Janet Baker

Mezzo-Sopano

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1675-1750)

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

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
CD (3) PONTO - PO 1029

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
CD (2) BBC - Legends - BBCL4062-2

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
CD (3) EMI CLASSICS - 63058

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

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

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

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
LP (3) CBS - Masterworks - M3 35197

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
VIDEO UNRELEASED RECORDING

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
CD (2) DECCA - 433200

Phaedra, op. 93
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford
1977/03 - All Saint's Church, Petersham, England
LP (1) DECCA - LONDON - OS 26527; CD (2) DECCA - LONDON - 425 666-2

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
LP (2) ORATORIO SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

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

Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787)

Orfeo ed Euridice
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano); Elisabeth Speiser; Elizabeth Gale
Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard
1982
CD (2) MUSIC & ARTS - 295

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

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
CD (2) DECCA - Double - 4685612

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

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

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
CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8001-2
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Les Soirées musicales - n°3, La Partenza
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Benjamin Britten (Piano)
1971/06/16, Aldeburgh Festival - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8001-2
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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
CD (1) BBC - Legends - Britten the Performer - BBCB 8001-2
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Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Amalia, D 195
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
LP (3) CBS - Masterworks - M3 35197

Der Flüchtling, D 402
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
LP (3) CBS - Masterworks - M3 35197

Der Jüngling am Bache, D 30
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
LP (3) CBS - Masterworks - M3 35197

Der Unglückliche, D 713
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
LP (3) CBS - Masterworks - M3 35197

Sehnsucht, D 636
Janet Baker (Mezzo-Sopano)
Graham Johnson (Piano)
1977/10/02 - Snape Maltings, Suffolk, England
LP (3) CBS - Masterworks - M3 35197

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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