Mahler, Gustav > Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]

Mahler: Das Klagende Lied; Janacek: The Fiddler's Child / Cahill, Baker, Tear, Howekk / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Leos Janácek: The Fiddler's Child (Sumarovo Díte), ballad for orchestra, JW 6/14
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Cahill, Teresa; Dekany, Bela; Howell, Gwynne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Rozhdestvensky was the first Russian conductor to perform and record all Mahler's symphonies in his country. Das klagende Lied is performed here live. The ICA...continue...

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

Mahler: The Complete Works - 150th Anniversary Box

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostridge, Ian; Connell, Elizabeth; Coote, Alice; Dose, Helena; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hampson, Thomas; Harrison, Philip; Hill, Da...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; ; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Klemperer, Otto; Paavo, Järvi; Horenstein, Jascha; Tennstedt, Klaus; Walter, Bruno; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Barbirol...
Ensemble: ; Domus Ensemble (Piano Quartet); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gustav Mahler, born on 7th July 1860, was not only a great composer but a fine conductor who influenced his successors in both fields; indeed...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Baker, Leppard, Boult, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Mitchinson, John
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: BBC Men's Chorus; BBC Northern Symphony

Janet Baker's performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde was first issued on BBC Radio Classics in 1995 and BBC Legends has vastly improved...continue...

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...

Maria Callas - 100 Best Classics

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor; Symphony no 8 in ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Banse, Juliane; Brewer, Christine; Doese, Helena; Hampson, Thomas; Hodgson, Alfreda; Isokoski, Soile; Keenlyside, Simon; Rea, Sean; Relyea, Jo...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

The recording of Sir Simon Rattle's cycle the Mahler Symphonies commenced in 1986 with the Second Symphony and was completed in 2002 with the Fifth....continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 2; Mozart / Klemperer, Baker, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2005-03-08

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Harper, Heather
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Mahler's second symphony, like Beethoven's 'Eroica', has become one of Otto Klemperer's performing talismans: a constant source of inspiration, a constant success for him in...continue...

Mahler's Songs of Youth / Dame Janet Baker, Geoffrey Parsons

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-07-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Aus der Jugendzeit (Lieder und Gesänge), songs (14) for voice & piano (or orchestra) in 3 volumes; Winterlied, song for tenor & piano (no 2 of 3 Songs); Im Lenz, song for tenor & ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Parsons, Geoffrey

Mahler: Symphony no 2 / Barbirolli, Stader, Baker, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2004-01-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Stader, Maria
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

"... soloists Janet Baker and Maria Stader sing beautifully; Barbirolli does well with most of the gentler passages; the timpani solos in III are vivid...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Kempe, Baker, Speiss, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Spoken Word: Rudolf Kempe in conversation with Gillian Widdicombe, interview
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Spiess, Ludovic
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The distinguished German conductor Rudolf Kempe's only recording of Mahler's 'Das Lied von der Erde' reveals a masterly interpretation full of understanding enhanced by an...continue...

Mahler: Complete Symphonies / Leonard Bernstein, et al

12 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-01-30

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 8 in E flat major; Symphon...
Performers: Addison, Adele; Amara, Lucine; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Chambers, James; Chookasian, Lili; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano V...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Collegiate Chorale; Columbus Boychoir; Highgate School Boys Chorus; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Schola Cantorum New York Women's Chorus

"...While no set is perfect, this one scores consistently high marks. Only Symphonies 1, 5, and 10 are disappointing; the rest still rank with the...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

1 CD / Philips Import / 2000-09-19

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; King, James [Vocals]
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard

Mahler: Symphony no 9, Das Lied von der Erde / Haitink

2 CD / Philips / 1999-01-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major; Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; King, James [Vocals]
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Chorus - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-10-29

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 50...
Performers: Adams, Sarah Fuller; Asper, Frank W.; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baker, Jeffrey Reid; Howe, Julia Ward; Howell, Gwynne; Monoyios, Ann; Murphy, Suzanne; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; S...
Conductors: DeCormier, Robert; Ormandy, Eugene; Condie, Richard P.; Cobos, Luis; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Guttenberg, Enoch zu; Hills, Margaret; Bruno, Weil; Tchakarov, Emil; Giulini, Carl...
Ensemble: ; European Baroque Soloists; New York Choral Society; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Vocal Majority

Mahler: Orchestral Songs / Haitink, Norman, Baker, King

2 CD / Philips / 1996-04-09

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; King, James [Vocals]; Norman, Jessye; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra