Baker

~ Release by Gluck, Lully, Marcello, Berkeley, Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Purcell, Warlock; Janet Baker, Geoffrey Parsons (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1O del mio dolce ardor
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Paride ed Elena, Wq. 39: Act I. Aria "O del mio dolce ardor" (on 1983-07-04)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer) (until 1770)
librettist:
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi (until 1770)
publisher:
G. Schirmer Inc.
part of:
Paride ed Elena, Wq. 39
Christoph Willibald Gluck4:12
2Bois épais
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Bois épais (on 1983-07-04)
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer)
arranger:
Amelia Lehmann
arrangement of:
Amadis de Gaule: Acte II. "Bois épais"
Jean‐Baptiste Lully2:42
3Recitativo e Aria: Il mio bel foco - Quella fiamma che m'accende
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Quella fiamma che m'accende (catch-all) (on 1983-07-04)
composer:
Benedetto Marcello (attributed) (composer) and Francesco Conti (composer)
Benedetto Marcello3:26
4Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: Lauds (Among the Leaves)
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: Lauds (Among the Leaves) (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
W. H. Auden
composer:
Sir Lennox Berkeley (composer) (in 1958)
part of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53
Lennox Berkeley2:05
5Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: O Lurcher-Loving Collier
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: O Lurcher-Loving Collier (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
W. H. Auden
composer:
Sir Lennox Berkeley (composer) (in 1958)
part of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53
Lennox Berkeley2:29
6Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: What's in Your Mind, My Dove
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: What's in Your Mind, My Dove (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
W. H. Auden
composer:
Sir Lennox Berkeley (composer) (in 1958)
part of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53
Lennox Berkeley1:30
7Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: Eyes Look Into the Well
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: Eyes Look Into the Well (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
W. H. Auden
composer:
Sir Lennox Berkeley (composer) (in 1958)
part of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53
Lennox Berkeley2:34
8Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: Carry Her Over the Water
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53: Carry Her Over the Water (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
W. H. Auden
composer:
Sir Lennox Berkeley (composer) (in 1958)
part of:
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op. 53
Lennox Berkeley1:51
9Les Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: Come Away, Come Away, Death
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: 1. Come Away, Come Away, Death (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Gerald Finzi (composer) (from 1938 until 1940)
part of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18
Gerald Finzi3:37
10Les Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: Who is Sylvia?
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: 2. Who Is Silvia? (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Gerald Finzi (composer) (from 1938 until 1940)
part of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18
Gerald Finzi1:40
11Les Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: Fear No More the Heat of the Sun
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: 3. Fear No More the Heat O' the Sun (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Gerald Finzi (composer) (from 1938 until 1940)
part of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18
Gerald Finzi4:52
12Les Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: O Mistress Mine
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: 4. O Mistress Mine (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Gerald Finzi (composer) (from 1938 until 1940)
part of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18
Gerald Finzi1:36
13Les Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: It Was a Lover and His Lass
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18: 5. It Was a Lover and His Lass (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Gerald Finzi (composer) (from 1938 until 1940)
part of:
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18
Gerald Finzi3:01
14Let Beauty Wake
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Songs of Travel: II. Let beauty awake (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
Robert Louis Stevenson (Scottish writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1901 until 1904)
part of:
Songs of Travel
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:09
15Tired
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Four Last Songs: 2. Tired. Andante sostenuto - Pochissimo animando - Tempo I (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
Ursula Vaughan Williams
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Four Last Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:30
16Silent Noon
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
The House of Life, No. 2: Silent Noon (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
part of:
The House of Life
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:37
17Linden Lea
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Linden Lea (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
William Barnes (English writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1901)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:37
18Folk Song Arrangements (British Isles): The Sally Gardens
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: The Salley Gardens (Britten arrangement) (on 1983-07-04)
lyricist:
William Butler Yeats (in 1889)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1943)
version of:
Down by the Salley Gardens
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: British Isles, for voice & piano
Benjamin Britten2:26
19Folk Song Arrangements (British Isles): O Can Ye Sew Cushions?
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: O Can Ye Sew Cushions? (Britten arrangement) (on 1983-07-04)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume I: British Isles, for voice & piano
Benjamin Britten2:16
20Folk Song Arrangements (British Isles): O Waly, Waly
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: O Waly, Waly (Britten arrangement) (on 1983-07-04)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: British Isles, for voice & piano
Benjamin Britten3:18
21Folk Song Arrangements (British Isles): Come You Not From Newcastle?
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1983-07-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1983-07-04)
recorded at:
Cheltenham Town Hall in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (on 1983-07-04)
live recording of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: Come You Not From Newcastle? (Britten arrangement) (on 1983-07-04)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
part of:
Folksong Arrangements, Volume III: British Isles, for voice & piano
Benjamin Britten1:18
22Sleep, Adam, Sleep and Take Thy Rest
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1968-06-10)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1968-06-10)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (on 1968-06-10)
live recording of:
Sleep, Adam, and Take Thy Rest, Z. 195 (on 1968-06-10)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1683)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 195)
Henry Purcell2:14
23Lord, What Is Man
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1968-06-10)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1968-06-10)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (on 1968-06-10)
live recording of:
Lord, what is Man?, Z. 192 (on 1968-06-10)
lyricist:
Dr. William Fuller
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 192)
Henry Purcell6:49
24Sleep
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1968-06-10)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1968-06-10)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (on 1968-06-10)
live recording of:
Sleep (on 1968-06-10)
lyricist:
John Fletcher (16th/17th century English writer)
composer:
Peter Warlock (composer)
Peter Warlock2:26
25Pretty Ring Time
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1968-06-10)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1968-06-10)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (on 1968-06-10)
live recording of:
Pretty Ring Time (for voice and piano) (on 1968-06-10)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Peter Warlock (composer) (in 1925)
Peter Warlock1:25
26Rest, Sweet Nymps
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1968-06-10)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1968-06-10)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (on 1968-06-10)
live recording of:
Rest Sweet Nymphs (on 1968-06-10)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist)
composer:
Peter Warlock (composer)
Peter Warlock2:41
27The Jolly Shepherd
piano:
Geoffrey Parsons (pianist) (on 1968-06-10)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto) (on 1968-06-10)
recorded at:
Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom (on 1968-06-10)
live recording of:
The Jolly Shepherd (on 1968-06-10)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (Special Purpose Artist)
composer:
Peter Warlock (composer)
Peter Warlock3:13

Credits

Release

liner notes:Alan Blyth (UK classical singing critic and book editor, 1929-2007)
liner notes translator:Dennis Collins (liner notes translator)
Eva Reisinger
remastering:Paul Baily (audio engineer)
booklet editor:texthouse, Hamburg (liner notes)
part of:BBC Legends (great performers of the twentieth century) (number: 4117) (order: 110)
ASIN:UK: B00008OP2A [info]