Janet Baker: The Philips & Decca Recordings, 1961 – 1979 – 5 Cd Box Set (2003) FLAC

1. Caro mio ben by Tommaso Giordani
Performer: James Tyler (Lute), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Classical
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This work is erroneously attributed to Giuseppe Giordani.
2. Le nuove musiche: Amarilli mia bella by Giulio Caccini
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), James Tyler (Lute)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1602; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Italian
3. Ragion sempre addita by Alessandro Stradella
Performer: Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 1 Minutes 33 Secs.
Language: Italian
4. Sen corre l’agnelletta by Domenico Natale Sarri
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Celia Nicklin (Oboe)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 23 Secs.
Language: Italian
5. Intorno all’idol mio by Pietro Antonio Cesti
Performer: Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs.
Language: Italian
6. Arminio: Pur dicesti, o bocca bella by Antonio Lotti
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 1714; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 24 Secs.
Language: Italian
7. Spesso vibra per suo gioco by Alessandro Scarlatti
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 1 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: Italian
8. La costanza in amor vince l’inganno: Come raggio di sol by Antonio Caldara
Performer: James Tyler (Lute), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1711; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 44 Secs.
Language: Italian
9. L’honestà negli amori: Già il sole dal Gange by Alessandro Scarlatti
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 1680; Rome, Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 1 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: Italian
10. Deh più a me non v’ascondete by Giovanni Bononcini
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: Italian
11. Danza, danza fanciulla gentile by Francesco Durante
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 1 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Italian
12. Il Tigrane: Sento nel core certo dolore by Alessandro Scarlatti
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 1715; Naples, Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: Italian
13. La costanza in amor vince l’inganno: Sebben, crudele by Antonio Caldara
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1711; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: Italian
14. Selve amiche by Antonio Caldara
Performer: James Tyler (Lute), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 29 Secs.
Language: Italian
15. Ogni pena più a spietata by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Graham Sheen (Bassoon)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 18th Century; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: Italian
16. Le faux Lord: O notte, o dea del mistro by Niccolò Piccinni
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Classical
Written: by 1783; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 23 Secs.
Language: Italian
17. La molinara: Nel cor più non mi sento by Giovanni Paisiello
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Classical
Written: 1789/1790; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 1 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: Italian
18. Calisto: Ardo, sospiro e piango by Pier Francesco Cavalli
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1652; Italy
Date of Recording: 1971
Venue: The Organ Room, Glyndebourne, England
Length: 4 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: Italian
19. Calisto: Ascender qui ved’io by Pier Francesco Cavalli
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1652; Italy
Date of Recording: 1971
Venue: The Organ Room, Glyndebourne, England
Length: 7 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: Italian

Disc: 2
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20. Oh numi eterni, HWV 145 “La Lucrezia” by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1709; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/1972
Venue: London, England
Length: 20 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: Italian
21. Rodelinda, HWV 19: Pompe vane di morte!…Dove sei, amato… by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1725; London, England
Date of Recording: 12/1972
Venue: London, England
Length: 6 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: Italian
22. Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu “Largo” by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1738; London, England
Date of Recording: 12/1972
Venue: London, England
Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with “Frondi tenere i belle…”
23. Hercules, HWV 60: Where shall I fly? by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1744; London, England
Date of Recording: 12/1972
Venue: London, England
Length: 6 Minutes 38 Secs.
Language: English
24. Atalanta, HWV 35: Care selve by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1736; London, England
Date of Recording: 12/1972
Venue: London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Italian
25. Joshua, HWV 64: O had I Jubal’s lyre by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1748; London, England
Date of Recording: 12/1972
Venue: London, England
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: English
26. Ariodante, HWV 33: Con l’ali di costanza by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1734-1735; London, England
Date of Recording: 12/1978
Venue: London, England
Length: 6 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with “Oh! Felice mio core!…”
27. Ariodante, HWV 33: Scherza infida, in grembo al drudo by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1734-1735; London, England
Date of Recording: 12/1978
Venue: London, England
Length: 8 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection begins with “E vivo ancora…”
28. Ariodante, HWV 33: Dopo notte by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1734-1735; London, England
Date of Recording: 12/1972
Venue: London, England
Length: 6 Minutes 57 Secs.
Language: Italian
29. Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: Vergnügte Ruh’ by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Baroque
Written: 1726; Leipzig, Germany
Date of Recording: 01/1966
Venue: Decca Studio no 3, West Hampstead
Length: 6 Minutes 57 Secs.
Language: German
30. Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: With drooping wings ye Cupids come by Henry Purcell
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Anthony Lewis
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra, St. Anthony Singers
Period: Baroque
Written: 1689; England
Date of Recording: 10/1961
Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Length: 9 Minutes 7 Secs.
Language: English
31. Arianna a Naxos, H 26b no 2 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1790; Eszterhazá, Hungary

