Dame Janet Baker

Mezzo-Soprano

Dame Janet Baker (born August 21, 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.

She was particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten. During her career, which spanned the 1950s to the 1980s, she was considered an outstanding singing actress and widely admired for her dramatic intensity, perhaps best represented in her famous portrayal as Dido, the tragic heroine of Berlioz's magnum opus Les Troyens. As a concert performer, Baker was noted for her interpretations of Gustav Mahler and Edward Elgar.

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Dame Janet Baker

Bach, J S:	Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug' Arias and recits from "Christmas oratorio" St John Passion, BWV 245 (excerpts)
Berlioz:	Les Nuits D'été, Op. 7
Brahms:	Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Chausson:	Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19
Elgar:	Sea Pictures, Op. 37 Softly and gently, dearly-ransomed soul (from The Dream of Gerontius)
Handel:	Messiah: He was despised Selected Italian cantatas Nos. 1 & 13
Liszt:	Lieder
Mahler:	Kindertotenlieder Rückert-Lieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Urlicht (from Symphony No. 2)
Ravel:	Shéhérazade
Schubert:	Selected Lieder
Schumann:	Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42
Strauss, R:	Liebeshymnus, Op. 32 No. 3 Das Rosenband, Op. 36 No. 1 Ruhe, meine Seele!, Op. 27 No. 1
Wagner:	5 Wesendonk Lieder Der Engel / Stehe still / Im Treibhaus / Schmerzen / Traume

and works by Dowland, Campion, Purcell, Boyce, Monro & Ame

Dame Janet Baker

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Vaughan Williams - The Collector’s Edition

Vaughan Williams:

Symphonies Nos. 1-9

Joan Rogers (soprano), William Shimell (baritone), Alison Barlow (soprano)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Oboe Concerto in A minor

Jonathan Small (oboe)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Serenade to Music

choral version

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Partita for double string orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Prelude and Fugue in C minor

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Piano Concerto in C major

Piers Lane (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Piano Concerto in C for two pianos

Vitya Vronsky & Victor Babin

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Serenade to Music

16 soloists

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

English Folk Song Suite

(orchestral)

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

The Lark Ascending

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

English Folk Song Suite

(band)

Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra

Tuba Concerto in F minor

Serenade to Music

(orchestral)

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Old King Cole

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Five Mystical Songs

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Sea Songs

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Variations for Brass Band

(orchestral)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor

Britten Quartet

Violin Concerto in D minor 'Concerto Accademico'

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Violin Sonata in A minor

Music Group of London

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

Music Group of London

Toward the Unknown Region

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Dona Nobis Pacem

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Magnificat

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

An Oxford Elegy

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Flos Campi

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Whitsunday Hymn

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Sancta Civitas

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Five Tudor Portraits

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Benedicite

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Hodie (A Christmas Cantata)

(w/strings & organ)

Janet Baker

Bach Choir & LSO, David Willcocks

Fantasia on Christmas Carols

(w/orch)

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

All people that on earth do dwell

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Te Deum in G

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Household Music

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Four Hymns

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

Merciless Beauty

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

Ten Blake Songs

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

On Wenlock Edge

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

House of Life

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

Songs of Travel

(piano)

A Song of Thanksgiving

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Epithalamion

Meredith Davies

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks

Riders to the Sea

Meredith Davies

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks

Hugh the Drover

Robert Tear / Sheila Armstrong / Michael Rippon & Robert Lloyd

Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral & RPO, Charles Groves

Sir John in Love

Felicity Palmer / Robert Tear / Robert Lloyd & Helen Watts

New Phil Orchestra, Meredith Davies

The Pilgrim's Progress (complete)

& rehearsal sequence

Ian Partridge / John Shirley-Quirk / Jean Temperley & John Noble

LPC / LPO, Adrian Boult

Celebrated as the musical poet of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range: from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the violence of the Fourth Symphony and the grand ceremonial of All people that on earth do dwell, he assumed the mantle of Elgar as our national composer. This edition, released to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs

“A convincing and deeply moving showcase… exceptional value… it’s scope breathtaking. This is the essential set, and if you're at all drawn to VW you might as well buy the whole damn show now - because sooner or later you're going to anyway.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 *****

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Janet Baker - English Song Anthology

Dunhill:	The Cloths of Heaven, Op. 30/3 To the Queen of heaven
Finzi:	Come away, come away, death It was a lover and his lass
Gibbs, C A:	By a Bierside Love is a Sickness, Op. 44/1
Gurney:	Sleep I will go with my father a-ploughing
Head:	A Piper
Howells:	King David Come Sing and Dance
Ireland:	A Thanksgiving Her song
Vaughan Williams:	The Call Youth and Love
Warlock:	Balulalow Youth

Janet Baker & Martin Isepp (piano)

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Elgar - Orchestral Works

Elgar:

Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55

Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47

Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63

Elegy for strings, Op. 58

Sospiri, Op. 70

Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68

Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town'

Froissart Overture, Op. 19

Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39

Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20

Sea Pictures, Op. 37

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) & Jacqueline du Pré (violoncello)

Sinfonia of London with Allegri String Quartet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Building a Library

First Choice - June 2007

EMI Budget Box Sets - 3679182

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Janet Baker - Full Circle

Her last year in opera

Janet Baker

Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian

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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection'

Arleen Augér & Janet Baker

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

(Recorded 1986)

‘This is conducting akin to genius, with insights and instincts that can’t be measured by any old yardstick. Rattle’s sense of drama, of apocalyptic events, is so strong that at the final chords one is awed. The CBSO emerges as an orchestra of world class and the CBSO Chorus is magnificent. The recording is superb.’ (The Gramophone)

Gramophone Awards 1988

Record of the Year

Penguin Guide

Rosette Winner

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Tippett - Vocal Music

Tippett:

Boyhood's End

The Heart's Assurance

Four Songs from the British Isles

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

Five Negro Spirituals from A Child Of Our Time

Jessye Norman (soprano), Faye Robinson (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Yvonne Minton (Thea), Jill Gomez (Flora), Josephine Barstow (Denise), Philip Langridge (tenor), Richard Cassilly (tenor), Robert Tear (tenor) & (Dov), Raimund Herincx (Faber), Thomas Carey (Mel), Thomas Hemsley (Mel), John Shirley-Quirk (bass), John Constable (piano) & Timothy Walker (guitar)

Schola Cantorum of Oxford, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Royal Opera House, Nicholas Cleobury, Sir Colin Davis, David Atherton & Sir Georg Solti

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