Emma Kirkby
Born: 26th February 1949, Camberley, Surrey, England
Nationality: English
Artist's website: http://www.emmakirkby.com/
The English soprano, Emma (Carolyn) Kirkby, studied classics at Oxford and received vocal training from Jessica Cash. Originally, she had no expectations of becoming a professional singer. As a classics student at Oxford and then a schoolteacher she sang for pleasure in choirs and small groups, always feeling at home most in Renaissance and Baroque repertoire.
Kirkby was a founding member of the Taverner Choir, and in 1973 began her long association with the Consort of Musicke. She took part in the early Decca Florilegium recordings with both the Consort of Musicke and the Academy of Ancient Music, at a time when most college-trained sopranos were not seeking a sound appropriate for early music instruments.
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Special offer. Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
Emma Kirkby, James Bowman & John Mark Ainsley New College Choir & King's Consort, Robert King
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Abbess Hildegard of Bingen - A feather on the breath of God
Emma Kirkby (soprano) Gothic Voices, Christopher Page
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Building a Library, April 2016, Also Recommended
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Gramophone Awards, 1982/3, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Special offer. Buxtehude Collection
Simone Stella (harpsichord, organ), Luthers Bach Ensemble (performer), Tymen Jan Bronda (performer), Baroque Orchestra (performer), Kristen Witmer (performer), Lucia Caihuela (performer), Jan Kullmann (performer), William Knight (performer), Matthew Baker (performer), Rie Kimura (performer, first violin), Robert Smith (performer, viola), Pieter-Jan Belder (performer, harpsichord), Fred Jacobs (performer), Asako Ueda (performer, theorbo), Elise Dupont (performer), Giulio Quirici (performer), Chun Yuan Yang (performer), John Holloway (performer), Manfred Kraemer (performer), Jaap ter Linden (performer), Lars Ulrik Mortensen (performer), Emma Kirkby (performer), Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir (performer), Johan Reuter (performer), Aradia Ensemble (performer), Matthew White (performer), Katherine Hill (performer), Paul Grindlay (performer), Fantasticus, Ensemble Fantasticus, Ebbe Munk
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Buxtehude - Sacred Cantatas
Emma Kirkby, Suzie LeBlanc (sopranos), Peter Harvey (bass) Purcell Quartet
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