About the artist Janet Baker

A singer's career brings many challenges, not the least of them being the balancing act involved in a professional life divided between opera and song. English mezzo-soprano Janet Baker brought it off with notable success in a career that was well-judged from start to finish. She went carefully at first, establishing herself as a concert and oratorio singer and winning special acclaim when she appeared on stage in operas by Handel. During her career, which spanned the 1950s to the 1980s, she was considered an outstanding singing actress and widely admired for her dramatic intensity.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Janet Baker

CATALOGUE NR: 4490972
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 6.99 including VAT, or £ 5.95 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Jan-1998

TRACKS: Catulli carmina - ludi scaenici (Orff). La Tentation de Saint Antoine - contralto string quartet and string orchestra (Egk).
ORCHESTRA: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Werner Egk
ARTISTS: Arleen Auger   Wieslaw Ochman   Janet Baker   Koeckert Qt

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'this can be recommended as a sampler for those who want to investigate Egk's music for themselves'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4652532
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.99 including VAT, or £ 9.35 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 12-Jul-1999

TITLE: The Legendary Dame Janet Baker
TRACKS: O had I Jubal's Lyre (Joshua). Where Corals Lie (Sea Pictures). Che Faro Sena Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice). Care Selve (Atalanta). Plaisir D'Amour. Ombra Mai Fu (Serse). E Amore un Ladroncello (Cosi Fan Tutte). Amarilli Mia Bella. Che Puro Ciel (Orfeo ed Euridice). Father of Heav'n! from Thy Eternal Throne (Judas Maccabaeus). When I am laid in earth (Dido & Aeneas). Dopo Notte (Ariodante). Ah Scostati! Smanie Implacabili (Cosi Fan Tutte). Caro Mio Ben. Dove Sei Amato Bene? (Roselinda). Non Piu di Fiori (La Clemenza di Tito).
ARTISTS: Janet Baker      

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL40862
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 16.25 including VAT, or £ 13.83 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 11-Feb-2002

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 (Bruckner). Tristan und Isolde Prelude to Act 1. Wesendonck Lieder (Wagner).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Reginald Goodall
ARTISTS: Janet Baker      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1969 & 1971

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1354
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.99 including VAT, or £ 9.35 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Oct-2004

COMPOSER: Anton Bruckner
TRACKS: Symphony No.6 in A. Te Deum in C.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Otto Klemperer
ARTISTS: Heather Harper   Janet Baker   Richard Lewis   Marian Nowakowski

- Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2282842
RECORD LABEL: EMI Classics for Pleasure
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 5.45 including VAT, or £ 4.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 07-Jul-2008

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Gloria in D RV589 : Gloria in excelsis Deo / Et in terra pax hominibus / Laudamus te / Gratias agimus / Propter magnam gloriam / Domine Deus / Domine Fili unigenite / Domine Deus Agnus Dei / Qui tollis peccata mundi / Qui sedes ad dexteram / Quoniam tu solus sanctus / Cum Sancto Spiritu (Vivaldi ed. Malipiero). Magnificat in D BWV243 : Magnificat - chorus / Et exultavit / Quia respexit / Omnes generationes / Quia fecit mihi magna / Et misericordia / Fecit potentiam / Deposuit potentes / Esurientes implevit bonis / Suscepit Israel / Sicut locutus est / Gloria. Cantata No.147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV147 : Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude - Jesu joy of man's desiring. Zion hort die Wachter singen Cantata No.140. Schafe konnen sicher weiden - Sheep may safely graze Cantata No.108. Bist du bei mir (attrib. JS Bach BWV508 from the notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach). Ave Maria (JS Bach / Gounod).
ORCHESTRA: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
CONDUCTOR: Neville Marriner and David Willcocks
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Barbara Hendricks   South German Madrigal Choir   King's College Cambridge Choir

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CATALOGUE NR: 7647362
RECORD LABEL: EMI British Composers
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 5.45 including VAT, or £ 4.64 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: A Spring Symphony op.44. 4 Sea Interludes op.33a.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andre Previn
ARTISTS: Sheila Armstrong   Janet Baker   Robert Tear  

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'Previn makes this above all a work of exultation, and genuine celebration of spring'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4256662
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 25.00 including VAT, or £ 21.28 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: The Rape of Lucretia op.37 (complete). Phaedra - mezzo-soprano and ensemble op.93.
ORCHESTRA: English Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Peter Pears   Heather Harper   Benjamin Luxon

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the seductive beauty of the writing - Britten then at his peak - is caught splendidly, the melodies and tone-colours as ravishing as any he ever conceived'

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CATALOGUE NR: 0927490102
RECORD LABEL: Elatus
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.99 including VAT, or £ 6.80 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Oct-2002

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Rescue of Penelope. Phaedra op.93
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Kent Nagano
ARTISTS: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson   Janet Baker   Alison Hagley   John Mark Ainsley

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL41172
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.50 including VAT, or £ 8.94 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 31-Mar-2003

