Emma Kirkby
When English soprano Emma Kirkby began her professional career in the mid-'70s, period performance practice was just beginning to make its way into the realm of vocal music. Kirkby, mentored by Jessica Cash, became a pioneer of period practice for Renaissance and Baroque vocal soloists. She studied classical literature at Oxford and took vocal lessons, but did not plan on becoming a singer. She joined the Taverner Choir in 1971, and a couple of years later, she began a long-lasting collaboration with the Consort of Musicke. She made her 1974 concert debut in London and her first tour of the United States in 1978. Tours to all of the major music capitals of the world have followed. Especially noteworthy was a tour of the Arabian states with lutenist Anthony Rooley, to whom she is married. In her collaborations with groups like those already mentioned, and others -- such as the Academy of Ancient Music, London Baroque, Fretwork, L'Orfeo, and the Purcell Quartet -- she increased the public awareness of correct Baroque performance practice while carefully avoiding pedantry. She brings a great deal of drama and musicianship to her performances. Besides the lute songs of the Renaissance era, Kirkby is well known for her performances of the cantatas and passions of Bach and the choral music of Monteverdi. Her voice is a very light, lyric soprano of unusual sweetness. She has excellent control of the voice and is able to sing without any vibrato, a quality that many practitioners of early music prefer.
Her hundreds of recordings give an excellent view of the range of her repertoire, at times even expanding on it, since she has recorded several operas that she has not sung on-stage, including Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Monteverdi's Orfeo, Handel's Orlando, and Hasse's Cleofide. Once in a while, she'll try something unexpected, such as the songs of Amy Beach or cantatas by little-known Baroque composers. Her early recordings were part of the Florilegium series from Decca. Since then she's recorded on Hyperion, Carus, CPO, Harmonia Mundi, BIS, and other labels. Kirkby was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2007.
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Handel: Messiah (Remastered 2014)
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 8 de abr. de 1991
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A Feather on the Breath of God: Songs of Hildegard von Bingen
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de abr. de 1985
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Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas, Vol. 2
Purcell Quartet, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey
Cantatas (sacred) - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de ago. de 2005
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Bach: Early Cantatas, Vol. 1
Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Purcell Quartet
Cantatas (sacred) - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de fev. de 2005
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 2012
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Vivaldi: Gloria/Nisi Dominus/4 Cantatas etc.
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1997
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina
Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1989
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Bach, J.S.: Coffee Cantata; Peasant Cantata
Emma Kirkby, Rogers Covey-Crump, Thomas David, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1987
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Mozart: Coronation Mass; Vesperae solennes de confessore
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1993
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Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate; Motets
Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus, Westminster Cathedral Choir, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1984
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Couperin, F.: Trois Leçons de Ténèbres; Motet pour le jour de Pâques
Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, Jane Ryan, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 2014
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Handel & Arne Arias
Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1980
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Monteverdi: Sacred Vocal Music
Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, Thomas David, The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman, Peter Holman
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de abr. de 1985
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The Sound of Shakespeare
Classical - Lançado por Erato - Warner Classics em 25 de mar. de 2016
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Les Cantates de jeunesse (Volume 3)
Cantatas (sacred) - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de set. de 2008
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Mélodies et Cantates
Emma Kirkby & Marcia Hadjimarkos
Classical - Lançado por Brilliant Classics em 1 de jan. de 2011
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Cléofide
Opera - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 19 de jan. de 1995
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Bach: Early Cantatas, Vol. 2
Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Purcell Quartet
Cantatas (sacred) - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de jun. de 2007
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Vocal Recital (Baroque): Kirkby, Emma
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por BIS em 1 de fev. de 2009
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Marcello: Oboe Concerto / Vivaldi: 2 Cantatas; Recorder Concerto in C; Trio Sonata in B minor
Christopher Hogwood, Emma Kirkby, Clare Shanks, Michael Copley, Academy of Ancient Music
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 3 de mai. de 1989
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Bach : Magnificat - Cantata No.51 "Jauchzet Gott"
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1985
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