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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

Essential Bach

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Orchestra...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Asperen, Bob van; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Debost, Michel; Egarr, Richard; Goossens, Leon [Oboe]; Hurford, Peter; Koopman, Ton; L...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Tortelier, Paul; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Menuhin, Yehudi; Accardo, Salvatore; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Consortium Musicum

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, 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...

The Best of the Academy / Neville Marriner, ASMF

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-02-03

Works: Franz von Suppé: Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), overture to the operetta; Edvard Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for piano, 4 hands, Op. 34; From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaiko...
Performers: Bennett, William; Davies, Paul; Sillito, Kenneth; Vigay, Denis
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

The Very Best of Janet Baker

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-04-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70; On Wings of Song; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Gesänge (2)...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Hugh, Timothy; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]
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; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"And it really is the very best. [Janet Baker's] early Schubert with Gerald Moore, together with the single example of her Mahler, reveal a deep...continue...

Bach for Breakfast

1 CD / Philips / 1995-06-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto for Oboe in D minor, BWV 1059; Sonata for Flute and H...
Performers: Bernard, Andre [Trumpet]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Geringas, David; Graf, Maria [Harp]; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Holliger, Heinz; LaGoya, Alexandre; Petri, Michala; Presti, Ida; Romero, Pepe; Szeryng, He...
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Brown, Iona; Marriner, Sir Neville; Judd, James

Christmas with the Academy / Sir Neville Marriner

1 CD / Philips / 1994-11-15

Works: Traditional: Past three o'clock; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol"; Quelle est cette odeur agréable?; Il est né, le divin enfant; Still, still, still; The Ho...
Performers: Birch, John; Bostridge, Ian; Boulter, Eleanor; Finley, Gerald; Fowler-Watt, Andrew; Joshua, Rosemary; Postle, Leslie; Roper, David
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus