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
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
recording of:
Linden Lea
lyricist:
William Barnes
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (in 1901)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:51
2Corpus Christi Carol
instruments:
Gerald Moore
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
recording of:
Corpus Christi Carol (from the cantata “A Boy was Born” by Benjamin Britten)
composer:
Benjamin Britten
part of:
A Boy Was Born, op. 3: Variation V. In the bleak mid-winter
Benjamin Britten2:46
3Pretty Ring Time
instruments:
Gerald Moore
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
Peter Warlock1:26
4Prison
instruments:
Gerald Moore
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
Gabriel Fauré2:19
5Soir
instruments:
Gerald Moore
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
Gabriel Fauré2:12
6Clair de lune
instruments:
Gerald Moore
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
recording of:
Clair de lune, op. 46 no. 2
lyricist:
Paul Verlaine
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (in 1887)
part of:
2 Mélodies, op. 46
Gabriel Fauré3:09
7Ave Maria
instruments:
Gerald Moore
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
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]
composer:
Franz Schubert
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 SpinnradeFranz Schubert3:40
9Wiegenlied
instruments:
Gerald Moore
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
recording of:
Wiegenlied: "Schlafe, holder süßer Knabe"
lyricist:
Matthias Claudius
composer:
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert2:58
10Die Forelle
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
recording of:
Die Forelle, D. 550 (The Trout, D. 550)
lyricist:
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (from 1777 until 1787)
composer:
Franz Schubert (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 singenFranz Schubert3:17
12An die Musik
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
recording of:
An die Musik, D. 547 (original, for solo voice and piano)
lyricist:
Franz von Schober
composer:
Franz Schubert (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
recording of:
An Sylvia, D. 891 (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare
composer:
Franz Schubert (in 1826)
translator:
Eduard von Bauernfeld
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 891)
Franz Schubert2:55
14Nacht und TräumeFranz Schubert4:34
15Heidenröslein
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (from 1980-04 until 1980-12)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (from 1980-04 until 1980-12)
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 (on 1815-08-19)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 257)
Franz Schubert1:50
16Du bist die RuhFranz Schubert4:34
17Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker
recording of:
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, op. 34 Nr. 2 (original for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Heinrich Heine
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (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
18MondnachtRobert Schumann4:10
19Du Ring an meinem FingerRobert Schumann2:51
20Geistliches WiegenliedJohannes Brahms5:47
21Befreit
piano:
Paul Hamburger (on 1968-04-25)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Janet Baker (on 1968-04-25)
recorded at:
BBC Studios in 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 (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
recording of:
Morgen!, op. 27 no. 4 (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
John Henry Mackay
composer:
Richard Strauss (in 1894)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes
part of:
4 Lieder, op. 27
Richard Strauss4:14

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