Emma Kirkby

Here is ,AFAIK, the complete discography of my goddess . Since I'm anti-LP
I only listed below recordings that appeared at one time or another on CD .

If there are any other recordings I haven't mentioned I would be very very grateful if
you would inform me and for any corrections , comments or suggestions please email me at

kehila@math.tau.ac.il
or
mikik@hotmail.com

OK here we go .....

The Discography

Some definitions first ....
CoM - Consort of Musicke - Rooley
GV - Gothic Voices - Page
TC - Taverner Consort - Parrott
PoI - Parley of Instruments - Goodman
L'OL - L'Oiseau-Lyre
LB - London Baroque - Medlam
AoAM - The Academy of Ancient Music - Hogwood


GoTo : The CDs of Musica Oscura


  1. Arcadelt - Madrigali - CoM - DHM - RD77162
  2. Arne - Dr Arne at Vauxhall Gardens - PoI - Hyperion - CDA66237
  3. Bach - Cantata BWV11 - TC - EMI - CDC749959
  4. Bach - Cantata BWV51 - English Baroque Soloists - Gardiner - Philips - 411458
  5. Bach - Mass in b minor - TC - EMI - CDS747293
  6. Bach - Cantatas BWV 211 & 212 - AoAM - L'OL - 417621
  7. Bach - Cantatas BWV 208 - PoI - Hyperion - CDA66169
  8. Bach - Cantata BWV 202 - TC - Hyperion - CDA66036
  9. Bach - St Matthaeus Passion - Cleobury , Goodman - Vanguard - 99070
  10. Bach - Magnificat - AoAM , Preston - L'OL - 443199 ( + Vivaldi - Nisi Dominus )
  11. Bach - Magnificat - AoAM , Preston - L'OL - 414678
  12. Bach - Magnificat - Hicokx - Chandos - 0518
  13. Benda - Cephalus & Aurora - Muller , Roberts - Hyperion - CDA66649
  14. Bingen - A feather on the Breath of God - GV - Hyperion - CDA66039
  15. Blow - Welcome every guest - Thomas , Rooley - Nonesuch - 979156
  16. Blow - Venus & Adonis - CoM - DHM - GD77117 ( + Locke )
  17. Buxtehude - Vocal Music Vol. 1 - Holloway , Kraemer , Jaap ter Linden , Lars Ulrik Mortensen - Marco Polo - 8.224062
  18. Byrd - Psalmes - CoM - L'OL - 443187
  19. Couperin - Trois Lecons - Nelson , Ryan , Hogwood - L'OL - 444169
  20. D'India - Il Terzo Libro De Madrigali - CoM - DHM - RD77119
  21. D'India - Ottavo Libro dei Madrigali - CoM - L'OL - 444168
  22. Dowland - The English Orpheus - Rooley - Virgin - 759512
  23. Dowland - 3 Books of Songs - CoM - L'OL - III : 430285 , II : 425889 , I : 421653
  24. Dowland - Pligrimes Solace - CoM - L'OL - 436188
  25. Dowland - Time Stands still - Rooley - Hyperion - CDA66186
  26. Dowland - Complete music - CoM - L'OL - 452563 (12CDs)
  27. Gabrieli - Symphoniae Sacrae - TC - L'OL - 436860
  28. Gesualdo - 5th Book of Madrigals - CoM - L'OL - 410128
  29. Grabbe - Il Primo Libro Dei Madrigali - CoM - MD&G - 3100220
  30. Handel - Jeptha - Marriner - Decca - 425701
  31. Handel - Italian Cantatas - Nelson , AoAM - L'OL - 430282
  32. Handel - Birthday Ode - AoAM , Preston - L'OL - 421654
  33. Handel - Carmelite Vespera - TC - EMI - CDS749749
  34. Handel - Arias - AoAM - L'OL - 436132 ( + Arne , Lampe )
  35. Handel - Italian Cantatas - AoAM - L'OL - 414473
  36. Handel - Esther - AoAM - L'OL - 414423
  37. Handel - Athalia - AoAM - L'OL - 417126
  38. Handel - The Triumph of Time & Truth - Goodman , Darlow - Hyperion - CDA66071
  39. Handel - Messiah - AoAM - L'OL - 430488
  40. Handel - Messiah - TC - EMI - CDC749801
  41. Handel - Opera Arias - Goodman - Hyperion - CDA66860
  42. Handel - Acis Galatea - LB - HM - HMC901253
  43. Handel - Judas Maccabaeus - King - Hyperion - CDA66641
  44. Handel - La Resurrezione - AoAM - L'OL - 421132
  45. Handel - Joshua - King - Hyperion - CDA66461
  46. Handel - Alceste + Comus - AoAM - L'OL - 421479
  47. Handel - 9 German Arias - LB - EMI - CDC749256
  48. Handel - Orlando - AoAM - L'OL - 430845
  49. Handel - Silete Venti HMV 242 - Linde - Capriccio - 10610/1
  50. Hasse - Cleofide - Christie - Capriccio - 10193/6
  51. Haydn - The Creation - AoAM - L'OL - 430397
  52. Hume - The spirit of Gambo - Pandolfo - Glossa - GCD 920402
