Janet Baker
English mezzo-soprano / contralto / alto vocalist. She was born 21 August 1933 in Hatfield, South Yorkshire, England, UK.
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Symphonies 1, 5, 6 & 9 / Lieder
Mahler* - Dame Janet Baker*, Hallé Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir John Barbirolli
2021
Warner Classics
5xCD, Comp, RM + Box
Das Lied von Der Erde
Mahler*, George Szell, Baker*, Lewis*, Cleveland Orchestra*
2021
Urania Records (4)
6xFile, MP3, Album, 320
29 Lieder
Brahms*, Janet Baker, Lisa Della Casa, Elisabeth Grümmer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hans Hotter, Lotte Lehmann, Christa Ludwig, Hermann Prey, Margaret Price, Elisabeth Schumann, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried
2017
Diapason
CD, Comp, RM
Le Songe D'une Nuit D'été - Octuor à Cordes.
Mendelssohn*, Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Orchestre Philharmonia*, Otto Klemperer, Jascha Heifetz, William Primrose, Gregor Piatigorsky
2013
Diapason
CD, Comp, RM, Dig
BBC Legends
Jascha Horenstein, Evgeny Mravinsky, Emil Gilels, Arturo Toscanini, Sviatoslav Richter, Carlo Maria Giulini, Mstislav Rostropovich, Dennis Brain, Igor Markevitch, Janet Baker, Clifford Curzon, David Oistrach, Arthur Rubinstein, Pierre Monteux, Sir Thomas Beecham, Wilhelm Kempff, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Annie Fischer, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
2013
ica Classics
Box + 20xCD, Comp
The Great EMI Recordings
Dame Janet Baker*
2013
The Very Best Of English Song
Britten* · Byrd* · Delius* · Elgar* · Parry* · Purcell* · Stanford* · Vaughan Williams* · Walton* - Sir Thomas Allen* · Dame Janet Baker* · Ian Bostridge · Alfred Deller · Emma Kirkby · Anthony Rolfe Johnson · Robert Tear
2012
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
Box, Album, Comp + 5xCD, Comp, Mono, RM
Italienisches Liederbuch
Wolf* - Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk
2012
ica Classics
CD
Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 / Cantata 'Ich Will Den Kreuzstab Gerne Tragen', BWV 56
J.S. Bach* - John Shirley-Quirk, Margaret Marshall, Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Samuel Ramey, St. Anthony Singers, Academy* & Chorus Of St Martin In The Fields, Neville Marriner*
2011
Decca
2xCD, Album, Comp
Barbirolli Conducts Elgar
Elgar* / Jacqueline Du Pré • Dame Janet Baker* • Philharmonia Orchestra • Hallé Orchestra • Sir John Barbirolli
2011
The Coronation Of Poppea
Monteverdi* - Dame Janet Baker* . Robert Ferguson (5) . Anne Collins . Katherine Pring . Clifford Grant . John Brecknock . Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus And Orchestra* . Raymond Leppard
2010
Chandos
2xCD, Album, RM + Box
Essential Handel
Handel*, Maurice André, Dame Janet Baker*, Sir John Barbirolli, Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge, Sir Andrew Davis*, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Yehudi Menuhin, Simon Preston, Sviatoslav Richter, Lionel Rogg, Robert Tear
2010
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
The Planets / Egdon Heath / The Perfect Fool / Brook Green Suite / St Paul’s Suite / Choral Fantasia / Hymns From The Rig Veda
Holst*, Janet Baker, Ian Partridge, Sir Adrian Boult, André Previn, Norman Del Mar, Imogen Holst
2010
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
Rodelinda
Georg Friedrich Händel, Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker, Margreta Elkins, Alfred Hallett, Raymond Herincx*, Patricia Kern, Philomusica Orchestra*, Charles Farncombe
2010
Andromeda (3)
2xCD, Album
Sea Pictures; Symphony No. 1
Elgar*, Dame Janet Baker*, Vernon Handley CBE*, London Philharmonic Orchestra
2010
London Philharmonic Orchestra
CD, Album
Roman Trilogy · Gli Uccelli · Trittico Botticelliano · La Sensitiva
