�Emma Kirkby� sings four solo cantatas� These showpieces make immense technical demands� But splendid though such displays are, it is her sense of characterisation which sets her apart. She can 'rejoice, laugh and hope' with palpable rapture (Un' alma innamorata, HWV173), change mood like quicksilver in the great Scena of Agrippina (HWV110) where the queen, condemned to death by her own son, swings schizophrenically from inconsolable despair to furious anger. Outstanding.� --BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 *****
�Emma Kirkby� is on superb form. Her interpretative intelligence and attention to words are a given but she can also catch a subtle mood, as in "Quel povero core" from Un' alman innamorata, whose sense of resigned torment is enhanced by a sensitive contribution from the solo violin.� --Gramophone Magazine, October 2008
�Emma Kirkby, a seasoned Handelian, brings her considerable artistry to bear on some of [Handel's] most bold, moving and exciting music. Occasionally, particularly in the tragic 'Agrippina condotta a morire', one yearns for slightly darker shades than her naturally sunny voice can provide. Even so, here and in 'Notte placida e cheta', 'Un� alma innamorata' and 'Figlio d�alte speranze', she and the [musicians] of London Baroque relish to the full the dramatic genius destined shortly to take London by storm.� --Sunday Times, 24th August 2008 ***
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