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Emma Kirby Is Enchanting!

sherri j. thorne | brooklyn, new york United States | 08/01/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"One of the nicest things that a friend ever did for me was to give me this recording, and to introduce me to the pure, graceful, and sweet soprano of Emma Kirkby. Here, in this recording of Dr. Thomas Arne at Vauxhall Gardens, Ms. Kirkby shows why she is one of the great interpreters of Early and Baroque music. The opening track 'The Glittering Sun' taken from the Cantata Morning,is absolutely enchanting and well suited for Ms Kirby's pure soprano. Ms Kirkby also shares the spotlight with Tenor, Richard Morton who sings 'Sigh No More ladies' and other songs. Written in 1745 just after being appointed composer to Vauxhall Gardens, these songs are Thomas Arne's most famous works. Arne often gets short shrift as a composer and is overshadowed by giants of English Baroque music such as Handel and Purcell. This recording will surprise and delight anyone who loves Baroque music and Ms. Kirkby."

Other Arne

Daniel G. Berk | West Bloomfield, Michigan | 04/17/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"You won't find Thomas Arne's, Rule Brittania, on this CD. What you will find is a number of beautiful vocal compositions by Arne. The performances by Emma Kirkby are particularly exquisite. These compositions provide yet another example of the additional depth of composers, whom we have tended to consider in connection with only one work, and what we have, heretofore, missed by doing so."