Respighi* - Christine Rice · Janet Baker · Antonio Pappano · Riccardo Muti · Neville Marriner*
2009
EMI
2xCD, Comp
Mahler, Brahms
Janet Baker
2008
BBC
CD, Album, Mono, RM
Tamerlano
Georg Friedrich Händel – Maureen Lehane, Alexander Young, Dame Janet Baker*, Norma Burrowes, The English Chamber Orchestra*, Sir Anthony Lewis*
2008
Ponto
3xCD, Comp
Plaisir D'amour - A Celebration Of The Art Of Janet Baker
Janet Baker
2008
Decca
2xCD, Comp
The Beloved Mezzo
Mahler* • Elgar* • Berlioz* • Chausson* • Schubert* • Schumann* • Bach* • Handel* / Janet Baker
2008
Requiem / Te Deum
Mozart*, Bruckner*, Daniel Barenboim, Armstrong*, Baker*, Gedda*, Fischer-Dieskau*, John Alldis Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra
2008
Fauré Requiem, Verdi Four Sacred Pieces
Carlo Maria Giulini, Janet Baker
2007
BBC
CD, Album, Mono, RM
The Dream Of Gerontius / The Music Makers
Elgar*, Richard Lewis (3) • Janet Baker • Kim Borg • Hallé Choir & Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus • Ambrosian Singers* • Hallé Orchestra • Sir John Barbirolli, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
2007
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp, RE, RM
The Dream of Gerontius - Enigma Variations
Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Simon Rattle, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Janet Baker, John Mitchinson, John Shirley-Quirk
2007
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
La Damnation De Faust - La Mort de Cléopatre
Berlioz* / Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Gabriel Bacquier, Chœur National De L'Opéra*, Orchestre De Paris Direction : Georges Prêtre, London Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gibson
2007
Warner Classics
2xCD
Messes, Œuvres Chorales & Lieder
Franz Schubert, Janet Baker, Leontyne Price, Nicolai Gedda, Hermann Prey, Erich Leinsdorf, Karl Forster, Marcel Couraud
2007
EMI Classics
5xCD, Comp, Mono, RE
Symphonien 1 & 2 "Auferstehung" (Symphonies 1 & 2 "Resurrection")
Mahler*, Janet Baker - Sheila Armstrong - Edinburgh Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
2007
Requiem / Pavane / Requiem
Fauré*, Duruflé*, Sir David Willcocks*, Sir Philip Ledger*, Robert Chilcott, John Carol Case, Janet Baker, Stephen Roberts (2), Choir Of King's College, Cambridge*, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Butt
2007
Orlando
Georg Friedrich Händel, Janet Baker, April Cantelo, Pamela Bowden, Heather Harper, Stanislav Pieczora, The English Chamber Orchestra*, Arnold Goldsborough*, Kazimierz Kord
2006
Ponto
2xCD, Album
Radamisto
Georg Friedrich Händel, Janet Baker, Malcolm King, Della Jones, Martyn Hill, Eiddwen Harrhy, Lynda Russell, Patrizia Kwella, The English Chamber Orchestra*, Roger Norrington
2006
Ponto
3xCD, Album
Dame Janet Baker Sings Mozart Beethoven Schubert
Dame Janet Baker*, Mozart*, Beethoven*, Schubert*, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
2006
PentaTone classics
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Julius Caesar
Georg Frideric Handel* / Janet Baker, Valerie Masterson*, Sarah Walker (2), Della Jones, James Bowman (2), John Tomlinson (2), Chorus* And Orchestra Of The English National Opera* , Conducted By Sir Charles Mackerras , Directed For The Stage By John Copley , Directed For Video By John Michael Phillips
2006
Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
Mahler*, Bernstein*, Armstrong*, Baker*, Ludwig*, Wiener Sängerknaben*, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker
2005
Deutsche Grammophon
2xDVD-V, Comp, Copy Prot., Multichannel, NTSC, DTS
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler, Janet Baker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sir Simon Rattle, Thomas Hampson, Klaus Tennstedt
2005
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