  53. Johnson - Shakespeare's Lutenist - Thomas , Rooley - Virgin - VC759321
  54. Jones - The Muses Garden - CoM - Virgin - VC791212
  55. Lassus - Le Lagrime Di San Pietro - CoM - L'OL - 443197
  56. Lawes - Sitting By the Stream - CoM - Hyperion - CDA66135
  57. Locke - The Tempest - AoAM - L'OL - 433191
  58. Machaut - The Mirror of Narcissus - GV - Hyperion - CDA66087
  59. Monteverdi - Books of Madrigals - CoM - I : Virgin 545143 , II : Virgin 759282 , III : Virgin 759283 ,
    IV : L'OL 414148 , V : L'OL 410291 , VI : Virgin 759605 , VIII : Virgin 759620 , 759621 , 791158
  60. Monteverdi - Solo & Duets - Tubb , Rooley - IMP (MCA) - MCAD25189
  61. Monteverdi - Madrigali Erotici - CoM - L'OL - 421480
  62. Monteverdi - Sacred Vocal Music - PoI , Holman - Hyperion - CDA66021
  63. Monteverdi - L'Orfeo - LB - EMI - CMS764947
  64. Monteverdi - Mass of Thanks Givings - TC - EMI - 754886 ( + Selva Morale e Spirituale (excerpts) )
  65. Monteverdi - Selva Morale e Sprituale - Bernius - Astoria - 90007/8/9
  66. Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine - TC - EMI - CDS7470788
  67. Morley - Ayres & Madrigals - CoM - L'OL - 436862
  68. Mozart - Arias - AoAM - L'OL - 425835
  69. Mozart - K317 , K339 - AoAM - L'OL - 436585
  70. Mozart - K165 , K108 , K143 , K127 - AoAM - L'OL - 411832
  71. Mozart - K626 - AoAM - L'OL - 411712
  72. Pergolesi - Stabat Mater - Bowman , AoAM - L'OL - 425692
  73. Purcell - Songs - Thomas , Rooley - Hyperion - CDA66056
  74. Purcell - Music for the queen Mary - Neary - Sony - SK66243
  75. Purcell - Songs - Rooley , Hogwood - L'OL - 417123
  76. Purcell - Ode on St. Cecilia Day - TC - EMI - CDC747490
  77. Purcell - Dido & Aeneas - TC - Chandos - 8306
  78. Purcell - Dido & Aeneas - AoAM - L'OL - 436992
  79. Purcell - The Indian Queen - AoAM - L'OL - 444339
  80. Purcell - Theater Music - AoAM - L'OL - 425893
  81. Purcell - The Glory of Purcell - AoAM , Deller - L'OL - 444620
  82. Purcell - Music for a while - AoAM - L'OL - 443195
  83. Ravenscroft - There were 3 Ravens - CoM - Virgin - 759035
  84. Schutz - Il Primo Libro De Madrigali - CoM - DHM - 77118
  85. Schutz - Symphoniae Sacrae - Op10 - CoM - Purcell Quartet - Chandos - 0566
  86. Schutz - Christmas Story - TC - EMI - CDC747633
  87. Schutz - Music for the house of Fugger - CoM - DHM - 749234
  88. Scarlatti - Madrigals - CoM - DHM (EMI) - CDC749181 ( + Lotti )
  89. Vivaldi - 2 Cantatas - RV651 , 630 - AoAM - L'OL - 421655
  90. Vivaldi - Opera Arias - Goodman - Hyperion - CDA66745
  91. Vivaldi - 2 Cantatas - RV627 , 680 - Tafelmusik , Lamon - Hyperion - CDA66247
  92. Vivaldi - Gloria - RV589 - AoAM , Preston - L'OL - 443178 ( + Handel's HMV 278 )
  93. Ward - Sweet Philomel - CoM - Hyperion - CDA66256
  94. Wert - 7th book of Madrigals - Virgin - 561177
  95. In Vauxhall Gardens - LB - Virgin - 561290
  96. Lamento D'Arianna - CoM - DHM - GD77115
  97. Music from the time of Christian 4 - CoM - BIS - 392
  98. Duetti Da Camera - Nelson , Rooley - L'OL - 436861
  99. Madrigals & Wedding songs - CoM - Hyperion - CDA66019
  100. The Spirits of England Vol2 - GV - Hyperion - CDA66773
  101. O Tuneful Voice - Muller , Roberts - Hyperion - CDA66497
  102. Elizabethan Songs - Rooley - L'OL - 425892
  103. Una Stravaganze Dei Medici - TC - EMI - CDC747998
  104. Olympia's Lament - Rooley - Hyperion - CDA66106 ( Monteverdi & D'India )
  105. The Emma Kirkby Collection - Hyperion - CDA66227
  106. Emma Kirkby - A Portrait - L'OL - 443200
  107. Venice Preserv'd - AoAM - L'OL - 425891 ( Cavalli , Grandi , Cima , Gabrieli , Grandi , Legrenzi , Marini , Monteverdi )
  108. Concerto Della Done - CoM - DHM - RD77154 ( + Marenzio , Luzzaschi , Strozzi , Scarlatti , Monteverdi )
  109. Chansonnier Cordiforme - CoM - L'OL Japan - POCL3170
  110. Vocal Music of the late Renaissance - CoM - DHM - 05472-77444
  111. Adeste Fideles - Christmas down the ages - Neary - Sony - SK62688




