Janet Baker - Plaisir d'amour
A Celebration of the Art of Dame Janet Baker
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
A fine selection which demonstrates the English mezzo's huge range of expression in repertory ranging from Baroque to Britten (the cantata Phaedra written for her) and the unique commitment...
Janet Baker - Plaisir d'amour
A Celebration of the Art of Dame Janet Baker
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
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A fine selection which demonstrates the English mezzo's huge range of expression in repertory ranging from Baroque to Britten (the cantata Phaedra written for her) and the unique commitment...
About
A new 2-CD compilation from Dame Janet Baker's many Decca and Philips recordings, released to mark her 75th birthday on 21 August 2008.
This generously-filled 150-minute programme ranges from arie antiche and baroque arias through to one of Benjamin Britten's last works, the cantata Phaedra, written specially for Janet Baker.
Recordings included in this programme were made between 1961 and 1977 and showcase the many and varied vocal talents of this much-loved, and justifiably internationally-lauded artist.
Contents and tracklist
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville Marriner
- Recorded: 1978-01
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville Marriner
- Recorded: 1978-01
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville Marriner
- Recorded: 1978-01
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville Marriner
- Recorded: 1978-01
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville Marriner
- Recorded: 1978-01
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville Marriner
- Recorded: 1978-01
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville Marriner
- Recorded: 1978-01
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Sir Neville Marriner
- Recorded: 1978-01
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1972-12-09
- Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1972-12-09
- Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1972-12-09
- Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1972-12-09
- Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1972-12-09
- Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London
- Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
- St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
- Anthony Lewis
- Recorded: 1961-10
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Awards and reviews
February 2009
A fine selection which demonstrates the English mezzo's huge range of expression in repertory ranging from Baroque to Britten (the cantata Phaedra written for her) and the unique commitment she brought to everything she sang.
