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Dame Janet Baker

Philips & Decca Recordings 1961-1979

Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)

  • Catalogue No: 4751612
  • Label: Philips
  • Series: Original Masters
  • Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

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Contents

Giordani, T: Caro Mio Ben

Work length2:45
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Caccini, G: Amarilli mia bella

Work length3:34
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Stradella: Ragion sempre addita

Work length1:33
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$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Domenico Sarro: Sen corre l'agnelletta

Work length3:23
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Cesti: Intorno all'idol mio

Work length3:02
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Lotti: Pur dicesti, o bocca bella

Work length4:24
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01

Scarlatti, A: Spesso vibra per suo gioco

Work length1:20
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Caldara: Come raggio di sol

Work length2:44
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Excerpt, Scarlatti, A: L'honesta negli amori

Work length1:41
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Già il sole dal Gange

Track length1:41
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Bononcini, G B: Deh più a me non v'ascondete

Work length2:22
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Durante, F: Danza fanciulla gentile

Work length1:05
$0.85
$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Scarlatti, A: Sento nel core certo dolore

Work length4:04
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Caldara: Sebben crudele mi fai languir'

Work length2:37
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Caldara: Selve amiche

Work length2:29
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Pergolesi: Ogni pena più spietata

Work length5:48
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Martini, J P: Plaisir d'amour

Work length3:43
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Piccinni: O notte o dea del mistero

Work length5:23
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Paisiello: Nel cor più non mi sento

Work length1:39
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1978-01
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Cavalli: La Calisto - Realization by Raymond Leppard. - Act 1

Work length4:35
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1971
  • Recording Venue: Organ Room at Glyndebourne, Sussex

Ardo, sospiro e piango

Track length4:35
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Cavalli: La Calisto - Realization by Raymond Leppard. - Act 2

Work length7:06
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), James Bowman (countertenor)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1971
  • Recording Venue: Organ Room at Glyndebourne, Sussex

Ascender qui ved'io

Track length7:06
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Handel: Lucrezia Cantate

Work length20:04
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"O Numi eterni"

Track length1:16
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"Già superbo del mio affano"

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"Ma voi forse nel cielo"

Track length1:11
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"Il suol che preme"

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"Ah! che ancor nell' abiso"

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"Questi la disperata anima"

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"A voi, a voi, padre, consorte"

Track length1:14
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"Già nel seno comincia compir"

Track length1:00
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"Sento ch'il cor"

Track length1:20
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Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 1

Work length6:41
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Pompe vane de morte!...Dove sei, amato bene?"

Track length6:41
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Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1

Work length4:01
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra mai fù"

Track length4:01
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Handel: Hercules, HWV 60 / Act 3

Work length6:38
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Where shall I fly"

Track length6:38
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Handel: Atalanta, HWV 35 / Act 1

Work length2:42
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Care selve

Track length2:42
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Handel: Joshua, HWV 64 / Part 3

Work length2:35
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

O Had I Jubal's Lyre

Track length2:35
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Handel: Ariodante HWV 33 / Act 1

Work length6:11
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1978-12-21
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Oh! felice mio core!...Con l'ali di costanza"

Track length6:11
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Handel: Ariodante HWV 33 / Act 2

Work length8:14
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1978-12
  • Recording Venue: unknown, London

"E vivo ancora?...Scherza infida in grembo al drudo"

Track length8:14
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Handel: Ariodante, HWV 33 / Act 3

Work length6:57
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1972-12-09
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Dopo notte, atra e funesta"

Track length6:57
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Cantata BWV170 'Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust'

Work length6:56
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  • Dame Janet Baker (contralto), Philip Ledger (continuo)
  • Academy of St Martin in the Fields
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Recorded: 1966-01-31
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

1. "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust"

Track length6:56
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 3

Work length9:06
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • The St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Anthony Lewis
  • Recorded: 1961-10
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

But death...When I am laid...With drooping wings...

Track length9:06
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Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob.XXVIb / 2

Work length17:29
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Raymond Leppard (fortepiano)
  • Recorded: 1973-08-11
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Haydn: Berenice, che fai? (Scena di Berenice), Hob XXIVa:10

Work length13:19
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$1.15
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1973-08-11
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 / Act 1

Work length5:34
$1.10
$1.50
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1976-07
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

"Deh se piacer mi vuol" - "Chi ciecamente crede"

Track length5:34
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K.621 / Act 2

Work length7:38
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1976-07
  • Recording Venue: Watford Town Hall, London

"Non più di fiori" - "Infelice! qual orrore!"

