With her uncommonly pure voice, agile coloratura and particular sensitivity to words, Dame Emma Kirkby is one of the world’s leading sopranos in the field of early music.

This release brings together five of the many album recordings she has made throughout her illustrious career, presenting a selection of Renaissance, Baroque and Classical works that demonstrate Kirkby’s innate musicality as well as passion for music-making that stresses ensemble and clarity above all else - from songs for voice and lute to arias and cantatas with string accompaniment.

CD 1 
HANDEL
- Violin Sonata in F major, HWV 370
- German Arias, HWV 202–210
with London Baroque

CD 2  The English Orpheus
Songs for voice and lute/orpharion by DOWLAND
with Anthony Rooley

CD 3 
DE WERT: Il settimo libro de madrigali
The Consort of Musicke

CD 4  In Vauxhall Gardens
Music by ABEL, ARNE, HANDEL and ROYCE
Hiro Kurosaki (violin), Nicholas Parle (organ), London Baroque / Charles Medlam

CD 5  The Muses Gardin
Songs for voice and lute by ROBERT JONES
with Anthony Rooley