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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Classical Kirkby - Orpheus and Corina
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por BIS em 01/09/2002
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Handel: Italian Cantatas; The Alchemist
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/2014
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Bach, J.S.: Wedding Cantatas
Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1999
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Dowland: Songs for His Elizabethan Patrons
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por BIS em 01/01/2005
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Baroque Vocal Masterpieces
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Griffin Records em 21/01/2014
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Mozart : Exsultate, Jubilate - Regina Coeli - Ergo Interest
Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Sacred Vocal Music - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1984
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Marcello, Telemann, Vivaldi
Clare Shanks, Michael Copley, Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet
Classical - Lançado por L'Oiseau Lyre CD em 05/11/2010
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The World of Emma Kirkby
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 04/01/2001
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Amy Beach - Great Women Composers In the Classical History
Emma Kirkby, Romantic Chamber Group of London
Classical - Lançado por Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group em 06/11/2021
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Handel: Italian Cantatas
Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 15/11/1985
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Handel, G.F.: Neun Deutsche Arien / Gloria
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por BIS em 01/01/2010
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Arie Antiche
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Musical Concepts em 05/06/2012
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Purcell: The Indian Queen
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/1995
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Bach: Early Cantatas, Vol. 3
Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, Purcell Quartet
Cantatas (sacred) - Lançado por Chandos em 01/09/2008
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Monteverdi Duets & Solos
Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley
Classical - Lançado por Allegro em 01/01/1987
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Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Theater of Early Music, Emma Kirkby, Daniel Taylor, Francis Colpron
Classical - Lançado por ATMA Classique em 01/09/2005
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Schütz & Praetorius: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte
Emma Kirkby, Nigel Rogers, Andrew Parrott
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 01/01/1987
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The Glories of Handel Opera
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 01/01/2000
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MONTEVERDI: Madrigali Erotici e Spirituale
Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Musical Concepts em 13/03/2012
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Stradella: Duets
Emma Kirkby, Susanne Rydén & Harmonices Mundi
Classical - Lançado por Brilliant Classics em 01/09/2014
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Dowland - Jones : Lute Songs
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 02/08/2004
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