Track length7:38
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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K.588 / Act 1

Work length3:32
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Royal Opera House Covent Garden
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1974-06
  • Recording Venue: London

"Ah, scostati!...Smanie implacabili"

Track length3:32
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Schubert: Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920 / 921

Work length5:28
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Raymond Leppard (piano)
  • Recorded: 1976-12-18
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Schubert: Lazarus, Der Feier der Auferstehung, D689

Work length11:32
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1976-12-18
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

So schlummert auf Rosen

Track length11:32
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Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65

Work length13:47
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1976-12-18
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / Act 3

Work length6:16
$1.10
$1.50
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Thurston Dart (continuo)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Anthony Lewis
  • Recorded: 1965
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London

Prélude.."Cruelle mère des amours"

Track length6:16
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Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / Act 4

Work length4:56
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Thurston Dart (continuo)
  • The St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Anthony Lewis
  • Recorded: 1965
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studio 3, West Hampstead, London

"Quelle plainte en ces lieux m'appelle?"

Track length4:56
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice), Wq. 30 / Act 3

Work length3:45
$1.10
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1975-04
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Che farò senza Euridice?"

Track length3:45
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 2

Work length5:42
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1975-04
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"

Track length5:42
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Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 37 / Act 1

Work length5:20
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Raymond Leppard
  • Recorded: 1975-04
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

"Divinités du Styx"

Track length5:20
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Berlioz: Cléopâtre - Scène lyrique, H36

Work length20:44
$5.50
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1979-03-10
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

1. "C'en est donc fait"

Track length3:07
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2. "Ah! qu'ils sont loin"

Track length7:04
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3. Méditation: "Grands Pharaons"

Track length4:49
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4. "Non!...non, de vos demeures funèbres"

Track length2:40
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5. "Dieux du Nil"

Track length3:04
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Berlioz: Herminie - Scène lyrique, H29

Work length22:46
$8.80
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1979-03-10
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London

1. Récit: "Quel trouble te poursuit"

Track length4:00
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2. Air: "Ah! Si de la tendresse"

Track length4:19
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3. Récit: "Que dis-je?"

Track length1:24
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4. Air: "Arrête! Arrête! Cher Tancrède

Track length3:14
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"Que Clorinde est heureuse!"

Track length2:07
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5. Air: "Venez, venez, terribles armes!"

Track length2:04
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6. Prière: "Dieu des chrétiens!"

Track length2:57
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"Venez, venez, terribles armes!"

Track length2:41
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Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict / Act 2

Work length9:55
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1977-12-22
  • Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

"Non! Que viens-je d'entendre?" - "Il m'en souvient" - "Je l'aime donc?"

Track length9:55
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Ravel: Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarmé

Work length11:56
$2.55
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Melos Ensemble
  • Bernard Keeffe
  • Recorded: 1966
  • Recording Venue: London

1. Soupir

Track length3:56
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2. Placet futile

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3. Surgi de la croupe et du bond

Track length3:13
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Ravel: Trois chansons madécasses

Work length13:57
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Melos Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1966
  • Recording Venue: London

1. Andante quasi allegretto: Nahandove

Track length5:33
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2. Andante: Aoua! Aoua!

Track length4:01
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3. Lento: Il est doux de se coucher

Track length4:23
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Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37

Work length6:51
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Melos Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1966
  • Recording Venue: London

Delage: Quatre Poèmes hindous

Work length9:24
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$4.60
  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Melos Ensemble
  • Bernard Keeffe
  • Recorded: 1966
  • Recording Venue: London

1. Une Belle (Madras)

Track length2:18
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2. Un sapin isolé (Lahore)

Track length3:59
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3. Naissance de Bouddha (Benares)

Track length1:28
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4. Si vous pensez (Jaipur)

Track length1:39
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Britten: The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 / Act 2

Work length6:28
$2.20
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  • John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1970-07-25
  • Recording Venue: The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk

"Lucretia! Lucretia!"

Track length2:58
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"Last Night Tarquinius Ravished Me"

Track length3:30
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Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2

Work length7:44
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Nigel Douglas (tenor)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Recorded: 1970-12-04
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Ah, Owen, what shall I do?"

Track length7:44
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Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93

Work length15:31
$3.30
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  • Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Steuart Bedford
  • Recorded: 1977-03-31
  • Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey

In May, In Brilliant Athens

Track length6:37
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Oh Gods Of Wrath

Track length2:50
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My Time's Too Short, Your Highness

Track length6:04
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