The Emma Kirkby collection

The Emma Kirkby collection
Emma Kirkby, soprano
Hyperion A 66227 [LP]
Hyperion CDA 66227 [CD]
Hyperion KA 66227 [Cass.]
Hyperion CDA 20 227 [CD]

Contents:

    Claudio Monteverdi, Selva morale e spirituale, 1640
  1. Confitebor tibi, Domine - Terzo alla francese (psalm 110)

  2. Thomas Campion, A Wedding Maske, 1607
  3. Now hath Flora robbed her bowers

  4. Henry Purcell
  5. Stript of their green our groves appear

  6. Claudio Monteverdi
  7. Voglio di vita uscir

  8. Sigismondo d'India
  9. Piangono al pianger mio

  10. John Dowland, Third Book of Songs, 1603
  11. Flow not so fast, ye fountains

  12. Guillaume de Machaut
  13. Foy porter

  14. Hildegard von Bingen, Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum
  15. Columba aspexit

  16. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 208, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, "Hunt"
  17. Recitative and aria: Schafe können sicher weiden

  18. John Dowland, Third Book of Songs, 1603
  19. Time Stands Still

  20. Sigismondo d'India
  21. 9. Diana (Questo dardo, quest'arco)

  22. Claudio Monteverdi, Scherzi musicale 1632
  23. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto

  24. Claudio Monteverdi
  25. Maledetto sia l'aspetto

  26. Henry Lawes
  27. The Lark (Swift through the yielding air')

  28. Thomas Campion: Songs from A Wedding Maske, 1607
  29. Move now with measured sound

  30. Georg Frideric Handel
  31. Sharp thorns despisingt

  32. Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata No. 202, Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, "Wedding"
  33. Recitative and aria: Sich üben im Lieben

  34. Michael East
  35. You meaner beauties of the night

Playing time: 64' 20"

Performers:
Emma Kirkby (soprano) & various artists

Excerpts (from original release):
[1] Hyperion A 66021 [LP] Monteverdi Sacred Choral Works.
[2], [15], [18] Hyperion A 66019 [LP] Madrigals and Wedding Songs for Diana
[3] Hyperion A 66056 [LP] Purcell: Songs and Dialogues
[4]-[5], [11]-[13] Hyperion A 66106 [LP] Olympia's Lament
[6], [10] Hyperion A 66186 [LP] Time Stands Still
[7] Hyperion A 66087 [LP] The Mirror of Narcissus
[8] Hyperion A 66039 [LP] A Feather on the Breath of God
[9] ??? Hyperion A 66169 [LP] or CDD 22 041 [CD] Bach Cantata No. 208, Was mir behagst, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, "Hunt".
[14] Hyperion A 66135 [LP] Sitting by the Streams - Henry Lawes: Psalms, Ayres and Dialogues
[16] Hyperion A 66071 / 72 [LPx2] Handel: The Triumph of Time and Truth
[17] Hyperion A 66036 [LP] or CDD 22 041 [CD] Bach: Cantata No. 202, Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, "Wedding"

Recording site and date:
Refer to excerpts above.

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): (09/1987)

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Pierre-F. Roberge