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Composer:
Henry Purcell

Artist(s):
Emma Kirkby
Anthony Rooley

Background: Emma Kirkby is joined by Christopher Hogwood, Anthony Rooley, Richard Campbell and Catherine Mackintosh, all members of the Academy of Ancient Music and each acclaimed instrumentalists and champions of the baroque. Originally released in the early 1980s on Decca's L'Oiseau Lyre label, and remaining in the Decca catalogue for many years, this was produced during the 'revival' of the baroque and renaissance eras.

Emma Kirkby, known the world over for her quintessential pure, agile sound and clarity of diction, has dedicated herself to performance and recordings of baroque and renaissance repertoire. Emma Kirkby presents an eclectic collection of Purcell's Songs and Airs on this disc, capturing the variety of form, counterpoint and expression that comprise only part of this genius song writer's legacy.

CATALOGUE NR: 4759109
RECORD LABEL: L'Oiseau-Lyre
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 17-Sep-2007

COMPOSER: Henry Purcell
TITLE: Songs and Arias
TRACKS: Hark! Hark! How all things. Crown the altar deck the shrine. If music be the food of love. Not all my torments. O O let me weep. I attempt from love's sickness to fly. Olinda in the shades unseen. Urge me no more. Bess of Bedlam. Lovely lovely Albina. Sweeter than roses. Dear pretty youth. When first Amintas sued for a kiss. The cares of lovers. Ye gentle spirits of the air. An Evening Hymn.
ARTISTS: Emma Kirkby   Anthony Rooley   Christopher Hogwood   Catherine Mackintosh

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Forde Abbey Somerset 1982

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