Janet Baker (Yorkshire, 1933) made her opera debut in the Oxford University Opera Group in 1956 and appeared for the first time at Glyndebourne. Gaining much experience with the Handel Opera Society and English Opera Group she made her debut with the Royal Opera in 1966. She became a favourite artist there, Glyndebourne and with Scottish Opera. Her voice was noted for its dramatic intensity and with her vivid stage personality she was an outstanding singing actress. These qualities she was able to transfer to recordings through her utter conviction and intense projection of the words. Her musical range was enormous, from Lute Songs through Monteverdi and the Baroque right up to the works written especially for her by composers such as Britten and Walton. Although she made many remarkable recordings it is probably those made with Sir John Barbirolli, especially Elgar and Mahler, which feature on so many peoples choices for Desert Island Discs. (bron: EMI Classics)
Nederlands
| Titel | Janet Baker: The Beloved Mezzo |
| Auteur | Janet Baker |
| Type materiaal | CD |
| Uitgave | EMI Classics, 2008 |
| Overige gegevens | 5 discs |
| Annotatie | Werken: (1) Brahms: Alt-Rhapsodie, Op. 53 (opname: 1970); (2) Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (orkestratie: Felix Mottl) (opname: 1975); (3) Richard Strauss: Liebeshymnus, Op. 32 Nr 3 (opname: 1975); (4) Richard Strauss: Das Rosenband, Op. 36 Nr 1 (opname: 1975); (5) Richard Strauss: Ruhe, meine Seele, Op. 27 Nr 1 (opname: 1975); (7) Elgar: Sea pictures, Op. 37 (opname: 1965); (6) Richard Strauss: Muttertändelei, Op. 43 Nr 2 (opname: 1975); (8) Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38: "Softly and gently" (opname: 1964); (9) Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été (opname: 1967); (10) Ravel: Shéhérazade (opname: 1967); (11) Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer (opname: 1977); (12) Mahler: Kindertotenlieder (opname: 1968); (13) Mahler: Rückert-Lieder (compleet) (opname: 1969); (14) Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (opname 1967); (15) Mahler: Ich bin die Welt abhanden gekommen (opname: 1967); (16) Mahler: Symfonie Nr 2 in c "Auferstehung": "Urlicht" (opname: 1986); (17) Händel: Messiah, HWV 56: "He was despised" (opname: 1967); (18) Händel: Ah! Crudel nel pianto mio, HWV 78: "Per trofei di mia costanza" (opname: 1967); (19) Händel: Armida abbandonata, HWV 105: "Ah! crudel, e pur ten vai" (opname: 1967); (20) J.S. Bach: Cantate BWV 82 "Ich habe genug": "Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen" (opname: 1966); (21) J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: "Bereite dich, Zion" (opname: 1975); (22) J.S. Bach: Johannes Passion, BWV 245: "Es ist vollbracht" (opname: 1975); (23) Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, J.S. Bach: Aria "Bist du bei mir" (attr. J S Bach BVW 508) (opname: 1975); (24) Dowland: Come again! sweet love (opname: 1967); (25) Thomas Campion: Never love unless you can (opname: 1967); (26) Thomas Campion: Oft have I sighed (opname: 1967); (27) Thomas Campion: If thou longst so much to learn (opname: 1967); (28) Thomas Campion: Fain would I wed (opname: 1967); (29) Purcell: Sleep, Adam, sleep, Z 195 (opname: 1967); (30) Purcell: Lord, what is man?, Z 192 (opname: 1967); (31) William Boyce: Tell me, lovely shepherd (opname: 1967); (32) George Monro: My lovely Celia (opname: 1967); (33) Thomas Augustin Arne: Where the bee sucks (opname: 1967); (34) Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118 (opname: 1970); (35) Schubert: Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria), D 839 (opname: 1970); (36) Schubert: Heidenröslein, D 257 (opname: 1980); (37) Schubert: An die Musik, D 547 (opname: 1980); (38) Schubert: Die Forelle, D 550 (opname: 1980); (39) Schubert: Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774 (opname: 1980); (40) Schubert: Du bist die Ruh, D 776 (opname: 1980); (41) Schubert: Nacht und Träume, D 527 (opname: 1980); (42) Schubert: An Sylvia, D 891 (opname: 1980); (43) Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42 (opname: 1968 en 1975); (44) Mendelssohn: Neue Liebe, Op. 19a Nr 4 (opname: 1980); (45) Mendelssohn: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 Nr 2 (opname: 1980); (46) Mendelssohn: Nachtlied, Op. 71 Nr 6 (opname: 1980); (47) Liszt: Lorelei (opname: 1979); (48) Liszt: Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh (opname: 1980). Uitvoerenden: Janet Baker, Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Hallé Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, André Previn, Simon Rattle, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin, Bath Festival Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Academy Of St. Martin-In-The-Fields, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons, Daniel Barenboim. |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Onderwerp algemeen | Romantiek en Nationalisme ; VOCAAL - diversen |
