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Background: Emma Kirkby has enchanted audiences with her almost supernaturally clear and agile soprano ever since she first appeared on the Early Music scene in the 1970s. Released on the occasion of her 60th birthday, the present collection celebrates her collaboration with BIS and includes highly acclaimed performances of works from her repertoire.

As the art of historically informed performance has become more and more widely appreciated, so has her style of singing to the extent that she was included in a listing of 'the 20 greatest sopranos ever' made by the BBC Music Magazine in 2007.

This collection provides an opportunity to sample the work of an exceptional singer in all its variety.

CATALOGUE NR: BISCD173435
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.54
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Artistry of Emma Kirkby
TRACKS: Gloria : Gloria in excelsis Deo / Et in terra pax / Laudamus te / Gratias agimus tibi / Domine Deus / Qui tollis / Quoniam to solus sanctus / Cum Sancto Spiritu. Salve Regina for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Salve Regina / Eja ergo advocata nostra / O clemens o pia. O qualis de coelo sonus for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Sonata / Recitativo: O qualis de coelo sonus / Ad plausus ad jubila / Recitativo: Eja ergo mortalis / Gaude tellus benigna / Alleluja. Coelestis dum spirat aura for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Sonata / Recitativo: Coelestis dum spirat aura / Felix dies præclara serena / Recitativo: Vestro religiosi principes / Tam patrono singulari / Alleluja. Laudate pueri Psalm 112 for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Laudate pueri Dominum / Sit nomen Domini benedictum / A solis ortu usque ad occasum / Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus / Quis sicut Dominus / Ut collocet eum cum principibus / Qui habitare facit / Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto (Handel). Natus est Jesus for soprano and basso continuo (Philipp Friedrich Boddecker). Offne dich mein ganzes Herze from the cantata 'Nun komm der Heiden Heiland BWV61 for soprano and basso continuo. Bereite dir Jesu noch itzo die Bahn from the cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV147a for soprano violin and basso continuo (JS Bach). Cantata 'Ach Gott und Herr' : Choral: Ach Gott und Herr / Recitativo: O Gott o Gott was hab ich doch getan? / Aria: Seufzt und weint ihr matten / Augen / Recitativo: Ich fuhle Pein / Recitativo: Doch Seele geh zurucke / Aria: Stelle dich zufrieden (Christoph Graupner). Premiere Lecon de Tenebres pour le Mercredy Saint. Troisieme Lecon de Tenebres pour le Mercredy Saint (Couperin). Troisieme Lecon de Tenebres du Mercredy Saint (Michel-Richard de Lalande). Non so qual piu m'ingombra - Cantata Pastorale for soprano two violins and basso continuo : Recitativo: Non so qual piu m'ingombra… / Aria: Che sara? Chi'a me lo dice?… / Recitativo: E nato al fin mi dice… / Aria Pastorale: Nacque col Gran Messia…. O di Betlemme altera poverta venturosa - Cantata per la Natale for soprano two violins viola and basso continuo : O di Betlemme altera poverta venturosa… / Dal bel Segno d'una Stella… / Presa d'uomo la forma… / L'autor d'ogni mio bene… / Fortunati Pastori!… / Tocco la prima sorte a voi pastori… (Scarlatti). Pur alfin gentil viola - Cantata a Voce Sola con la Viola d'Amore : Aria: Pur alfin gentil viola… / Non fu saggio il consiglio… / Aria: Belta che col rigor… (Attilio Malachia Ariosti). Su l'ore che l'aurora for voice harpsichord and theorbo. Va' che l'hai fatto a me for voice and archlute. Lieve al pie grave al passo - Cantata sacra per la Beatissima Vergine for voice harpsichord and theorbo (Cataldo Amodei). O sweet woods. I saw my lady weepe. Daphne was not so chaste. Farewell too faire. Time's eldest sonne. Shall I strive with words to move? (Dowland). Dost thou withdraw thy grace? (John Danyel). Full fathom five thy father lies (Robert Johnson). Da l'onde del mio pianto (Sigismondo d'India). Dolce tempo passato (Georg Schimmelpfennig). Eile mich Gott zu erretten (Heinrich Schutz). Paisible et tenebreuse nuit (Etienne Moulinie). Que Philis a l'esprit leger (Jean-Baptiste Boesset). Anacreon's Ode call'd The Lute - original Greek. Anacreon's Ode call'd The Lute - 'English'd to be sung by a Basse alone'. At dead low ebb of night - 'A tale out of Anacreon' (Henry Lawes). Sappho to the Goddess of Love (John Blow). Diffugere nives - Horace Odes IV/7 (John Wilson). So beautie on the waters stood (Alfonso II Ferrabosco). Orpheus' Hymn to God (Henry Lawes). Orpheus with his lute (Maurice Greene). Stop O ye waves (John Weldon).
ORCHESTRA: Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra and London Baroque
CONDUCTOR: Laurence Cummings and Charles Medlam
ARTISTS: Emma Kirkby   Jakob Lindberg   Lars Ulrik Mortensen   Anthony Rooley

- Jul-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'As a sensitively selected compilation that includes Handel, Couperin, Graupner, Robert Johnson and more, it does feel like an appropriate summation of Emma Kirkby’s unique gifts…'

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