The Very Best of Janet Baker

~ Release by Dame Janet Baker (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Linden Lea
instruments:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Linden Lea
lyricist:
William Barnes (English writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1901)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:51
2Corpus Christi Carol
instruments:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Corpus Christi Carol (from the cantata “A Boy was Born” by Benjamin Britten)
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
part of:
A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation V. In the bleak mid-winter
Benjamin Britten2:46
3Pretty Ring Time
instruments:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
Peter Warlock1:26
4Prison
instruments:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
Gabriel Fauré2:19
5Soir
instruments:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
Gabriel Fauré2:12
6Clair de lune
instruments:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Clair de lune, op. 46 no. 2
lyricist:
Paul Verlaine (French poet)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (in 1887)
part of:
2 Mélodies, op. 46
Gabriel Fauré3:09
7Ave Maria
instruments:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Schubert’s Ave Maria: Latin “Ave Maria” text sung to the tune of ‘Ellens Gesang III, op. 52 no. 6, D. 839 “Ave Maria”’)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
version 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)
Franz Schubert6:43
8Gretchen am Spinnrade
instruments:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 118)
Franz Schubert3:40
9Wiegenlied
instruments:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Wiegenlied: "Schlafe, holder süßer Knabe"
lyricist:
Matthias Claudius (German poet)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
Franz Schubert2:58
10Die Forelle
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 Schubert2:00
11Auf dem Wasser zu singen
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D. 774
lyricist:
Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (until 1823)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 774)
Franz Schubert3:17
12An die Musik
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
An die Musik, D. 547 (original, for solo voice and piano)
lyricist:
Franz von Schober (Austrian poet, librettist, lithographer, actor)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1817-03)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 547)
Franz Schubert2:47
13An Sylvia
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
An Sylvia, D. 891 (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1826)
translator:
Eduard von Bauernfeld (Austrian dramatist)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 891)
Franz Schubert2:55
14Nacht und Träume
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Nacht und Träume, D. 827
lyricist:
Matthäus von Collin
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 827)
Franz Schubert4:34
15Heidenröslein
producer:
John Fraser (UK producer)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (from 1980-04 until 1980-12)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto) (from 1980-04 until 1980-12)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
recording of:
Heidenröslein, D. 257 ("Sah ein Knab’ ein Röslein stehn”) (from 1980-04 until 1980-12)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (on 1815-08-19)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 257)
Franz Schubert1:50
16Du bist die Ruh
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Du bist die Ruh’, D. 776
lyricist:
Friedrich Rückert (German poet)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1823)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 776)
Franz Schubert4:34
17Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, op. 34 Nr. 2 (original for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Heinrich Heine (German poet)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1836)
part of:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV K 86)
part of:
6 Gesänge, op. 34
Felix Mendelssohn3:15
18Mondnacht
piano:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Liederkreis, op. 39: Nr. 5. Mondnacht
lyricist:
Joseph von Eichendorff
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer) (in 1840)
part of:
Liederkreis, op. 39
Robert Schumann4:10
19Du Ring an meinem Finger
producer:
Suvi Raj Grubb
piano:
Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer) and Robert Gooch (British classical sound engineer, active from late 1950's)
recording of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42: Nr. 4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
lyricist:
Adelbert von Chamisso
composer:
Robert Schumann (German classical composer)
part of:
Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Robert Schumann2:51
20Geistliches Wiegenlied
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
2 Gesänge, op. 91: Nr. 2. Geistliches Wiegenlied
lyricist:
Franz Emanuel August Geibel (poet)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer)
part of:
2 Gesänge, op. 91
Johannes Brahms5:47
21Befreit
piano:
Paul Hamburger (British pianist) (on 1968-04-25)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto) (on 1968-04-25)
recorded at:
BBC Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-04-25)
recording of:
Befreit, op. 39 no. 4 (for voice and piano) (on 1968-04-25)
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 Strauss5:33
22Morgen
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (mezzo‐soprano and alto)
recording of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay (Scottish-German egoist anarchist, thinker and writer)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer) (in 1894)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
Richard Strauss4:14

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