voc, acg, *1949 GB, Surrey
Singer of Classical
A.k.a. Caroline Emma Kirkby
Dame (Carolyn) Emma Kirkby, DBE (born 26 February 1949) is an English soprano and one of the world's most renowned early music specialists. She has sung on over 100 recordings. Her entry in The Grove Book of Opera Singers (2008) reads:She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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A Pleasing Melancholy | Chelys Consort Of Viols, Emma Kirkby, James Akers | 2017 | Album |
Arias | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 2015 | Album |
Italian Cantatas | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby • Judith Nelson • David Thomas, Susan Sheppard • Christopher Hogwood, The Academy Of Ancient Music | 2015 | Compil. |
Wedding Cantatas | Johann Sebastian Bach - Emma Kirkby, Christopher Hogwood, The Academy Of Ancient Music | 2015 | Album |
The Complete Recitals | Emma Kirkby | 2015 | Album |
The Creation | Joseph Haydn, Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Michael George, The New College Oxford Choir, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 2014 | Album |
Stabat Mater | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 2012 | Compil. |
Matthäus Passion - St. Matthew Passion, Bwv 244 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Emma Kirkby, Stephen Cleobury, Michael Chance | 2012 | Album |
Gloria · Stabat Mater | Antonio Vivaldi, Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, James Bowman, The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Simon Preston, Christopher Hogwood | 2012 | Compil. |
Salzburg Barock | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat, Andreas Hofer, Stefano Bernardi – Emma Kirkby, Bell'Arte Salzburg, Annegret Siedel | 2011 | Album |
Cantates À Voix Seule | Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Emma Kirkby, London Baroque | 2011 | Album |
Membra Jesu nostri | Dieterich Buxtehude, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, The Purcell Quartet, Elin Manahan Thomas | 2010 | Album |
Soprano Cantatas | Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Adolf Hasse, Johann Sebastian Bach, Emma Kirkby, Sophie Boulin, Isabelle Poulenard, Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde | 2009 | Album |
Gloria: Nulla In Mundo Pax Sincera, Magnificat In D | Antonio Vivaldi - Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music | 2008 | Album |
Handel In Italy - Solo Cantatas | Georg Friedrich Händel, Emma Kirkby, London Baroque | 2008 | Album |
Weimar Cantatas | Johann Sebastian Bach - Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, The Purcell Quartet | 2007 | Album |
Wielcy Kompozytorzy - 26 | Georg Friedrich Händel - Anne Sofie Von Otter (alt), Emma Kirkby (sopran), Drottningholms Barockensemble / London Baroque | 2006 | Album |
The Art Of | Emma Kirkby | 2006 | Compil. |
Gothic Voices Gramophone Award Winners Collection | Gothic Voices, Emma Kirkby, Andrew Lawrence-King / Christopher Page | 2006 | Compil. |
Stabat Mater | Alessandro Scarlatti - Emma Kirkby, Daniel Taylor, Theatre Of Early Music | 2005 | Album |
Messiah · Athalia · Esther · La Resurrezione | Georg Friedrich Händel - Christopher Hogwood, Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby, Patrizia Kwella, Judith Nelson, Carolyn Watkinson, James Bowman, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Paul Elliott, Ian Partridge, David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music | 2005 | Album |
Sacred Cantatas vol. 2 | Dieterich Buxtehude, Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels, Peter Harvey, The Purcell Quartet | 2005 | Album |
Lute Songs | John Dowland • Robert Jones • Emma Kirkby • Anthony Rooley | 2004 | Compil. |
Theatre Music | Henry Purcell - Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, James Bowman, Martyn Hill, David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood | 2004 | Compil. |
The Very Best Of | Emma Kirkby | 2004 | Compil. |
Consort Songs | William Byrd - Emma Kirkby, Fretwork | 2004 | Album |
De Occulta Philosophia | Johann Sebastian Bach - José Miguel Moreno, Emma Kirkby, Carlos Mena | 2003 | Album |
Sacred Cantatas | Dieterich Buxtehude : Emma Kirkby, Suzie LeBlanc, Peter Harvey, The Purcell Quartet | 2003 | Album |
Chanson D'amour | Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Emma Kirkby, The Romantic Chamber Group Of London | 2002 | Album |
Gloria • Dixit Dominus | Georg Friedrich Händel / Emma Kirkby, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Hillevi Martinpelto, Drottningholms Barockensemble, Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra | 2001 | Album |
Sacred Cantatas | Georg Friedrich Händel, Emma Kirkby, London Baroque | 2001 | Album |
Händel - Gloria | Georg Friedrich Händel, Emma Kirkby, Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra, Laurence Cummings, Hillevi Martinpelto, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Anders Öhrwall, Stockholm Bach Choir, Drottningholms Barockensemble | 2001 | Album |
