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Offer,Janet Baker - Plaisir d'amour

A Celebration of the Art of Dame Janet Baker

Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)

A fine selection which demonstrates the English mezzo's huge range of expression in repertory ranging from Baroque to Britten (the cantata Phaedra written for her) and the unique commitment she... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 18th Aug 2008
  • Catalogue No: 4780320
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

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Contents

Martini, J P: Plaisir d'amour

Work length3:42
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Caccini, G: Amarilli mia bella

Work length3:30
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Lotti: Pur dicesti, o bocca bella

Work length4:21
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01

Piccinni: O notte o dea del mistero

Work length5:21
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Paisiello: Nel cor più non mi sento

Work length1:37
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$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Cesti: Intorno all'idol mio

Work length2:58
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Domenico Sarro: Sen corre l'agnelletta

Work length3:20
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Pergolesi: Ogni pena più spietata

Work length5:45
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Giordani, T: Caro Mio Ben

Work length2:41
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 1

Work length6:41
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Pompe vane de morte!...Dove sei, amato bene?"

Track length6:41
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Handel: Atalanta, HWV 35 / Act 1

Work length2:42
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Care selve

Track length2:42
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Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1

Work length4:00
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra mai fù"

Track length4:00
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Handel: Ariodante, HWV 33 / Act 3

Work length6:56
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Dopo notte, atra e funesta"

Track length6:56
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Handel: Hercules, HWV 60 / Act 3

Work length6:38
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Where shall I fly"

Track length6:38
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 3

Work length9:04
$0.85
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • The St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Anthony Lewis
  • Recorded: 1961-10
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

But death...When I am laid...With drooping wings...

Track length9:04
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV170 'Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'

Work length6:58
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  • Dame Janet Baker (contralto), Philip Ledger (continuo)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1966-01-31
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

1. "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust"

Track length6:58
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Haydn: Berenice, che fai? (Scena di Berenice), Hob XXIVa:10

Work length13:14
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1973-08-11
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Schubert: Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920 / 921

Work length5:30
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Raymond Leppard (piano)
  • Recorded: 1976-12-18
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 / Act 1

Work length5:35
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1976-07
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

"Deh se piacer mi vuol" - "Chi ciecamente crede"

Track length5:35
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 / Act 2

Work length7:29
$1.10
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1976-07
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

"Non più di fiori" - "Infelice! qual orrore!"

Track length7:29
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Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 37 / Act 1

Work length5:21
$1.10
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1975-04
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Divinités du Styx"

Track length5:21
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice), Wq. 30 / Act 3

Work length3:45
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1975-04
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Che farò senza Euridice?"

Track length3:45
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 2

Work length5:41
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1975-04
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"

Track length5:41
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Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict / Act 2

Work length9:50
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$1.50
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1977-12-22
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

"Non! Que viens-je d'entendre?" - "Il m'en souvient" - "Je l'aime donc?"

Track length9:50
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Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93

Work length15:29
$3.30
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Steuart Bedford
  • Recorded: 1977-03-31
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey

In May, In Brilliant Athens

Track length6:36
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Oh Gods Of Wrath

Track length2:50
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My Time's Too Short, Your Highness

Track length6:03
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