Emma Kirkby

[mszczuj]

For she was like a refiner's fire when I heard her for the first time in 1981.

[Coopmv]

Might I rec. this one:



and



and



the list goes on.  I believe that Harry may have seen her live at one point.  I could be wrong.

I have the first CD but should get the second one, which I do not have.  The third one is somewhat iffy since I still have not fully warmed up to Monteverdi, even though I generally like early music ...

[Moonfish]

Two years!!!!!!
I decided to bump the Kirkby thread since she certainly deserves it! 

The Lady Musick: Elizabethan Songs           Kirkby/Rooley
(works by Bartlet/Campion/Danyel/Dowland/Edwards/Jones/Morley/Pilkington)

Wow! I had almost forgotten how much I enjoy the warm clarity of Kirkby's voice. I remember how I was enchanted by her performances of Handel's Italian Cantatas back in the late 80s. In one sense her recordings really opened up Baroque music for me in a completely new way and ever since her name always has triggered a sense of time and beauty in my mind. This disc with Elizabethan Songs is pure delight - essence of music - like a magic bottle allowing one to transport oneself into a different realm.  Kirkby's voice and Rooley's lute work well together. It is my first encounter with this specific recording and I am thoroughly and deeply enchanted.

[Moonfish]

Is anybody else getting the recent Kirkby compilation? I presume it creates plenty of overlap/duplicates?

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"This 12CD collection brings together Emma Kirkby s complete L'Oiseau-Lyre recitals in a single set. The world s most popular period-instrument soprano, Kirkby s pure, crystalline sound defined how vocal music of the baroque and earlier eras should sound for a whole generation or more.

Accompanied in the main by Anthony Rooley, the set features works by Purcell, Handel, Bach and Mozart as well as rarely recorded works by Edwards, Campion, Dowland, Morley, Ferrabosco and many more.

Lindsay Kemp writes: Even today, nearly half a century after performing styles in music of the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods underwent a major upheaval thanks to what has become known as the early music movement , there are few alumni of that revolution (some conductors excepted) who could be considered stars recognised in the wider musical world. That Emma Kirkby is one, and that she has maintained that status without
compromise to the style and principles of music-making with which she started out, is testimony not just to the distinctive pure colouring of her voice, but to a steady artistic integrity, personal modesty and generosity that have made her one of the most professionally respected and well-loved figures in the business.

Tracklisting
[1] The Lady Musick Elizabethan Songs
[Edwards, Campion, Dowland, Morley, etc.]
53.03 [DSLO 559 / 425 8992]

[2] Pastoral Dialogues
[Corkine, Dowland, Johnson, Lawes, D India, etc.]
57.23 [DSLO 575 / 480 2143]

[3] Amorous Dialogues
[Bartlett, Ferrabosco, Morley, Lawes, D India, Monteverdi, etc.]
52.55 [DSLO 587 / 480 2144]

[4] Duetti da Camera
[D India, Frescobaldi, Grandi, Monteverdi, Sabbatini, etc.]
51.28 [DSLO 558 / 436 6122]

[5] Purcell: Songs and airs
45.31 [DSDL 713 / 417 123-2]

[6] Bach: Coffee Cantata
52.03 [417 621-2]

[7] Bach Wedding Cantatas
64.00 [455 972-2]

[8] Emma Kirkby sings Mrs Arne
[Handel, Lampe, Arne
71.27 [436 1322]

[9] Handel: Italian Cantatas
54.16 [414 4732]

[10] Handel: Italian Cantatas
41.22 [DSLO 580 + additions NEW COMPILATION

[11] Mozart: Esultate, jubilate, etc.
47.12 [411 8322]

[12] Mozart: Arias
54.44 [425 8352]"

[San Antone]

Is anybody else getting the recent Kirkby compilation? I presume it creates plenty of overlap/duplicates?

[asin] B00QBEQWQU[/asin]

"This 12CD collection brings together Emma Kirkby s complete L'Oiseau-Lyre recitals in a single set. The world s most popular period-instrument soprano, Kirkby s pure, crystalline sound defined how vocal music of the baroque and earlier eras should sound for a whole generation or more.

Accompanied in the main by Anthony Rooley, the set features works by Purcell, Handel, Bach and Mozart as well as rarely recorded works by Edwards, Campion, Dowland, Morley, Ferrabosco and many more.

Lindsay Kemp writes: Even today, nearly half a century after performing styles in music of the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods underwent a major upheaval thanks to what has become known as the early music movement , there are few alumni of that revolution (some conductors excepted) who could be considered stars recognised in the wider musical world. That Emma Kirkby is one, and that she has maintained that status without
compromise to the style and principles of music-making with which she started out, is testimony not just to the distinctive pure colouring of her voice, but to a steady artistic integrity, personal modesty and generosity that have made her one of the most professionally respected and well-loved figures in the business.

Tracklisting
[1] The Lady Musick Elizabethan Songs
[Edwards, Campion, Dowland, Morley, etc.]
53.03 [DSLO 559 / 425 8992]

[2] Pastoral Dialogues
[Corkine, Dowland, Johnson, Lawes, D India, etc.]
57.23 [DSLO 575 / 480 2143]

[3] Amorous Dialogues
[Bartlett, Ferrabosco, Morley, Lawes, D India, Monteverdi, etc.]
52.55 [DSLO 587 / 480 2144]

[4] Duetti da Camera
[D India, Frescobaldi, Grandi, Monteverdi, Sabbatini, etc.]
51.28 [DSLO 558 / 436 6122]

[5] Purcell: Songs and airs
45.31 [DSDL 713 / 417 123-2]

[6] Bach: Coffee Cantata
52.03 [417 621-2]

[7] Bach Wedding Cantatas
64.00 [455 972-2]

[8] Emma Kirkby sings Mrs Arne
[Handel, Lampe, Arne
71.27 [436 1322]

[9] Handel: Italian Cantatas
54.16 [414 4732]

[10] Handel: Italian Cantatas
41.22 [DSLO 580 + additions NEW COMPILATION

[11] Mozart: Esultate, jubilate, etc.
47.12 [411 8322]

[12] Mozart: Arias
54.44 [425 8352]"

Great box.

[jochanaan]

I just had to hear her voice again, so I browsed up her singing Dido's Lament on youtube.  I was amazed anew; her voice has darkened a little over the years (and she may have darkened it even more to do this mezzo role), but she still has that divine lightness and clarity and flawless early-music graces.