Disc: 3

32. Berenice, che fai, H 24a no 10 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1795; London, England
Date of Recording: 08/1973
Venue: London, England
Length: 13 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: Italian
33. La clemenza di Tito, K 621: Deh, se piacer mi vuoi by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Prague, Czech Republ
Date of Recording: 07/1976
Venue: London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection concludes with “…Chi ciecamente crede.”
34. La clemenza di Tito, K 621: Ecco il punto…Non più di fiori by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Prague, Czech Republ
Date of Recording: 07/1976
Venue: London, England
Length: 7 Minutes 39 Secs.
Language: Italian
35. Così fan tutte, K 588: Ah costati…Smanie implacabili by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1790; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 06/1974
Venue: London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection is followed by “Chi ciecammente crede…”
36. Ständchen, D 920a (921) by Franz Schubert
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1827; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/1976
Venue: London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: German
Notes: This selection is followed by “Infelice! Qual orrore!…”
37. Lazarus, D 689: So schlummert auf Rosen by Franz Schubert
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1820; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 12/1976
Venue: London, England
Length: 11 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: German
38. Ah, Perfido!, Op. 65 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1795-1796; Vienna, Austria

Disc: 4

39. Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice? by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/1975
Venue: London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: Italian
40. Orfeo ed Euridice: Che puro ciel! by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/1975
Venue: London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 42 Secs.
Language: Italian
41. Alceste: Divinités du Styx by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Raymond Leppard
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1767; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/1975
Venue: London, England
Length: 5 Minutes 21 Secs.
Language: French
42. La mort de Cléopâtre by Hector Berlioz
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; France
Date of Recording: 03/1979
Venue: All Saints’ Church, Tooting, London
Length: 20 Minutes 46 Secs.
Language: French
43. Herminie by Hector Berlioz
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; France
Date of Recording: 03/1979
Venue: All Saints’ Church, Tooting, London
Length: 22 Minutes 52 Secs.
Language: French
44. Béatrice et Bénédict: Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre? by Hector Berlioz
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1860-1862; France

Disc: 5

45. Poèmes (3) de Stéphane Mallarmé by Maurice Ravel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Keefe
Orchestra/Ensemble: Melos Ensemble London
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; France
Date of Recording: 1966
Venue: London, England
Length: 11 Minutes 57 Secs.
Language: French
46. Chansons madécasses by Maurice Ravel
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Melos Ensemble London
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925-1926; France
Date of Recording: 1966
Venue: London, England
Length: 13 Minutes 57 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: This selection is followed by “Il m’en souvient…Je l’aime donc?…”
47. Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37 by Ernest Chausson
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Melos Ensemble London
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898; France
Date of Recording: 1966
Venue: London, England
Length: 6 Minutes 51 Secs.
48. Poèmes hindous (4) by Maurice Delage
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Bernard Keefe
Orchestra/Ensemble: Melos Ensemble London
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; France
Date of Recording: 1966
Venue: London, England
Length: 9 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: French
49. Rape of Lucretia, Op 37: Lucretia! O, never again… by Benjamin Britten
Performer: John Shirley-Quirk (Bass Baritone), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Benjamin Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946; England
Date of Recording: 07/1970
Venue: Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, England
Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: English
50. Rape of Lucretia, Op 37: Last night Tarquinius ravished me by Benjamin Britten
Performer: John Shirley-Quirk (Bass Baritone), Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Benjamin Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1946; England
Date of Recording: 07/1970
Venue: Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, England
Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.
Language: English
51. Owen Wingrave, Op. 85: Ah, Owen, what shall I do? by Benjamin Britten
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano), Nigel Douglas (Tenor), Benjamin Luxon (Baritone)
Conductor: Benjamin Britten
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1970; England
Date of Recording: 12/1970
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 7 Minutes 44 Secs.
Language: English
52. Phaedra, Op. 93 by Benjamin Britten
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Steuart Bedford
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1975; England
Date of Recording: 03/1977
Venue: All Saints’ Church, Petersham
Length: 15 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: English
53. Plaisir d’amour by Johann Paul A. Martini
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Period: Classical
Written: by 1775; France
Date of Recording: 01/1978
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, England
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: French
54. Hippolyte et Aricie: Cruelle mère des amours by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Anthony Lewis
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra, St. Anthony Singers
Period: Baroque
Written: 1733; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 07/1965
Venue: Decca Studio no 3, West Hampstead
Length: 6 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: French
55. Hippolyte et Aricie: Quelle plainte en ces lieux m’appelle by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Performer: Dame Janet Baker (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Anthony Lewis
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra, St. Anthony Singers
Period: Baroque
Written: 1733; Paris, France