Handel Opera Arias And Overtures - 2 | Emma Kirkby, Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman | 2000 | Album |
Christmas Music | Emma Kirkby, London Baroque | 2000 | Album |
Ich Habe Genug-Hunt Cantata & Wedding Cantata | Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Jennifer Smith, Simon Davies, Michael George, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott, The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman, Johann Sebastian Bach | 2000 | Album |
The Glories Of Handel Opera | Georg Friedrich Händel, Emma Kirkby, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Teresa Berganza, Marilyn Horne, James Bowman, Luciano Pavarotti | 2000 | Compil. |
Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut · Ich Habe Genung · Konzert Für Oboe Und Violine | Johann Sebastian Bach - Emma Kirkby, Katharina Arfken, Freiburger Barockorchester | 1999 | Album |
The Pure Voice Of Emma Kirkby | Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1998 | Compil. |
Missa Sanctae Caeciliae / Nikolaimesse / Missa Brevis / Große Orgelmesse (Four Organ Masses) | Joseph Haydn, Simon Preston, The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Judith Nelson, Carolyn Watkinson, Martyn Hill, David Thomas, Margaret Cable, Shirley Minty, Rogers Covey-Crump, Emma Kirkby | 1997 | Album |
Vocal Music Vol. I | Dieterich Buxtehude - Emma Kirkby, John Holloway, Manfredo Kraemer, Lars Ulrik Mortensen | 1997 | Album |
The Indian Queen | Henry Purcell - Emma Kirkby, Catherine Bott, John Mark Ainsley, David Thomas, Gerald Finley, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1996 | Album |
The Spirit Of Gambo | Emma Kirkby, Labyrinto, Paolo Pandolfo | 1996 | Album |
Handel Opera Arias | Emma Kirkby, Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman | 1996 | Album |
Matthäus Passion - St. Matthew Passion, Bwv 244 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Emma Kirkby, Stephen Cleobury, Michael Chance | 1995 | Album |
A Portrait | Emma Kirkby | 1994 | Compil. |
Opera Arias And Sinfonias | Antonio Vivaldi, Emma Kirkby, Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman | 1994 | Album |
Symphoniae Sacrae Op. 10 | Heinrich Schütz, Emma Kirkby, Suzie LeBlanc, James Bowman, Charles Daniels, Nigel Rogers, Richard Wistreich, Stephen Varcoe, The Purcell Quartet | 1994 | Album |
Cepahalus And Aurora | Georg Anton Benda, Emma Kirkby, Rufus Müller, Timothy Roberts | 1993 | Album |
Arie Antiche | Emma Kirkby | 1993 | Album |
Judas Maccabaeus | Georg Friedrich Händel / Emma Kirkby, Catherine Denley, James Bowman, Jamie MacDougall, Michael George, The New College Oxford Choir, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1993 | Album |
Arias: Emma Kirkby Sings Mrs Arne | Georg Friedrich Händel • Thomas Arne - Emma Kirkby / The Academy Of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood | 1993 | Album |
Krönungsmesse / Coronation Mass, K 317 • Vesperae Solennes De Confessore, K 339 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood • Emma Kirkby • Catherine Robbin • John Mark Ainsley • Michael George • Winchester Cathedral Choir | 1993 | Album |
Italian Cantatas - The Alchymist | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby • Judith Nelson • David Thomas, Susan Sheppard • Christopher Hogwood, Patrizia Kwella, The Academy Of Ancient Music | 1991 | Compil. |
The Muses Gardin | Robert Jones • Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley | 1991 | Album |
Joshua | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Aidan Oliver, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, The New College Oxford Choir, The King's Consort, Robert King | 1991 | Album |
"O Tuneful Voice" - Songs And Duets From Late Eighteenth-Century England | Emma Kirkby . Rufus Müller . Timothy Roberts . Frances Kelly | 1991 | Album |
Gloria • Ostro Picta / Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi / Johann Sebastian Bach - Collegium Musicum 90, Emma Kirkby, Tessa Bonner, Michael Chance, John Mark Ainsley, Stephen Varcoe, Richard Hickox | 1991 | Album |
A Vauxhall Gardens Entertainment | Carl Friedrich Abel, Georg Friedrich Händel, Thomas Arne, William Boyce, Charles Medlam, London Baroque, Emma Kirkby, Hiro Kurosaki, Nicholas Parle, Richard Gwilt | 1989 | Album |
Stabat Mater - Salve Regina | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1989 | Album |
Dr Arne At Vauxhall Gardens | Emma Kirkby, Richard Morton, The Parley Of Instruments | 1988 | Album |
Una "Stravanganza" Dei Medici - Intermedi (1589) Per "La Pellegrina" | Andrew Parrott / Tessa Bonner / Emma Kirkby / Emily Van Evera / Nigel Rogers / Taverner Consort / Taverner Choir / Taverner Players | 1988 | Album |
