1
Caro mio ben
02:38
Janet Baker, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Recording Producer: Erik Smith - Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner - Composer: Giuseppe Giordani
2
Plaisir d'amour
03:38
Janet Baker, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Recording Producer: Erik Smith - Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner - Composer: Martini il Tedesco
3
"Thy Hand, Belinda ... When I Am Laid In Earth" [Dido and Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3]
05:02
Janet Baker, The St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Choir: The St. Anthony Singers - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Anthony Lewis - Composer: Henry Purcell
4
No.9 Recitative (Alto): "Du lieber Heiland du" [St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One]
01:05
Dame Janet Baker, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter
Contralto: Janet Baker - Orchestra: Münchener Bach-Orchester - Conductor: Karl Richter - Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
5
No.10 Aria (Alto): "Buss und Reu"
04:52
Janet Baker, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter
Contralto: Janet Baker - Orchestra: Münchener Bach-Orchester - Conductor: Karl Richter - Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
6
"Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra mai fù"
04:01
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Recording Producer: Wilhelm Hellweg - Composer: George Frideric Handel
7
Ständchen, D. 920
05:26
Janet Baker, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Piano: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Franz Schubert
8
"Divinités du Styx"
05:20
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Producer/Balance Engineer: Wilhelm Hellweg - Composer: Christoph Willibald von Gluck
9
53. Aria: "Father of Heav'n! from Thy eternal throne"
07:08
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Contralto: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras - Executive Producer: Dr. Gerd Ploebsch - Balance Engineer: Heinz Wildhagen - Recording Engineer: Joachim Niss - Editor: Reinhild Schmidt - Composer: George Frideric Handel
10
66. Aria, Duett:"Oh Lovely Peace, With Plenty Crown'd"
08:10
Felicity Palmer, Dame Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Soprano: Felicity Palmer - Contralto: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras - Producer: Dr. Gerd Ploebsch - Balance Engineer: Heinz Wildhagen - Recording Engineer: Joachim Niss - Editor: Reinhild Schmidt - Composer: George Frideric Handel
11
Ah perfido!, Op.65
13:47
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
12
1. Soupir
03:52
Janet Baker, Melos Ensemble, Bernard Keeffe
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Ensemble: Melos Ensemble - Conductor: Bernard Keeffe - Composer: Maurice Ravel
13
1. "C'en est donc fait"
03:07
Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Colin Davis - Composer: Hector Berlioz
14
2. "Ah! qu'ils sont loin"
07:03
Janet Baker, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Sir Colin Davis - Composer: Hector Berlioz
15
O Had I Jubal's Lyre
02:33
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Recording Producer: Wilhelm Hellweg - Composer: George Frideric Handel
16
Scena di Berenice 'Berenice, che fai?' (Hob XXIVa:10)
13:18
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Producer/Balance Engineer: Wilhelm Hellweg - Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
17
"Deh se piacer mi vuol" - "Chi ciecamente crede"
05:32
Janet Baker, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Conductor: Sir Colin Davis - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
18
6. Sur un sopha (Air: "Dans un détour") [La Tentation de Saint Antoine (1945) d'après des airs et des vers du XVIIIe siècle]
02:43
Janet Baker, Koeckert Quartet, Strings Of The Bavarian RSO, Werner Egk
Producer: Hans Ritter - Contralto: Janet Baker - Producer: Hans-Rudolf Müller - Ensemble: Koeckert Quartet - Producer: Gernot Westhaeuser - Orchestra: Strings Of The Bavarian RSO - Conductor: Werner Egk - Composer: Werner Egk
19
11. Tel qu'un voleur, sitôt qu'il voit main forte (Air: "Tel qu'un voleur") [La Tentation de Saint Antoine (1945) d'après des airs et des vers du XVIIIe siècle]
02:41
Janet Baker, Koeckert Quartet, Strings Of The Bavarian RSO, Werner Egk
Producer: Hans Ritter - Contralto: Janet Baker - Producer: Hans-Rudolf Müller - Ensemble: Koeckert Quartet - Producer: Gernot Westhaeuser - Orchestra: Strings Of The Bavarian RSO - Conductor: Werner Egk - Composer: Werner Egk
20
"Where shall I fly"
06:38
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Recording Producer: Wilhelm Hellweg - Composer: George Frideric Handel
21
1. Andante quasi allegretto: Nahandove
05:29
Janet Baker, Melos Ensemble
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Ensemble: Melos Ensemble - Composer: Maurice Ravel
22
Amarilli mia bella
03:27
Janet Baker, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Recording Producer: Erik Smith - Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner - Composer: Giulio Romano Caccini
23
"E vivo ancora?" - "Scherza infida in grembo al drudo"
08:14
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: George Frideric Handel
24
1. "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust"
06:56
Janet Baker, Philip Ledger, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Recording Producer: Erik Smith - Contralto: Janet Baker - Continuo: Philip Ledger - Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner - Balance Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
25
2. Un sapin isolé (Lahore)
03:56
Janet Baker, Melos Ensemble, Bernard Keeffe
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Ensemble: Melos Ensemble - Conductor: Bernard Keeffe - Composer: Maurice Charles Delage
26
"Che farò senza Euridice?"
03:46
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Producer/Balance Engineer: Wilhelm Hellweg - Composer: Christoph Willibald von Gluck
27
In May, In Brilliant Athens
06:38
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Recording Producer: Ray Minshull - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Balance Engineer: John Dunkerley - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Benjamin Britten
28
Chanson Perpetuelle, Op.37
06:50
Janet Baker, Melos Ensemble
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Ensemble: Melos Ensemble - Composer: Ernest Chausson
29
"Ah, scostati!" - "Smanie implacabili"
03:32
Janet Baker, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - Conductor: Sir Colin Davis - Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
30
"Dopo notte, atra e funesta"
06:57
Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Recording Producer: Wilhelm Hellweg - Composer: George Frideric Handel