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: O del mio dolce ardor (Gluck). Bois epaos (Lully). Il mio bel foco (Marcello). Five Auden Poems (Berkeley). Let us Garlands Bring (Finzi). Let Beauty Awake / Tired / Silent Noon / Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams). The Salley Gardens / O can ye suw cushions / O Waly Waly. Come ye not from Newcastle (Folk Sons arr. Britten). Sleep Adam Sleep / Lord what is man? (Purcell). Sleep / Pretty Ring Time / Rest sweet nymphs / The Jolly Shepherd (Warlock).
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Geoffrey Parsons    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 4-Jul-1983 / 10-Jun-1968 - Jul-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2292458642
RECORD LABEL: Erato
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 16.99 including VAT, or £ 14.46 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 16-Nov-1992

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Orfeo ed Euridice - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Raymond Leppard
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Elizabeth Gale   Elisabeth Speiser   Glyndebourne Chorus

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2564614972
RECORD LABEL: Apex Opera
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jun-2004

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Orfeo ed Euridice - highlights
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Raymond Leppard
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Elisabeth Speiser   Elizabeth Gale   Glyndebourne Chorus

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CATALOGUE NR: 5046739212
RECORD LABEL: Warner Vision
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: £ 18.99 including VAT, or £ 16.16 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Aug-2004

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Orfeo ed Euridice - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Raymond Leppard
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Elisabeth Speiser   Elizabeth Gale  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Duration: 130 minutes / Recorded: 1982 Glynbourne - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: ROHS010
RECORD LABEL: Royal Opera House Heritage Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 16.99 including VAT, or £ 14.46 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 31-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Christoph Willibald Gluck
TITLE: Alceste - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Charles Mackerras
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   John Shirley-Quirk   Matthew Best   Maldwyn Davies

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in stereo 12-Dec-1981 - Proms-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 101101
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: £ 18.99 including VAT, or £ 16.16 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Nov-2005

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Bernard Haitink
ARTISTS: Benjamin Luxon   Janet Baker   Anne Howells   Ian Caley

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 176 minutes / Recorded: 1973 Glyndebourne Festival - Feb-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4761671
RECORD LABEL: Universal Penguin Rosette Collection
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 10-May-2004

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Treasures of Baroque Opera
TRACKS: L'Orfeo : Toccata / Prologo: Ritornello … Dal mio Permesso amato (Monteverdi). Rosamond : Rise Glory rise (Arne). Dido and Aeneas : But Death alas! … When I am laid in earth … With drooping wings (Purcell). Artaxerxes : The soldier tir'd (Arne). Hippolyte et Aricie : Ah! Qu'on daigne du moins … Puisque Pluton est inflexible (Rameau). Le Temple de al gloire : Overture (Rameau). Les Indes galantes : Soleil on a detruit tes superbes asiles (Rameau). La buona figiuola : Furia di donna (Piccinni). La Calisto : Ardo sospiro e piango (Cavalli). La serva padrona : Stizzoso mio stizzoso (Pergolesi). Rinaldo : March & Battle / Lascia ch'io pianga (Handel). Rondelinda : Vivi tiranno (Handel). Atalanta : Care selve (Handel). Alcina : Tornami a vagheggiar (Handel).
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Teresa Berganza   Catherine Bott   Luciano Pavarotti

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes Janet Baker's classic performance of Dido's Lament.

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL42182
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.50 including VAT, or £ 8.94 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Aug-2007

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Janet Baker
TRACKS: Quel squardo sdegnosetto / Si dolce e'l tormento / Maledettosia l'aspetto (Monteverdi). Velut palma velut rosa (Gratiani). Devine Hymn: Jehovah Reigns (Barringcloe). Wilt thou forgive that sin - A Hymne to God (Humfrey). O lead me to some peaceful gloom / Pursuing Beauty / Ah! Cruel bloody fate (Purcell). Schwestergruss / Ariette 'Liebe schwarmt' / Ariette 'Hin und her fliegen Pfeile' / An die untergehende Sonne / Herrn Josef Spaun Assessor in Linz (Schubert). Mandoline / En Sourdine / Soir / Fleur jetee (Faure). Serenade (Gounod). O had I Jubal's lyre (Handel). Janet Baker in Conversation with Marjorie Anderson.
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Raymond Leppard   Joy Hall  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded Aldeburgh Festival 14-Jun-1971 / BBC Studios London 22-Oct-1969 - interview - Mar-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 5735792
RECORD LABEL: EMI British Composers
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 7.50 including VAT, or £ 6.38 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TITLE: The Dream of Gerontius - complete
ORCHESTRA: Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Barbirolli
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Kim Borg   Richard Lewis   Ambrosian Singers

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: remastered - Apr-2000 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'Barbirolli's red-blooded reading of Gerontius is the most heart-warmingly dramatic ever recorded'

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CATALOGUE NR: 7495492
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.59 including VAT, or £ 12.42 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TITLE: Dream of Gerontius
ORCHESTRA: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   John Mitchinson   John Shirley-Quirk  

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CATALOGUE NR: 7631852
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.59 including VAT, or £ 12.42 excluding VAT

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TRACKS: Sea Pictures op.37. The Dream of Gerontius op.38.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Halle Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Barbirolli
ARTISTS: Janet Baker   Richard Lewis   Kim Borg  

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CATALOGUE NR: 5628862
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 7.50 including VAT, or £ 6.38 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Aug-2004

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor op.85. Sea Pictures - Contralto and Orchestra op.37. Cockaigne 'In London Town' - overture op.40.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Barbirolli
ARTISTS: Jacqueline Du Pre   Janet Baker    

- Penguin Guide Rosette star 'brilliant virtuoso playing'

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