Clare Wilkinson (born in Manchester, England) is an English
mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...
specialising in
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
and
Renaissance music
Renaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines. Rather than starting from the early 14th-century '' ars nova'', the Tr ...
.
Her recent CD recordings are
*''Mynstrelles with Straunge Sounds'' with the Rose Consort of Viols
*''Anne Boleyn's Songbook'' with Alamire
*
Bach's ''Magnificat'' with the
Dunedin Consort
Dunedin Consort is Scotland's leading baroque ensemble based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recognised for its vivid and insightful performances and recordings. Formed in 1995 and named after Din Eidyn, the ancient Brittonic Celtic name of Edinburgh Cast ...
*''Adoramus Te'' with the Rose Consort of Viols
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Singers from Manchester
English mezzo-sopranos
20th-century English singers
20th-century English women singers
21st-century English singers
21st-century English women singers
British performers of early music
Women performers of early music
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