Janet Baker
Dame Janet Abbott Baker (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.
Baker is particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten. During her career, which lasted from the 1950s to the 1980s, she was considered an outstanding singing actress and widely admired for her dramatic intensity, perhaps best represented in her famous portrayal as Dido, the tragic heroine of Berlioz's magnum opus, Les Troyens. As a concert performer, Baker was noted for her interpretations of the music of Gustav Mahler and Edward Elgar. David Gutman, writing in Gramophone, described her performance of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder as "intimate, almost self-communing".
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Das Lied von der Erde: 6. Der Abschied - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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"Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" Cantata, BWV 170: 1. "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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Atalanta, HWV 35 / Act 1: Care selve - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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Gloria, RV 589: III. Laudamus te - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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A Child of our Time / Part 3: "Deep River" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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A Child of our Time / Part 1: "How Can I Cherish My Man In Such Days...Steal Away" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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"Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" Cantata, BWV 170: 2. "Die Welt, das Sündenhaus" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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Phaedra, Op. 93: Oh Gods Of Wrath - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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Così fan tutte / Act 2: "Benedetti i doppi coniugi" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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La Calisto - Realization by Raymond Leppard. - Act 1: Amara servitù - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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Sāvitri, Op. 25: Like a Spectre of the Forest - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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Herminie - Scène lyrique, H. 29: 1. Récit: "Quel trouble te poursuit" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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Joshua, HWV 64 / Part 3: O Had I Jubal's Lyre - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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A Child of our Time / Part 1: "Is Evil Then Good?" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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La Mort de Cléopâtre - Scène lyrique, H. 36: 2. "Ah! qu'ils sont loin" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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Così fan tutte / Act 2: "Il cor vi dono" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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L'Enfance du Christ, Op.25 / Partie 1: Le songe d'Hérode: Scène 6: Joseph! Marie! Ecoutez-nous - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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La clemenza di Tito, K.621 / Act 2: "Partir deggio, o restar?" - "Sesto! - Che chiedi?" - The Magic of Janet Baker -
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Overture, Op. 21 - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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Scherzo - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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March of the Fairies: Allegro vivace - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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Song with Chorus: Ye Spotted Snakes - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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Intermezzo - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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Nocturne: Con moto tranquillo - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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Wedding March: Allegro vivace - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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Funeral March: Andante comodo - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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A Dance of Clowns: Allegro di molto - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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Finale: Through the House - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61, MWV M3 - Remastered 2023, London 1960 - Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Otto Klemperer (Remastered 2023, London 1960) -
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Overture - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Shake the cloud from off your brow (Belinda) Act I, Scene 1 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Ah! Belinda, I am prest (Dido) Act I, Scene 1 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Whence could so much virtue spring? (Dido) Act I, Scene 1 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Fear no danger to ensue (Belinda, and Second Woman) Act I, Scene 1 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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See, your royal guest appears (Belinda) Act I, Scene 1 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Wayward sisters (Sorceress) Act I, Scene 2 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Ruin'd ere the set of sun? (First Witch) Act I, Scene 2 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Ritornelle - Act 2 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Oft she visits this lov'd mountain (Second Woman) Act 2 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Behold, upon my bended spear (Aeneas, Dido) Act 2 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Stay, Prince (Spirit) Act 2 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Come away, fellow sailors (First Sailor) Act 3 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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See the flags and streamers curling (Sorceress) Act 3 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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Your counsel all is urg'd in vain (Dido) Act 3 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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But Death, alas! ... When I am laid in earth (Dido) Act 3 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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With drooping wings ye Cupids come (Chorus) Act 3 - Dido and Aeneas - Remastered 2022 - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (Remastered 2022) -
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