The Great Voice Of Dame Janet Baker
Dame Janet Baker*
2005
Decca
CD, Comp
Favourite Songs
Janet Baker, Elly Ameling, Kiri Te Kanawa, Gérard Souzay, José Carreras, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Julie Andrews, Royal Male Choir*
2005
Philips
CD, Comp
Schubert String Quintet In C - Ave Maria And Other Popular Songs
Chilingirian String Quartet, Jennifer Ward Clarke, Janet Baker, Geoffrey Parsons (2)
2005
Mahler : Symphony No.2
Leonard Bernstein, London Symphony Orchestra, Janet Baker, Sheila Armstrong, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, New York Philharmonic
2004
Sony Classical
2xCD, Album, Comp
Admetus, King of Thessaly
Georg Friedrich Händel, Maureen Lehane, Janet Baker, Sheila Armstrong, Anthony Lewis (2), Johann Sebastian Bach
2004
Ponto
3xCD, Album
Symphony No.9 'Great C Major' / Alto Rhapsody / Academic Festival Overture
Schubert* / Brahms*, Sir Adrian Boult, Janet Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra
2004
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RE, RM
Opera Arias: Armide - Iphigénie En Aulide - Iphigénie En Tauride - Alceste - La Rencontre Imprévue - Paride Ed Elena - Orfeo Ed Euridice
Gluck*, Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
2004
Eloquence, Decca
CD, RE, RM
La Calisto
Francesco Cavalli - Baker*, Bowman*, Cotrubas*, Cuenod*, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
2004
Decca
2xCD, RE
Orfeo Ed Eurydice Extraits / Highlights
Gluck* - Baker*, Gale*, Speiser*, The Glyndebourne Chorus*, The London Philharmonic Orchestra*, Raymond Leppard
2004
Das Lied Von Der Erde
Kempe*, Baker*, Mahler*
2003
BBC
CD, Album, RM
Philips & Decca Recordings 1961-1979
Dame Janet Baker*
2003
Philips
5xCD, Comp
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Mahler*, Sir John Barbirolli, Berliner Philharmoniker, Janet Baker, Maria Stader
2003
Testament
2xCD, Mono, RM
A Quilter Compendium
Quilter* / Sir Thomas Allen*, Dame Janet Baker*, Ian Bostridge, Sir Vivian Dunn*, Richard Hickox, Stephen Hough
2003
EMI Classics
CD, Album, Comp, RM
Janet Baker
Janet Baker
2003
Testament
CD, Comp
Bruckner, Wagner
Sir Reginald Goodall*, Janet Baker, BBC Symphony Orchestra
2002
BBC
2xCD, Album, RM
Gluck, Lully, Marcello, Berkeley, Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Purcell, Warlock
Janet Baker
2002
BBC
CD, RM
Das Lied Von Der Erde
Gustav Mahler - Janet Baker, Waldemar Kmentt, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik
2002
Audite
CD
The Very Best Of Janet Baker
Janet Baker
2002
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
Scottish Folk Song Arrangements / English Songs
Janet Baker, Haydn*, Beethoven*
2002
Testament
CD
Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst - Janet Baker, Robert Tear, Thomas Hemsley, Osian Ellis, Imogen Holst, Christopher Hogwood, Sir Adrian Boult, Elgar Howarth
2001
Decca
2xCD, Comp
Poème De L'amour Et De La Mer / Les Nuits D'été / Song Of The Wood Dove (From Gurrelieder)
Baker*, Chausson*, Berlioz*, Schoenberg*
2001
BBC Music
CD, RM
Janet Baker Sings Scenes From Mary Stuart
Janet Baker, English National Opera Orchestra & Chorus*, Sir Charles Mackerras
2001
Chandos
CD, 20-
Solo Cantatas & Arias
Bach* • Handel* / Janet Baker, Bath Festival Orchestra, Academy Of St Martin-in-the-Fields*, English Chamber Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Neville Marriner*, Raymond Leppard
2001
Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Mahler*, Rae Woodland, Janet Baker, BBC Chorus*, BBC Choral Society, Goldsmith's Choral Union, Harrow Choral Society, London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski
2001
Symphony No.9, Kindertotenlieder
Horenstein*, Mahler*, Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra • Scottish National Orchestra*
2001
Arianna A Naxos - Frauenliebe Und Leben