Monteverdi Duets & Solos | Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, The Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley, Claudio Monteverdi | 1987 | Album |
The Emma Kirkby Collection | Emma Kirkby | 1987 | Compil. |
Festive Music In San Marco = Festmusik In San Marco | Claudio Monteverdi − Emma Kirkby • John Elwes • Kammerchor Stuttgart • Barockensemble Stuttgart Dirigent: Frieder Bernius | 1987 | Album |
Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 / Peasant Cantata, BWV 212 | Johann Sebastian Bach - Emma Kirkby • David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1987 | Album |
Cantatas, Concertos & Magnificat | Antonio Vivaldi – Emma Kirkby, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | 1987 | Album |
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo | Georg Friedrich Händel – Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, David Thomas, London Baroque, Charles Medlam | 1987 | Album |
Time Stands Still | Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley | 1986 | Album |
Athalia | Georg Friedrich Händel, Joan Sutherland, Emma Kirkby • James Bowman • Aled Jones • Anthony Rolfe Johnson • David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1986 | Album |
Deutsche Arien- German Arias | Georg Friedrich Händel, Emma Kirkby, London Baroque | 1985 | Album |
Love And Languishment (Music By Angelo Notari From Musiche Nuove, 1613) | Angelo Notari, Emma Kirkby, The Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley | 1985 | Album |
Esther | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby • Patrizia Kwella • Drew Minter • Anthony Rolfe Johnson • Paul Elliott • Andrew King • Ian Partridge • David Thomas • Westminster Cathedral Choir • The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus & The Academy Of Ancient Music - Christopher Hogwood | 1985 | Album |
Magnificat / "Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen" | Johann Sebastian Bach - The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Nancy Argenta, Patrizia Kwella, Charles Brett, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Thomas / Emma Kirkby | 1985 | Album |
Bach's Hunt Cantata (Cantata No 208 'Was Mir Behagt') | Johann Sebastian Bach - Emma Kirkby, Jennifer Smith, Simon Davies, Michael George, The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman | 1985 | Album |
All' Illustrissimi Signori Fuccari, II (Musik Aus Der Zeit Von 1573-1603) | Gregor Aichinger, Constantino Ferrabosco, Hans Leo Haßler und Jakob Hassler, Orazio Vecchi, Jacopo Peeters - The Consort Of Musicke • Emma Kirkby • Anthony Rooley | 1985 | Album |
Theatre Music Vol. VII | Henry Purcell - Emma Kirkby • Judith Nelson • Rogers Covey-Crump • David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1985 | Album |
Mass In B Minor | Johann Sebastian Bach, Emma Kirkby, Emily Van Evera, Panito Iconomou, Christian Immler, Michael Kilian, Rogers Covey-Crump, David Thomas, Taverner Consort & Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1985 | Album |
Italian Cantatas | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1985 | Album |
Theatre Music Vol. VIII | Henry Purcell - Emma Kirkby • Judith Nelson • Rogers Covey-Crump • David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1985 | Album |
All' Illustrissimi Signori Fuccari, I (Musik Aus Der Zeit Von 1573-1603, Dem Hause Fugger Gewidmet) | Andrea Gabrieli Und Giovanni Gabrieli, Roland de Lassus, Charles Luython, Philippe De Monte, Jacopo Peeters - The Consort Of Musicke • Emma Kirkby • Anthony Rooley | 1985 | Album |
Selva Morale E Spirituale | Claudio Monteverdi, Emma Kirkby • Nigel Rogers • Rogers Covey-Crump • David Thomas, Taverner Consort, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1984 | Album |
Olympia's Lament | Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley - Claudio Monteverdi / Sigismondo D'India | 1984 | Album |
Exsultate Jubilate / Motets | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Emma Kirkby, Westminster Cathedral Choir, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1984 | Album |
Requiem | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Emma Kirkby • Carolyn Watkinson • Anthony Rolfe Johnson • David Thomas • Westminster Cathedral Choir • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood | 1984 | Album |
The Mirror Of Narcissus (Songs By Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)) | Guillaume de Machaut - Emma Kirkby, Margaret Philpot, Rogers Covey-Crump, Gothic Voices, Christopher Page | 1983 | Album |
Songs & Airs | Henry Purcell - Emma Kirkby, Anthony Rooley • Christopher Hogwood | 1983 | Album |
Abendmusik / Vespers In San Marco / Selva Morale E Spirituale | Claudio Monteverdi, Emma Kirkby, John Elwes, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockensemble Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius | 1983 | Album |