Musica Oscura


  1. 290241 - { Bach - St. Jonn Passion - Goodman }
  2. 070969 - { Musicians of Grope Lane - City Waites }
  3. 070970 - { Bach - St. Mark Passion - Goodman }
  4. 070971 - { The Scyence of Lutynge - Rooley }
  5. 070972 - Lawes - In Loving Memory
  6. 070973 - Purcell - Don Quixote
  7. 070974 - { King of low seas - Thomas }
  8. 070975 - Weelkes - Madrigals
  9. 070976 - Pallavicino - Il sesto libro dei Madrigali
  10. 070977 - The Mantle of Orpheus
  11. 070978 - Greene - Songs
  12. 070979 - Sound the Trumpets
  13. 070980 - { The Dark is my Delight - Tubb }
  14. 070981 - Ward - Madrigals
  15. 070982 - Ward - Psalms
  16. 070983 - Notri - Prime Musiche Nuove
  17. 070984 - Stradella - L'Anime Del Purgatorio
  18. 070985 - D'India - Il Primo Libro De Madrigali
  19. 070986 - The Mistress
  20. 070987 - { The Mad Lover - Tubb }
  21. 070988 - Arie Antiche
  22. 070989 - Cor Mio
  23. 070990 - Gerusalemme Liberata
  24. 070991 - Rore - Il Quinto Libro di Madrigali
  25. 070992 - Marenzio - Baci Soavi e Cari
  26. 070993 - Porter - Madrigals
  27. 070994 - Marini - Concerto Terzo
  28. 070995 - Monteverdi - Madrigali Erotici


Other Emma Kirkby sites

Raphi's list - less comprehensive but nicer.
Hyperion Kirkby page
Lewis Morton Kirkby page - wonderful site.
If you like to email the CoM they are at consort@easynet.co.uk


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and also mikik@hotmail.com

last update 5-5-1997

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