Janet Baker

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Bach : Mass in B Minor

CD (2) BBC - Legends - BBCL4062-2


Johann Sebastian Bach : Mass for 5 Voices, 6-part Chorus, Violin, Orchestra and Continuo in B Minor, BWV 232
Jenny Hill (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
New Philharmonia Chorus / New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini
1972/07/10 - St. Paul's Cathedral, Londre, England

Carlo Maria Giulini : Carlo Maria Giulini in conversation with John Amis
John Amis (Speaker); Carlo Maria Giulini (Speaker)

Brahms : Liebeslieder Waltzes; Tchaikovsky : Duets; Rossini : Soirées Musicales

CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8001-2


Johannes Brahms : Liebeslieder, Waltzes for Voices and Piano Duet, op. 52
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Thomas Hemsley (Baritone)
Benjamin Britten (Piano); Claudio Arrau (Piano)
1968/05/14, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : Six duets - Evening, op. 46/1
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : Six duets - Tears, op. 46/3
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : Six duets - In the garden by the river, op. 46/4
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : Six duets - Rassvet, op. 46/6
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gioachino Rossini : Les Soirées musicales - n°10, La Pesca
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gioachino Rossini : Les Soirées musicales - n°3, La Partenza
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gioachino Rossini : Les Soirées musicales - n°1, La Promessa
Heather Harper (Soprano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gioachino Rossini : Les Soirées musicales - n°9, La Regata veneziana
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Drottningholms Slottsteater 1922-1992

In CD (1) CAPRICE RECORDS - CAP 21512, in search


Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas - When I am laid in earth, Z. 626
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
English Opera Group Chorus conducted by Benjamin Britten
1962/05/16 - Slottsteater, Drottningholm, Sweden

Highlights from the 1977 Aldeburgh Autumn Chamber Music Festival, Britten and Schubert

LP (3) CBS - Masterworks - M3 35197


Franz Schubert : Scherzo in D-Flat Major, D 593/2
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
1977/09/27 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Andante in A Major, D 604
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
1977/09/27 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Four Ländler, D 366
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
1977/09/27 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Die Wetterfahne, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Erstarrung, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Die Krähe, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Der Wegweiser, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Die Winterreise - Die Post, D 911
Hermann Prey (Baritone)
Leonard Hokanson (Piano)
1977/10/01 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Der Unglückliche, D 713
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Amalia, D 195
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Sehnsucht, D 636
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Der Jüngling am Bache, D 30
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Der Flüchtling, D 402
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Quartettsatz in C Minor, D 703
Amadeus String Quartet
1977/09/28 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Piano Quintet - Theme and Variations, Finale in A Major, D 667 "Trout"
Clifford Curzon (Piano); Rodney Slatford (Double-Bass)
Members of the Amadeus String Quartet
1977/09/28 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Quintet - Adagio and Scherzo in C Major, D 956
William Pleeth (Cello)
Amadeus String Quartet
1977/09/29 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Eight Folk Song Arrangements - She's like the swallow for High Voice and Harp, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Eight Folk Song Arrangements - I married me a wife for High Voice and Harp, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : A Ceremony of Carols - Interlude for Solo Harp, op. 28
Osian Ellis (Harp)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Folk Song Arrangements Vol. 6 - England, I will give my love an apple for High Voice and Guitar, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Trad. : Folk Song Arrangements Vol. 6 - England, Master Kilby for High Voice and Guitar, arr. Britten
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Sonata - Menuetto and Trio for Piano, arr. Bream in G Major, D 894
Julian Bream (Guitar)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Quartet - Menuetto and Trio for Strings in B-Flat Major, D 112
Amadeus String Quartet
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Elly Ameling (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Franz Schubert : Licht und Liebe
Elly Ameling (Soprano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Dalton Baldwin (Piano)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Canticle II - "Abraham and Isaac" for Alto, Tenor and Piano, op. 51
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Canticle III - "Still Falls the Rain" for Tenor, Horn and Piano, op. 55
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Alan Civil (Horn); Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten : Owen Wingrave

