Bach, Johann Sebastian > Mezzo-Soprano

The Very Best of Janet Baker

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah; On Wings of Song; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Gesänge (2) for Alto, Viola and ...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Hugh, Timothy; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Previn, Andre...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Previn, Andre; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; Academy Of St Martin In The Fields; Choir Of King's College, Cambridge; English Chamber Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Bach: Cantatas - 24 Highlights / Koopmann, Amsterdam Baroque Soloists

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-10-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 214, "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erchallet, Trompeten!" BWV 214 (BC G19); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 29, "Wir dank...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Grimm, Anne; Larsson, Lisa; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Mertens, Klaus; Piau, Sandrine; Prégardien, Christoph; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Koopman, Ton
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Bach Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Minuet in D...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Carmignola, Giuliano; Galway, James [Flute]; Gould, Mark [Trumpet]; Haegele, Stefanie; Hahn, Hilary; Hammer, Stephen; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Serkin, Peter [P...
Conductors: ; Ormandy, Eugene; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Galway, James; Marcon, Andrea; Kapp, Richard
Ensemble: ; Canadian Brass; I Solisti di Zagreb; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Virtuosi; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Virtuosi

Icon - Dame Janet Baker - The Beloved Mezzo Sings Mahler, Elgar, Berlioz, Chausson, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 32; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (3), Op. 43; Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures,...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Isepp, Martin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Spencer, Robert [Lute]; Whittaker, Douglas
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Leppard, Raymond; Menuhin, Yehudi; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

A new release in the recently-launched EMI Classics ICON Series, this 5-CD set is dedicated to Dame Janet Baker, long praised as one of the...continue...

Bach: Latin Church Music Vol 1 / Koopman, Mertens, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2008-05-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6); Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 235 (BC E5); Magnificat; Mas...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Dürmüller, Jörg; Larsson, Lisa; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Mertens, Klaus; Stam, Caroline; Türk, Gerd; York, Deborah; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Koopman, Ton
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Ensemble

With this extensive summary of Bach's church music from his period as a cantor and music director in Leipzig, Koopman and his crew once more...continue...

Bach, Handel: Solo Cantatas & Arias

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben" BWV 169; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Cantata no 190, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lie...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Beckett, Edward; Black, Neil; Dolmetsch, Jeanne; Dolmetsch, Marguerite; Gatt, Martin; Gray, John; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Kraemer, Nicholas; Lloyd, Peter [Fl...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Marriner, Sir Neville; Leppard, Raymond

"We seldom hear Bach sung like this any more. The modern fashion is to skim nimbly and objectively across the notes, but Baker will have...continue...

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Bayco, Frederic; Beasley-Murray...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...

Bach: Cantatas, Vol 3 / Koopman, et al

3 CD / Challenge Classics / 2004-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63; Cantata no 162, "Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe" BWV 162; Cantata no 155, "Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange" BWV 155; Cant...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bongers, Els; Holton, Ruth; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Mertens, Klaus; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Stam, Caroline
Conductors: Koopman, Ton
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Soloists

Begun in 1994, this series was called 'the recording project of the ninties' by 'The Guardian' newspaper in England, and was awarded the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis...continue...

Sacred Classics - Bach, Fauré, Franck, Handel, Mozart, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-08-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Coronation Anthem; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Johann Sebastian Ba...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gambill, Robert; Hamari, Julia [...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cluytens, André; Muti, Riccardo; Willcocks, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Barbirolli, John; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Karajan, Herbert von; Gön...

Bach: Arias, etc / Kirchschlager, Carmignola, Marcon, et al

1 CD / Sony / 2002-12-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 83, "Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde" BWV 83; Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 74, ...
Performers: Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: Venice Baroque Orchestra

"Kirchschlager handles the vocal lines with fine intonation, good taste, style, and delicious tone and timbre. There is an awareness in her interpretations that these...continue...

Edition Bachakademie Vol 67 - Secular Cantatas BWV 212, 213

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2000-02-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 212, "Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet," (Peasant Cantata), BWV 212 (BC G32); Cantata no 213, Herkules auf dem Scheidewege ("Lasst uns sorgen, Lasst uns wachen"), BWV 213
Performers: Danz, Ingeborg; Quasthoff, Thomas; Rubens, Sibylla; Schäfer, Christine; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Ullmann, Marcus
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth
Ensemble: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart; Stuttgart Bach Collegium