The Triumph Of Time And Truth | Georg Friedrich Händel - Gillian Fisher, Emma Kirkby, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Stephen Varcoe, The London Handel Choir And London Handel Orchestra, Denys Darlow | 1983 | Album |
A Feather On The Breath Of God (Sequences And Hymns By Abbess Hildegard Of Bingen) | Hildegard Von Bingen - Gothic Voices With Emma Kirkby Directed By Christopher Page | 1982 | Album |
Concerto 'Per Flautino' ∙ Trio Sonata 'La Folia' ∙ Cantata 'Amor Hai Vinto ∙ Oboe Concerto | Antonio Vivaldi, Alessandro Marcello - Emma Kirkby, Clare Shanks, Michael Copley, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1982 | Album |
Portrait Of Emma Kirkby | Emma Kirkby | 1982 | Compil. |
La Resurrezione | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby / Patrizia Kwella / Carolyn Watkinson / Ian Partridge / David Thomas / The Academy Of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood | 1982 | Album |
Songs And Dialogues | Henry Purcell - Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Anthony Rooley | 1982 | Album |
Bach Cantatas (Ich Habe Genug, BWV 82 / Weichet Nur, Betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 (Wedding Cantata)) | Johann Sebastian Bach - Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1982 | Album |
Madrigals And Wedding Songs For Diana | The Consort Of Musicke Directed By Anthony Rooley With Emma Kirkby And David Thomas | 1981 | Album |
Duetti Da Camera | Emma Kirkby ∙ Judith Nelson | 1981 | Album |
Cantatas | Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby • Judith Nelson • David Thomas, Susan Sheppard • Christopher Hogwood | 1981 | Album |
Sacred Vocal Music Of Claudio Monteverdi | Claudio Monteverdi - Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, David Thomas, The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman And Peter Holman | 1981 | Album |
Dido & Aeneas | Henry Purcell - Emma Kirkby • Judith Nelson • David Thomas, Taverner Choir • Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott | 1981 | Album |
Messiah • A Sacred Oratorio | Georg Friedrich Händel - Judith Nelson • Emma Kirkby • Paul Elliott • David Thomas • The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood | 1980 | Album |
La Musique De Théâtre (Alceste) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Judith Nelson • Emma Kirkby • Margaret Cable • Paul Elliott • David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1980 | Album |
Theatre Music (Alceste) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Judith Nelson • Emma Kirkby • Margaret Cable • Paul Elliott • David Thomas, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | 1980 | Album |
Amorous Dialogues | Emma Kirkby · Martyn Hill | 1980 | Album |
Pastoral Dialogues | Emma Kirkby / David Thomas | 1980 | Album |
Le Lagrime D'Erminia 1623 - Violin Sonatas | Biagio Marini / Emma Kirkby / Nigel Rogers / The Consort Of Musicke | 1980 | Album |
Japhtha | Georg Friedrich Händel, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Margaret Marshall, Alfreda Hodgson, Paul Esswood, Christopher Keyte, Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields And Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | 1979 | Album |
The Lady Musick | Emma Kirkby · Anthony Rooley | 1979 | Album |
Trois Leçons De Ténèbres • Motet Pour Le Jour De Pâques | François Couperin - Judith Nelson • Emma Kirkby • Jane Ryan • Christopher Hogwood | 1978 | Album |
Messiah • A Sacred Oratorio (Highlights • Sélection • Auszüge) | Georg Friedrich Händel - Judith Nelson • Emma Kirkby • Carolyn Watkinson • Paul Elliott • David Thomas • The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral • The Academy Of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood | Album | |
Selva Morale E Spirituale (1640-41) (Selections) | Claudio Monteverdi – Emma Kirkby, John Elwes, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockensemble Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius | Album | |
Banquet Of The Senses (Madrigali Erotici E Spirituali) | Claudio Monteverdi - The Consort Of Musicke, Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, Mary Nichols | Album | |
Emma Kirkby Sings Handel, Arne, Haydn & Mozart | Georg Friedrich Händel, Thomas Arne, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Emma Kirkby, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood | Compil. | |
Trois Leçons De Ténèbres • Zwei Kantaten | François Couperin / Michel Pignolet de Montéclair - Judith Nelson / Emma Kirkby / Christopher Hogwood | Compil. | |
Haendel. Le Messie. Extraits | Georg Friedrich Händel, Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott, David Thomas, Christopher Hogwood, The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Simon Preston, The Academy Of Ancient Music | Album | |
Gloria • Nulla In Mundo Pax Sincera • Nisi Dominus • Cantatas | Antonio Vivaldi - Emma Kirkby ∙ Catherine Bott ∙ Judith Nelson ∙ Carolyn Watkinson ∙ James Bowman ∙ Simon Preston ∙ Christopher Hogwood | Compil. |