CD (2) DECCA - 433200


Benjamin Britten : Owen Wingrave, op. 85
Peter Pears (Tenor); Sylvia Fisher; Benjamin Luxon (Baritone); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Heather Harper (Soprano); Nigel Douglas
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/12/01 to 1970/12/05 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente for Voice and Piano, op. 61
Peter Pears (Tenor)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1961/11/06 to 1961/11/09 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Benjamin Britten : The Poet's Echo
Galina Vishnevskaya (Soprano)
Mstislav Rostropovich (Piano)
1968/07/17 to 1968/07/19 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Bach : Cantatas n°151 & 102; Purcell : Birthday Ode for Queen Mary

CD (1) DECCA - Britten at Aldeburgh - 466 819-2 DM


Johann Sebastian Bach : Cantata, BWV 102 "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben"
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone)
Aldeburgh Festival Singers (Choir) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1965/06/26, Aldeburgh Festival - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Johann Sebastian Bach : Cantata, BWV 151 "Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt"
Heather Harper (Soprano); Helen Watts (Contralto); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1968/12/22 - St Andrew's Church, Holborn, London, England

Henry Purcell : Celebrate this festival "Birthday ode for Queen Mary, 1693"
Heather Harper (Soprano); Josephine Veasey (Mezzo-Sopano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Ambrosian Singers / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1967/03/02 - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, England

Purcell : The Fairy Queen, Dido & Aeneas

CD (2) DECCA - Double - 4685612


Henry Purcell : The Fairy Queen, A Masque, devised by Pears, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 629
Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Mary Wells (Soprano); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Mezzo-Sopano); James Bowman (Countertenor); Charles Brett (Countertenor); Peter Pears (Tenor); Ian Partridge (Tenor); Owen Brannigan (Bass); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass)
Philip Ledger (Harpsichord); Kenneth Heath (Cello); Martin Gatt (Bassoon); Peter Graeme (Oboe)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus conducted by Benjamin Britten / English Chamber Orchestra (leader Kenneth Sillito) conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/09/18 to 1970/09/21 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas, Opera in three acts, real. and ed. Britten & I. Holst, Z. 626
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Norma Burrowes (Soprano); Felicity Lott (Soprano); Anna Reynolds (Mezzo-Sopano); Felicity Palmer (Soprano); Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto); Timothy Everett (Voice); Robert Tear (Tenor)
London Opera Chorus / Aldeburgh Festival Strings conducted by Steuart Bedford
1975/12/22 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Britten : The Rape of Lucretia, Phaedra

CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - 425 666-2


Benjamin Britten : The Rape of Lucretia, Opera, op. 37
Benjamin Luxon (Speaker)
Peter Pears (Tenor); Heather Harper (Soprano); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Bryan Drake (Baritone); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Elizabeth Bainbridge; Jenny Hill (Soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/07/20 to 1970/07/25 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Phaedra, op. 93
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1977/03 - All Saint's Church, Petersham, England

Britten : Phaedra, Sacred and Profane, Prelude and Fugue

LP (1) DECCA - LONDON - OS 26527


Benjamin Britten : Prelude and Fugue for 18 Strings, op. 29
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1971/09/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Benjamin Britten : Phaedra, op. 93
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1977/03 - All Saint's Church, Petersham, England

Benjamin Britten : Sacred and Profane, Eight Medieval Lyrics, op. 91
The Wilbye Consort conducted by Peter Pears
1976/10 - All Saint's Church, Petersham, England

Benjamin Britten : Wealden trio, Christmas song of the women
The Wilbye Consort conducted by Peter Pears
1976/10 - All Saint's Church, Petersham, England

Benjamin Britten : Sweet was the song
The Wilbye Consort conducted by Peter Pears
1976/10 - All Saint's Church, Petersham, England

Benjamin Britten : The Sycamore tree
The Wilbye Consort conducted by Peter Pears
1976/10 - All Saint's Church, Petersham, England

Benjamin Britten : A Shepherd's carol
The Wilbye Consort conducted by Peter Pears
1976/10 - All Saint's Church, Petersham, England

