Christmas Music: Emma Kirkby & London Baroque

Christmas Music: Emma Kirkby & London Baroque

Christmas Music: Emma Kirkby & London Baroque

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Composer: Phillip Friedrich Boddecker
Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti
Composer: Johann Pachelbel
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
Performer: Emma Kirkby
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2000-10-17
Music Label: Bis
Soundtracks:

Natus Est Jesus
Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra: I. Recitativo: 'Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra...' Allegro
Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra: II. Aria: 'Che Sara? Chi A Me Lo Dice?...'
Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra: III. Recitativo: 'E Nato, Al Fin Mi Dice...'
Non So Qual Piu M'ingombra: IV. Aria Pastorale: 'Nacque, Col Gran Messia...' Moderato
Canon And Gigue: Canon
Canon And Gigue: Gigue
Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland, BWV61: Offne Dich Mein Ganzes Herze
Orchestral Ste In D Major, BWV1068: Air
Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben, BWV147a: Bereite Dir, Jesu, Noch Itzo Die Bahn
O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: I. (Recitativo): 'O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta...
O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: II. (Aria): 'Dal Bel Segno D'una Stella...' Andante
O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: III. (Recitativo): 'Presa D'uomo La Forma...'
O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: IV. (Aria): 'L'autor D'ogni Mio Bene...' Andante
O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: V. (Recitativo): 'Fortunati Pastori!...'
O Di Betlemme, Altera Poverta Venturosa: VI. (Pastorale): 'Tocco La Prima Sorte A Voi, Pastori...'
Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op.6 No.8: 'Fatto Per La Notte Di Natale': I. Vivace - Grave - Allegro
Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op.6 No.8: 'Fatto Per La Notte Di Natale': II. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
Concerto Grosso In G Minor, Op.6 No.8: 'Fatto Per La Notte Di Natale': III. Vivace - Allegro...

Music reviews of Christmas Music: Emma Kirkby & London Baroque

Music Review: Beautiful and inspiring
Rating: 5 Stars

Emmy Kirkby's voice is magnificent. I enjoy trying to sing along with her, and aspire to her virtuosity, but it is completely futile. The baroque music and instumental pieces are lovely. This is one of my favorite Christmas CDs. It is unique, flawless, and the old, less familiar tunes create a refreshingly different experience from usual Christmas music.

I also really enjoy reading along with the little booklet of translations. I find the words of these old pieces of music so interesting.

A beatiful, beautiful recording. It is a shame to see that it has been discontinued.

Description of Christmas Music: Emma Kirkby & London Baroque

A disc of Christmas chestnuts would seem to be almost obligatory for any classical recording star. How odd that, after 20 years and almost 100 records, Emma Kirkby has only now, in the year 2000, made her very own Christmas album. It's admirably free of kitsch as holiday collections go--even the title is unassuming--and the few chestnuts there are (Pachelbel's Canon and Gigue, Corelli's "Christmas" concerto grosso, Bach's "Air on the G String") get alert, gracious, and thoroughly winning performances from the seven instrumentalists of London Baroque. The Divine Miss Em herself sounds just a bit quavery in two Advent-themed arias from Bach cantatas, but she brings to two solo cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti the silvery tone, intelligent musicianship, and generally enchanting quality her many admirers have always prized. Perhaps the nicest treat of all is on the disc's opening track: a captivating arrangement by one Phillip Friedrich Böddecker of the German chorale tune "Resonet in laudibus / Joseph lieber, Joseph mein"--in a performance that demonstrates why Emma Kirkby is a treasure. --Matthew Westphal

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