This early, representative recital work fully showcases the captivating beauty of her clear soprano voice.
This album is one of the most important works that brought Emma Kirkby widespread recognition, and it embodies the ideal style of early music vocal performance.
Composed primarily of songs and arias from the Renaissance to the Baroque period, her singing is characterized by a transparent vocal style that avoids excessive vibrato and refined phrasing that carefully brings the text to life. Her singing resonates strongly with the prevailing trend of early music performance at the time, in that it presents the structure and poetic sentiment of the music itself in its purest form.
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13 TRACKS:
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1)
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Odi Quel Rosignuolo
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2)
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Se Ben Hor Non Scopra El Foco
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3)
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Amanti Io Vi So Dire
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4)
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Sweete Birdes Deprive Us Never
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5)
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Draw On, Sweet Night
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6)
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I Saw My Ladye Weep
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7)
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Rest Sweet Nymphs
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8)
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The Dark Is My Delight
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9)
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But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming?
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10)
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Passo Dipena In Pena
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11)
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Nulla In Mundo Pax Sincera
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12)
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From Rosy Bowers
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13)
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Gentle Morpheus
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Engineer - John Pellowe
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Engineer - John Dunkerley
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Producer - Peter Wadland
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Engineer - Martin Haskell
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Directed By, Harpsichord - Christopher Hogwood
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Soprano Vocals, Liner Notes - Emma Kirkby
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Producer - Morten Winding
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Ensemble - The Academy Of Ancient Music
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Photography By - Clive Barda
