The Artistry of Emma Kirkby: highlights from the original BIS recordings

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The Artistry of Emma Kirkby: highlights from the original BIS recordings
Emma Kirkby (soprano) with Jakob Lindberg (lute) Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Anthony Rooley (theorbo-lute) etc

[ BIS / 4 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Thursday 1 January 2009

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"Artistry indeed, and praise to BIS for recognising how to honour it." Gramophone Magazine Reissue of the Month - July 2009

Tracks:

Amodei:
Su l'ore che l'aurora
Va', ché l'hai fatto a me
Lieve al piè, grave al passo (Cantata sacra per la Beatissima Vergine)

Ariosti:
Cantata 'Pur al fin gentil Viola'

Bach, J S:
Öffne dich mein ganzes Herze, from the cantata 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland', BWV61
Cantata BWV132 'Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn'

Blow:
Sappho to the Goddess of Love

Boesset:
Que Philis a l'esprit léger

Böddecker:
Natus est Jesus

Couperin, F:
Premiere leçon de Tenebres pour le Mercredy Saint
Troisieme lecon de Tenebres pour le Mercredy Saint

Danyel:
Dost thou withdraw thy grace?

Dowland:
O sweet woods
I saw my Lady weepe
Daphne was not so chaste
Farewell too faire
Time's eldest sonne
Shall I strive with wordes to move?

Ferrabosco, A II:
So beautie on the waters stood

Graupner:
Ach Gott Herr

Greene, M:
Orpheus with his lute

Handel:
Gloria
Salve Regina, HWV 241
O qualis de coelo sonus, HWV239
Coelestis dum spirat aura, HWV231
Laudate pueri (Psalm 112), HWV236

India:
Da l'onde del mio pianto

Johnson, R:
Full fathom five

Lalande:
Troisième Leçon de Ténèbres du Mercredy Saint

Lawes, H:
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')
Orpheus' Hymn to God

Moulinié:
Paisible et ténébreuse nuit

Scarlatti, A:
Cantata pastorale 'Non sò qual più m'ingombra'
Cantata pastorale 'O di Betlemme altera'

Schimmelpfennig:
Dolce tempo passato

Schütz:
Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten, SWV282

Weldon:
Stop, O ye waves

Wilson, J:
Diffugere nives (Horace, Odes IV, 7)