Bach : Matthäus-Passion

CD (3) EMI CLASSICS - 63058


Johann Sebastian Bach : Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone); Peter Pears (Tenor); Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano); Christa Ludwig (Contralto); Walter Berry (Bass); John Carol Case (Baritone); Otakar Kraus (Baritone); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Geraint Evans (Baritone); Helen Watts (Contralto); Wilfred Brown (Tenor)
Gareth Morris (Flute); Arthur Ackroyd (Flute); Sidney Sutcliffe (Oboe); Peter Newbury (Oboe da caccia); Hugh Bean (Violin); Bela Dekany (Violin); Desmond Dupré (Viola da gamba); George Malcom (Harpsichord); Viola Tunnard (Harpsichord); Raymond Clark (Cello); James W. Merrett (Double-Bass); Ralph Downes (Organ)
Boys of the Hampstead Parish Church Choir / Philharmonia Orchestra and Chrorus conducted by Otto Klemperer
1961 - Kingsway Hall, London, England

Gluck : Oefeo ed Euridice; Purcell : Dido and Aeneas

CD (2) MUSIC & ARTS - 295


Christoph Willibald von Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Elisabeth Speiser; Elizabeth Gale
Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard
1982

Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas - Excerpts
John Lawrensen; Jeanette Sinclair (Soprano)
Israel Baker (Violin)
English Opera Group Chorus / English Opera Group Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1962 - Slottsteater, Drottningholm, Sweden

Oratorio Society of New York : Carnegie Hall Concert April 28, 1978

LP (2) ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Requiem in D Minor, K. 626
Benita Valente (Soprano); Jan De Gaetani (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor); Richard Cross (Baritone)
The Oratorio Society of New York conducted by Lyndon Woodside
1978/04/28, Stereo - Carnegie Hall, New York, USA

Benjamin Britten : Phaedra, op. 93
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Chaim Zemack (Cello); Martin Isepp (Harpsichord)
The Oratorio Society of New York conducted by John Pritchard
1978/04/28, Stereo - Carnegie Hall, New York, USA

Benjamin Britten : Spring Symphony
Benita Valente (Soprano); Jan De Gaetani (Mezzo-Sopano); Peter Pears (Tenor)
The Boys of the St. Thomas Church Choir (chorus master Gerre Hancock) / The Oratorio Society of New York conducted by John Pritchard
1978/04/28, Stereo - Carnegie Hall, New York, USA

Haendel : Admetus, King of Thessaly / Bach : Canata "Geist und Seele" , BWV 35

In CD (3) PONTO - PO 1029


Johann Sebastian Bach : Cantata, BWV 35 "Geist und Seele wird verwirret"
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1969/06/12 - Blythburgh Church, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Britten : Owen Wingrave

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Benjamin Britten : Owen Wingrave, op. 85
Benjamin Luxon (Baritone); John Shirley-Quirck (Bass); Peter Pears (Tenor); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Jennifer Vyvyan (Soprano); Nigel Douglas; Sylvia Fisher; Heather Harper (Soprano)
Wandsworth School Boys Choir (chorus master Russel Burgess) / English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
1970/07/22 to 1970/07/30 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Tchaikovsky & Rossini recital

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Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : Quartet - Adagio misterioso, Allegro con brio in B-Flat Major
Gabrieli Quartet
1971/06/16 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : Six duets - In the garden by the river, op. 46/4
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : Six duets - Evening, op. 46/1
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : Six duets - Tears, op. 46/3
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : Six duets - Rassvet, op. 46/6
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky : String Quartet n°1 in D major, op. 11
Gabrieli Quartet
1971/06/16 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gioachino Rossini : Les Soirées musicales - n°10, La Pesca
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gioachino Rossini : Les Soirées musicales - n°3, La Partenza
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gioachino Rossini : Les Soirées musicales - n°1, La Promessa
Heather Harper (Soprano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gioachino Rossini : Les Soirées musicales - n°9, La Regata veneziana
Heather Harper (Soprano); Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England

Gioachino Rossini : Sonata for 2 Violins, Cello and Double bass in C Major
Kenneth Sillito (Violin); Brendan O'Reilly (Violin); Keith Harvey (Cello); Adrian Beers (Double-Bass)
1971/06/16 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England