Janet Craxton
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Janáček: From the House of the Dead
RecommendedDalibor Jedlicka (Goryantchikov), Jiri Zahradnicek (Luka Morosoff), Jaroslava Janská (Alyeya), Václav Zitek (Shishkov), Antonin Svorc (Old Prisoner), Ivo Zidek (Skuratov)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 24th Awards (1981), Best Opera Recording
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Janacek: Sinfonietta
RecommendedBell (flute/piccolo), Craxton (oboe), Pay (clarinet), Harris (bass clarinet), Gatt (bassoon), Eastop (horn), Paul Crossley (piano)
Vienna Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Sir Charles Mackerras, François Huybrechts, Neville Marriner,...
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Building a Library, April 2005, Modern Choice
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Building a Library, July 2017, Also Recommended
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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British Composers: A Celebration
RecommendedRichard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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A Garden After the Rain - Sounds & Fragrances
Éric Heidsieck (piano), Dezső Ránki (piano), Elsa Dreisig (vocals), Jonathan Ware (piano), Michel Legrand (piano), Aldo Ciccolini (piano), Mady Mesplé (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Vilde Frang (violin), Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Susanne Klare (soprano), Victoria...
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The British Composers Guide To Britain
Daniel Adni (piano), Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Garth Benson (organ), Ernest Lush (piano), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ian Bostridge (vocals), Julius Drake (musician, piano), Polyphony (lead vocals), Stephen Layton (director), Teddy Layton (director),...
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Vaughan Williams & Warlock
Dame Janet Baker & Ian Partridge
Music Group of London, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Baccholian Singers & Guildford Cathedral Choir
Classic 1970s recordings by the Partridge siblings, and such luminaries as Janet Craxton. On Wenlock Edge - chamber version - still sounds excellent, while the Warlock disc is distinctly special. —
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Scenes from Childhood
Maria João Pires (piano), Gabriel Tacchino (piano), Mathieu Pordoy (piano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Michel Legrand (piano), Lily Laskine (harp), György Sebök (piano), Georges Pludermacher (piano), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Michel Béroff (piano), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord), Dezső Ránki (piano),...
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Concert of the Birds
Georges Pludermacher (piano), Elly Ameling (soprano), Jörg Demus (piano), Dezső Ránki (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Lily Laskine (harp), Alexander Armstrong (narrator), Enrico Onofri (violin), Giovanni Antonini (director), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Kathryn Stott (piano), Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet),...
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The Essential Vaughan Williams
Hugh Bean (violin), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) & Gerald Moore (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Julius Drake (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & David Willison (piano), Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings,...
