(Dame) Janet Baker
While mezzo-soprano Janet Baker was best known for her performances of British music, especially that of her compatriot Benjamin Britten, she was also a fine performer of art song, sacred music, and Classical and pre-Classical opera. Her repertoire, as well as her background, frequently overlapped that of her great predecessor, Kathleen Ferrier; though her career was mostly centered in England, and she always had a special place in the regard of English audiences, her fame was international.
In 1956, she won the second prize in the Kathleen Ferrier Competition; that year also saw her operatic debut as Roza in Smetana's The Secret, in an Oxford University Opera Club performance. In 1962, she first sang with the English Opera Group, as Polly in Benjamin Britten's famous production of The Beggar's Opera at Aldeburgh. She later credited the leading spirits of that group, Britten and tenor Peter Pears, as giving the ensemble and its singers the highest possible standards, as well as raising the reputation of British singers internationally. In 1966, she made her Covent Garden debut as Hermia in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and her Glyndebourne debut as Purcell's Dido. In 1971, Britten wrote the role of Kate Julian for Baker in his opera Owen Wingrave, written for BBC television.
As her operatic career progressed, Baker focused on pre-Classical and Classical works such as Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Handel's Giulio Cesare, the title role of Gluck's Alceste, Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Ottavia in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, and Dorabella in Mozart's Così fan tutte. However, she also performed Romantic and 20th century roles such as Dido in Berlioz's Les Troyens a Carthage; Donizetti's Maria Stuarda; Charlotte in Massenet's Werther; and Octavian in Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier. Much of her recital repertoire was drawn from the standard works of Fauré, Schumann, Schubert, Duparc, Haydn, and Mahler, and the British masters such as Purcell and Elgar; however, she also drew from the works of lesser-known composers, particularly from the pre-classical period, taking special pleasure in bringing their works to public attention. In 1982, she gave her farewell performances as Orfeo in London and at Glyndebourne.
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The Art Of Janet Baker
Classical - Lançado por Decca (UMO) em 1 de jan. de 2013
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Schubert: String Quintet, Ave Maria and Other Popular Songs
(Dame) Janet Baker, Chilingirian Quartet
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 7 de jul. de 2008
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Bach, J.S,: Cantatas Nos.170, 82 & 159
(Dame) Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 2004
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Britten: The Rescue of Penelope & Phaedra
Kent Nagano, (Dame) Janet Baker, Hallé Orchestra
Humour/Spoken Word - Lançado por Warner Classics International em 11 de jun. de 1996
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Brahms: Symphony No. 3 - Debussy: La Mer - Chausson: La Mort de l'amour (Live)
Yevgeny Svetlanov, London Symphony Orchestra, (Dame) Janet Baker
Classical - Lançado por Ica Classics em 3 de fev. de 2014
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Mahler: Das klagende Lied - Janacek: The Fiddler's Child (Live)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, (Dame) Janet Baker
Classical - Lançado por Ica Classics em 4 de set. de 2012
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Mary Stuart
Opera Extracts - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de nov. de 2001
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Roméo & Juliette - Les Nuits d'été
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 11 de mai. de 1998
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Cavalli: La Calisto - realised by Raymond Leppard
Ileana Cotrubas, James Bowman, (Dame) Janet Baker, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Classical - Lançado por Decca Music Group Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1972
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Fauré: La chanson d'Ève & Other Songs (Hyperion French Song Edition)
(Dame) Janet Baker, Geoffrey Parsons
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 14 de nov. de 1989
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Mahler: Songs of Youth; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
(Dame) Janet Baker, Geoffrey Parsons
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de jan. de 1985
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Rosenberg: Orpheus in Town
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Elisabeth Speiser, Petter Sundkvist, B.Tommy Andersson, (Dame) Janet Baker
Classical - Lançado por Phono Suecia em 1 de jan. de 1988
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Honey One More Time
Rock - Lançado por Caraveo Artist SMG & CO em 23 de set. de 2021
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Schubert: Vocal Trios & Quartets (Elly Ameling – The Philips Recitals, Vol. 14)
Elly Ameling, (Dame) Janet Baker, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore
Classical - Lançado por Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. em 1 de jan. de 1973
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Over
House - Lançado por DeepToHard em 12 de jan. de 2024
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Debussy: La Mer - Three Symphonic Sketches
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, (Dame) Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov
Classical - Lançado por CarltonClassics em 1 de jan. de 2000
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English Song
International Pop - Lançado por Jasnet Records em 4 de ago. de 2014
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