the very best Handelian singing England has to offer....continue...

Handel: The Top 40 Greatest Hits

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-05-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Coronation Anthem; MEDLEY; Der Messias; Giulio Cesare; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Laudate Pueri Dominum, psalm, for soprano, chorus & orchestra in...
Performers: Dollman, Ben; Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava; Hey, Jamie; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Macliver, Sara; McMahon, Paul; Moon, Lucinda; O'Donnell, John; Payne, Geo...
Conductors: Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Dyer, Paul; Abbott, Graham; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Milton, Nicholas; Northey, Benjamin
Ensemble: ; Sirius String Quartet

Where'er you walk, zadok the priest, let the bright seraphim, arrival of the queen of sheba, handel's famous largo. all your favourites from messiah and...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...

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: Silete Venti; Hasse: La Gelosia; Bach: BWV 209 / Linde, Kirkby, Boulin, Poulenard, et al

1 CD / Phoenix Edition / 2009-01-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Silete venti, HWV 242; Johann Adolf Hasse: La Gelosia, cantata for soprano & orchestra; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 209, "Non sa che sia dolore" BWV 209
Performers: Boulin, Sophie; Kirkby, Emma; Poulenard, Isabelle
Conductors: Linde, Hans-Martin; Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Hasse: Cleofide / Christie, Kirkby, Mellon, Wong

1 CD / Phoenix Edition / 2009-01-27

Works: Johann Adolf Hasse: Cleofide
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Mellon, Agnès [Soprano Vocal]; Wong, Randall K.
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Cappella Coloniensis; Rheinische Kantorei

"It was easy to understand why he was in fact the most popular opera composer of his time in Italy, Germany, and Austria: his melodies,...continue...

Attilio Ariosti: The Stockholm Sonatas, Vol. 3

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2009-01-13

Works: Attilio Ariosti: Sonata no 15 for viola d'amore, archlute, baroque guitar & cello in F major (reconstructed by Thoma; Sonata no 16 for viola d'amore, archlute, baroque guitar & cello in G major (reco...
Performers: Georgi, Thomas; Harris, Lucas [Lute]; Kirkby, Emma; Yamahiro-Brinkmann, Mime

Recording information: Länna Church, Sweden (08/2007)....continue...

Bach: Early Cantatas Vol 2 - Weimar 2 / Kirkby, Chance, Daniels, Harvey, Purcell Quartet, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 172, "Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten" BWV 172; Cantata no 182, "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen," BWV 182; Cantata no 21, "Ich hatte viel Beküm...
Performers: Bainbridge, Philip; Beckett, Rachel; Blackadder, David; Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hayward, Tim; Hoffnung, Benedict; Kirkby, Emma; Moonen, Nicolette; Robso...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

This two-disc set selling for the price of one CD presents three cantatas dating from 1714, when Bach was serving at the court of Weimar....continue...

In Nativitate Domini - Festliche Weihnachtsmusik / Kirkby, Ryden, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky: Sonata laetitiae in C major; Johann Vierdanck: Ich verkündige euch grosse Freude, sacred concerto for 2 voices, 2 violins & continuo; Christian Geist: Wie schön leu...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Rydén, Susanne
Conductors: Siedel, Annegret
Ensemble: Bell'arte Salzburg

The vocal talents of both Emma Kirkby and Susanne Ryden are among the best that Early Music has to offer. Here, they focus on Baroque...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...

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...

Purcell: Songs & Airs / Kirkby, Hogwood, Rooley, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Henry Purcell: Hark how all things in one sound agree (from "The Fairy Queen"), aria, Z. 629/47; Celebrate this festival (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), ode for 5 soloists, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2; ...
Performers: Campbell, Richard; Hogwood, Christopher; Kirkby, Emma; Mackintosh, Catherine; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]

Recorded in 1982, this collection of Songs and Airs by Purcell features world-renowned early music singer Emma Kirkby. It was produced during the ‘revival’ of...continue...

Handel: Opera Arias / Kirkby, Bott, Goodman, et al

3 CD / Hyperion / 2007-09-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Almira (Der in Kronen erlangte Glucks), opera, HWV 1; Rodrigo, HWV 5; Rinaldo; Silla, HWV 10; Amadigi; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Rodelinda; Scipione; Alessandro; Admeto, R&eg...
Performers: Arfken, Katharina; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Brown, Rachel; Farley, Robert; Fast, Angela; Kirkby, Emma; Ross, Alastair
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort

This deluxe boxed set brings together in one package three best-selling Handel recordings by early-music superstar Emma Kirkby, with contributions from Catherine Bott on Disc...continue...

Vivaldi: Opera Arias & Sinfonias / Roy Goodman, Emma Kirkby

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-09-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda, RV 718; Tito Manlio, RV 738; Ottone in Villa, RV 729; L'Atenaide, RV 702; Bajazet, RV 703 "Tamerlano"; L' Incoronazione di Dario, opera, RV 719; Catone in Utica, RV 705
Performers: Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort

"A disc which will delight both Vivaldi enthusiasts and lovers of Baroque music generally. Excellent recorded sound and strongly recommended on all counts." - Gramophone...continue...

Bach: Weimar Cantatas Vol 2 / Kirkby, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-07-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", BWV 12 (BC A68); Cantata no 18, "Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt" BWV 18; Cantata no 61, "Nun komm, der Heid...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Bengton, Katarina; Blackadder, David; Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hunt, William; Kirkby, Emma; Latham, Catherine; Robson, Anthony; Watts, A...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"The performances themselves, while fully sympathetic to the text, the music and the mood, are essentially light, clear, even ultimately life-affirming. Part of this is...continue...

Monteverdi: Duets & Solos / Kirkby, Tubb, Rooley, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2007-04-17

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 7; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; Cantate Domino a 2; Sancta Maria, succurre miseris; Selva morale e spirituale; Venite siccientes ad acquas Domini; Exulta, filia ...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Tubb, Evelyn
Conductors: Rooley, Anthony
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

"Admirers of Emma Kirkby will surely revel in this collection, mostly of duets... The two voices are admirably matched and both artists ornament their lines...continue...

The John Dowland Collection

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-04-10

Works: John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Firste Booke of Songes; Can she excuse, P 42; My Lady Hunsdon's Allemande, Dowland; A piece without title; The Shoemaker's Wife, a Toy, for lute, P 58; Lachr...
Performers: Binkley, Thomas; Bonney, Barbara; Burgess, Grayston; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Karamazov, Edin; Kirkby, Emma; Klein, Karl Heinz; Lindberg, Jakob; Ramm, Andrea von; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]; Söllsch...
Conductors: ; Binkley, Thomas
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke; Studio der frühen Musik

Over 21/2 of glorious music featuring Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nigel Rogers, Andreas Scholl, Göran Söllscher and The Consort of Musicke. The music...continue...

Gothic Voices - Gramophone Award Winners Collection

3 CD / Hyperion / 2006-10-10

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit; Ave generosa; O ignis spiritus Paracliti; O Jerusalem aure civitas; O Euchari in leta via, sequence for St Eucharius; O viridissima virga; O presul vere civitat...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Breen, Kevin; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Milner, Howard; Nixon, Leigh; Parrott, Andrew

This new mid-priced offering three celebrated discs, each one a Gramophone Award winner, newly presented in an attractive box with full documentation in English, French...continue...