Janet Baker, Haydn*, Schumann*, Schubert*, Wolf*, R.Strauss*, John Constable, Paul Hamburger, Geoffrey Parsons (2)
2000
BBC
CD, Album, RM
Lieder
Mendelssohn*, Schumann*, Franz Liszt - Dame Janet Baker*, Geoffrey Parsons (2), Daniel Barenboim
2000
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
Werther
Massenet* – Dame Janet Baker* • English National Opera Orchestra* And Chorus* • Sir Charles Mackerras
2000
Chandos
2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Sli
Dido And Aeneas
Purcell* / English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis (2), Janet Baker
2000
Liebeslieder Waltzes - Songs & Duets
Brahms* - Tchaikovsky* - Rossini*, Heather Harper · Janet Baker · Peter Pears · Thomas Hemsley · Claudio Arrau · Benjamin Britten
1999
BBC, BBC Music, IMG Artists
CD, Album, RM, 20
The Legendary Dame Janet Baker
Dame Janet Baker*
1999
Symphony No. 8, Kindertotenlieder
Mahler* - Janet Baker, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra - Leonard Bernstein
1999
Rodelinda
Handel*, Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker, Raymond Herincx*
1999
Berlioz • Mendelssohn • Brahms • Respighi
Dame Janet Baker*
1998
Virgin Classics
2xCD, Comp
Canciones Escocesas Y Lieder
Janet Baker
1998
EMI Classics, Altaya
CD, Comp
Janet Baker
Janet Baker, Handel*, Schubert*, Debussy*, Bach*
1998
Disky
2xCD, Comp
Schubert: Duette • Terzette • Quartette
Franz Schubert - Elly Ameling • Janet Baker • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Horst R. Laubenthal • Peter Schreier • Gerald Moore
1998
Musical Heritage Society
2xCD
Roméo Et Juliette • Les Nuits D'Été
Berlioz* - Jessye Norman, John Aler, Simon Estes, Janet Baker, Riccardo Muti, Sir John Barbirolli
1998
Symphony No. 9–Das Lied von der Erde
Janet Baker, James King (3), Concertgebouworkest, Bernard Haitink, Gustav Mahler
1998
Symphonie 2 · Auferstehung · Resurrection
Mahler* – Klemperer*, Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Chor* und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
1998
Arias Y Cantatas Barrocas
Janet Baker
1997
EMI Classics, Altaya
CD, Comp
Dies Natalis • Five Mystical Songs • O Clap Your Hands • A Choral Fantasia • Psalm 86
Finzi*, Vaughan Williams*, Holst* - Wilfred Brown, John Shirley-Quirk, Dame Janet Baker*, Ian Partridge
1996
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
CD, Comp
La Mer / Poem De L'Amour / Scheherazade
Debussy* / Chausson* / Ravel* / Dame Janet Baker*, Dame Margaret Price*, Evgeny Svetlanov*, Sir Malcolm Sargent
1996
Carlton Classics
CD, Album
Elgar - Sea Pictures / The Music Makers
Elgar* - Janet Baker, Sarah Walker (2), The London Philharmonic*
1996
BBC Radio Classics
CD, Album
La Damnation De Faust / La Mort De Cléopâtre
Berlioz* - Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Gabriel Bacquier, Georges Prêtre, Alexander Gibson
1996
A Recital From The Aldeburgh Festival, 1971
Janet Baker, Raymond Leppard
1996
Orchestral Songs
Mahler*, Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, James King (3), Hermann Prey, John Shirley-Quirk, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*, Bernard Haitink
1996
Lieder
Franz Schubert, Janet Baker, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons (2)
1996
Das Klagende Lied
Mahler*, Teresa Cahill, Dame Janet Baker*, Robert Tear, Gwynne Howell, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
1995
BBC Radio Classics
CD
Das Lied Von Der Erde
Mahler* - Dame Janet Baker*, John Mitchinson, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
1995
BBC Radio Classics
CD, Album
BBC Proms / The Centenary 1895-1995 / Original BBC Proms Recordings
Dame Janet Baker*, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Adrian Boult, Rudolf Kempe, Sir John Pritchard*, Sir Malcolm Sargent
1995
IMP Masters
2xCD, Album, Comp, Mono, RM
Ravel : Shéhérazade, Etc. Baker, Etc.
