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
  2. Now hath Flora robbed her bowers

    3. Henry Purcell
  3. Stript of their green our groves appear

    4. Claudio Monteverdi
  4. Voglio di vita uscir

    5. Sigismondo d'India
  5. Piangono al pianger mio

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

    7. Guillaume de Machaut
  7. Foy porter

    8. Hildegard von Bingen, Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum
  8. Columba aspexit

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

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

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

    12. Claudio Monteverdi, Scherzi musicale 1632
  12. Quel sguardo sdegnosetto

    13. Claudio Monteverdi
  13. Maledetto sia l'aspetto

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

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

    16. Georg Frideric Handel
  16. Sharp thorns despisingt

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

    18. Michael East
  18. 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