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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...

Monteverdi, Graziani, Schubert, etc / Janet Baker

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-10-23

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 10; Madrigals, Book 9; Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Bonifatio Gratiani: Velut palma, velut rosa, for voice & continuo; Mister Barringcloe: A Divine Hymn - Jehovah R...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Hall, Joy; Leppard, Raymond

This CD encapsulates a great partnership (which lasted for more than 30 years) of Janet Baker and Raymond Leppard who both started coming to Benjamin...continue...

Brahms: Lieder / Dame Janet Baker

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-01-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; O Kühler Wald ("O kühler Wald, wo raushest du?"), song for voice & piano, Op. 72/3; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 71; Songs (4) for ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Hamburger, Paul; Lush, Ernest

"Beyond her distinctively warm-toned voice and heart-felt delivery, it is Baker's ability to balance the lyric and the dramatic that makes her Brahms' performances so...continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies no 8 & 9 / Szell, Harper, Crass, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-10-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Crass, Franz; Dowd, Ronald; Harper, Heather
Conductors: Szell, George
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Szell's recordings in 1968 of live performances of Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 with the New Philharmonia were considered one of the sensations of...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...

Gluck, Lully, Finzi, Britten, Warlock, et al / Janet Baker

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-05-20

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Amadis, LWV 63; Benedetto Marcello: Il mio bel foco; Lennox Berkeley: Poems (5) of W. H. Auden, for high voice & piano, Op. 53; ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Parsons, Geoffrey

"There can be no more golden a legend than Janet Baker singing English song; and this latest BBC Legend - a live recital from the...continue...

Chausson, Schoenberg, Berlioz / Baker, Giulini, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny; Giulini, Carlo Maria; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This new Janet Baker compilation from BBC portrays the singer in a selection of some of the most celebrated orchestral songs in the repertoire. The...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 8; Wagner / Goodall, Baker, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Wesendonck Lieder
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The conductor of Wagner's "Ring Cycle" in English makes a rare orchestral recording. An article in BBC Music Magazine about Goodall prompted a massive letter...continue...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century - Dame Janet Baker

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos ("Teseo mio ben"), cantata for soprano & keyboard, H. 26b/2; Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Gedichte (3), Op. 30; Gedichte (7), Op. 90; Franz Schu...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Hamburger, Paul; Parsons, Geoffrey

A fascinating live anthology of music from Haydn to Strauss by one of the world's greatest mezzo-sopranos. These performances were taken from the 21st and...continue...

Schubert: Lieder / Janet Baker

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D 828/Op. 43 no 1; Das Rosenband, D 280; Auf dem See, D 543; Blumenlied, D 431; Der Gondelfahrer, D 808; Die Götter Griechenlands, D 677; Der Jüngling und d...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Isepp, Martin; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey

"Baker is excellent; her grace notes are distinct, crescendos thrilling, and diction exemplary. She easily handles the long phrases in 'Das Rosenband' and the low...continue...