The following CDs, mostly on the BIS label, will be available for sale at the concert (also available online at www.naxos.com). After the concert there will be an artist signing session with Dame Emma Kirkby.
Disc 1
Vocal excerpts from Purcell's semi-operas The Fairy Queen, The Indian Queen and The Tempest.
| Title |
A Purcell Songbook |
| Composer |
Henry Purcell |
| Label |
Decca |
| Catalogue Number |
4767467 |
| Released |
19 Feb 2007 |
| Artists |
Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley, Catherine Mackintosh |
Disc 2
Inventive lute songs by John Dowland written for his Elizabethan Patrons.
| Title |
Honey from the Hive |
| Composer |
John Dowland |
| Label |
BIS |
| Catalogue Number |
BIS-SACD1475 |
| Released |
27 Feb 2006 |
| Artists |
Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley |
Disc 3
William Byrd's enchanting Consort Songs for solo voice and viol consort.
| Title |
Consort Songs |
| Composer |
William Byrd |
| Label |
Harmonia Mundi |
| Catalogue Number |
HMU907383 |
| Released |
04 April 2005 |
| Soprano |
Emma Kirkby |
| Ensemble |
Fretwork |
Disc 4
Jewels from Europe around 1600 for soprano and lute by various composers.
| Title |
Musique and Sweet Poetrie |
| Composer |
John Dowland, Thomas Morley, Robert Johnson & others |
| Label |
BIS |
| Catalogue Number |
BIS-SACD1505 |
| Released |
29 Jan 2007 |
| Soprano |
Emma Kirkby, Jakob Lindberg |
Disc 5
Cantatas by J S Bach including BWV199 Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut and BWV82 Ich habe genug.
| Title |
Bach Cantatas |
| Composer |
J S Bach |
| Label |
Carus |
| Catalogue Number |
83.302 |
| Released |
01 Aug 2001 |
| Soprano |
Emma Kirkby |
| Orchestra |
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra |
| Violin/Conductor |
Gottfried von der Gotz |
Disc 6
A collection of Italian, German and English arias including Mozart's "Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner!", "Ch’io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene", and "L’amero, saro costante".
| Title |
Emma Kirkby sings Arne, Handel, Haydn and Mozart |
| Composer |
Arne, Handel, Haydn and Mozart |
| Label |
Decca |
| Catalogue Number |
4580842 |
| Released |
01 Sept 1998 |
| Soprano |
Emma Kirkby |
| Orchestra |
Academy of Ancient Music |
| Violin/Conductor |
Christopher Hogwood |
Disc 7
Highlights from the original BIS recordings, featuring sacred and secular works in collaboration with Emma Kirkby's ideal musical colleagues. The set includes a previously unreleased recording by Graupner and a CD devoted entirely to lute songs. The cover picture is a new portrait by June Mendoza.
| Title |
The Artistry of Emma Kirkby |
| Composer |
Bach, Handel, Graupner, Couperin & Scarlatti |
| Label |
BIS |
| Catalogue Number |
BISCD1734/5 |
| Released |
02 March 2009 |
| Artists |
Emma Kirkby and others |
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