Janet Baker

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1L’Invitation au voyage
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
L’Invitation au voyage (for voice and orchestra)
lyricist:
Charles Baudelaire
composer:
Henri Duparc (French composer)
Henri Duparc4:34
2Die Forelle, D. 550
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Die Forelle, D. 550 (The Trout, D. 550)
lyricist:
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (German poet) (from 1777 until 1787)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (from 1816-11 until 1817-07)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 550)
is based on:
Die Forelle (Schubart poem, not the Schubert song)
Franz Schubert1:59
3Befreit, op. 39 no. 4
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Befreit, op. 39 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Richard Dehmel
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (from 1897 until 1898)
part of:
5 Lieder for voice and piano (op. 39; TrV 189)
Richard Strauss5:30
4Sea Pictures: Where Corals Lie
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor and cellist)
recording of:
Sea Pictures, op. 37: IV. Where Corals Lie
lyricist:
Richard Garnett
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
part of:
Sea Pictures, op. 37
Edward Elgar4:10
5Fünf Rückert‐Lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor and cellist)
recording of:
Rückert Lieder: III. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
lyricist:
Friedrich Rückert (German poet)
composer:
Gustav Mahler (composer)
premiered at:
[concert] (1905-01-29)
part of:
Gustav Mahler Werke (number: GMW 41)
part of:
Rückert-Lieder
Gustav Mahler6:44
6Scottish Folksongs: O Can Ye Sew Cushions
piano:
George Malcolm (English harpsichordist, conductor)
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
O can you sew cushions, Hob. XXXIa:48
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
Hoboken-Verzeichnis (number: Hob. XXXIa:48)
part of:
Scottish Songs, Hob XXXIa
Joseph Haydn2:32
7Phidylé
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Phidylé
lyricist:
Leconte de Lisle
composer:
Henri Duparc (French composer) (in 1882)
Henri Duparc5:51
8Messiah: He Was Despised
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 23. Air “He was despised” (Alto)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
George Frideric Handel12:35
9La Damnation de Faust: D’amour l’ardente flamme
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
Orchestre de Paris
conductor:
Georges Prêtre (French conductor)
recording of:
La Damnation de Faust : Quatrième Partie, scène 15. « D'amour l'ardente flamme » … « Au son des trompettes » (Marguerite, Chœur)
composer:
Hector Berlioz (French composer)
librettist:
Hector Berlioz (French composer) and Almire Gandonnière (librettiste français)
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
part of:
La Damnation de Faust, op. 24: Quatrième Partie
Hector Berlioz7:12
10Shéherazade : La Flûte enchantée
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor and cellist)
recording of:
Shéhérazade: II. La Flûte enchantée
lyricist:
Tristan Klingsor
composer:
Maurice Ravel (French composer) (in 1903)
part of:
Schéhérazade: Trois poèmes pour chant et orchestre
Maurice Ravel2:59
11Elijah: Woe Unto Them Who Foresake Him!
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor)
recording of:
Elijah, op. 70: Air - "Woe unto them who forsake Him"
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer)
librettist:
Julius Schubring
translator:
William Bartholomew
part of:
Elijah, op. 70, Part I (with English libretto by William Bartholomew)
Felix Mendelssohn3:15
12Scottish Folksongs: The Sweetest Lad Was Jamie
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer) and John Mordler (producer)
cello:
Ross Pople (New Zealand-born British conductor and cellist) (on 1975-05-31)
piano:
George Malcolm (English harpsichordist, conductor) (on 1975-05-31)
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (on 1975-05-31)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto) (on 1975-05-31)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1975-05-31)
recording of:
Twenty-Five Scottish Songs, op. 108: No. 5, "The Sweetest Lad Was Jamie" (on 1975-05-31)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1818)
part of:
Twenty-Five Scottish Songs, op. 108
Ludwig van Beethoven2:41
13Ave Maria, D. 839
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria” (Schubert's song, not the Bach/Gounod work; original for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Jairo (Argentinean singer) and Sir Walter Scott (19th-century Scottish author)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1825)
translator:
Adam Storck
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 839)
Franz Schubert6:39
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