Maurice Ravel, Ernest Chausson, Henri Duparc, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Janet Baker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Daniel Barenboim, Sir John Barbirolli, André Previn
1995
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
Mahler
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Klaus Tennstedt, Sir John Barbirolli, Janet Baker
1995
TuTTi
CD, Comp
Cantatas 80, 140, 147 - Jesu, Meine Freude
J. S. Bach*, Elly Ameling, Janet Baker, Joan Sutherland, South German Madrigal Choir And Instrumentalists*, Consortium Musicum (2), Geraint Jones Singers, Geraint Jones Orchestra, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Geraint Jones (2)
1995
Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 · Haydn Variations · Academic Festival Overture · Tragic Overture · Alto Rhapsody
Brahms* - Janet Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
1995
Sings Fauré • Schubert & Strauss • English Song
Dame Janet Baker*
1994
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
CD, Comp
Gounod: St Cecilia Mass - Ave Maria
Dame Janet Baker*, Franco Corelli, Georges Prêtre, Stephen Cleobury, Gounod*, Berlioz*
1994
Cantata Nº 147 / Cuaderno De Ana Magdalena Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach, The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Elly Ameling, Janet Baker, David Willcocks
1993
Ediciones Del Prado
CD, Album
Sávitri / The Wandering Scholar
Holst* - Imogen Holst, English Chamber Orchestra, Janet Baker, Robert Tear
1993
Intaglio
CD, Album
Samson
Handel* - Baker*, Watts*, Tear*, Shirley-Quirk*, Luxon*, Lott*, Burrowes*, Langridge*, Oliver*, London Voices / Terry Edwards (2), English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
1993
Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Mahler*, Janet Baker, Geraint Evans, Roland Hermann, Symphonica Of London, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wyn Morris
1993
A Mass Of Life = Eine Messe Des Lebens / Songs Of Sunset - An Arabesque
Delius*, Harper*, Watts*, Tear*, Luxon*, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra* / Baker* / Shirley-Quirk*, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir*, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves
1992
EMI Classics
2xCD, Album, Comp, RM
A Midsummer Night's Dream / Piano Concerto No. 1
Otto Klemperer, Mendelssohn*, Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Liszt*, Annie Fischer, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra
1992
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, ADD
Symphony No. 1 "Titan" / Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Mahler* - New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Janet Baker, Sheila Armstrong, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
1992
Aretusa, Lauda Per La Natività Del Signore, Il Tramato, Trittico Bottecelliano
Respighi* - Dame Janet Baker*, City Of London Sinfonia, The Richard Hickox Singers, Richard Hickox
1992
Les Nuits D'Été / La Sensitiva
Dame Janet Baker*, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox - Berlioz* / Respighi*
1991
Ich Bin Der Weit Abhanden Gekommen (Gustav Mahler)
Janet Baker
Ich Bin Der Weit Abhanden Gekommen (I Have Lost Track Of The World) (Gustav Mahler)
Janet Baker
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (I Have Lost Track of the World)
Janet Baker
Ich bin der Weit abhanden gekommen
Janet Baker
Boom De De Boom
Janet Baker
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Janet Baker
Ich Bin Der Weit Abhanden Gekommen (I Have Lost the Track of the World)
Janet Baker
i have lost the track of the world
Janet Baker
Ave Maria
Janet Baker
Ich Bin Der Weit Abhanden Geko
Janet Baker
Dido & Aeneas - When I am laid in earth
Janet Baker
Ich Bin Der Weit Abhanden Gekommen (I Have Lost Track Of The World)
Janet Baker
Schubert: Ellens Gesang #3, Op. 52/6, D 839, "Ave Maria"
Janet Baker
Dido And Aeneas, "Dido's Lament"
Janet Baker
Villanelle
Janet Baker
Les Troyens Act V scene 2 (conclusion)
Janet Baker
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 47, Aria, 'Erbarme dich, mein Gott'
Janet Baker
(Ich Bin Der Weit Abhanden Gekommen (Gustav Mahler)
Janet Baker
Kindertotenlieder: Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle flammen
Janet Baker
Le Spectre de le rose
Janet Baker