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Compelling for her intensity and integrity as much as for her unmistakeable voice, Dame Janet Baker struck a distinctive path as a performer, primarily on the concert and recital stage. Among her most celebrated recordings are her interpretations of Elgar with Sir John Barbirolli, here complemented by songs and oratorio arias by composers such as Bach, Handel, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss, Fauré, Vaughan Williams and Britten.
CD 1:
1. Bereite dich, Zion (Bach: Christmas Oratorio)
2. He was despised (Handel: Messiah)
3. O rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn: Elijah)
4. Alto Rhapsody (Brahms)
5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder)
6. L'Invitation au voyage (Duparc)
7. Pie Jesu (Durufle: Requiem)
8–12. Sea Pictures (Elgar)
13. The Angel's Farewell (Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius)
CD 2:
1. Linden Lea – A Dorset song (Vaughan Williams)
2. Corpus Christi Carol (arr. Britten from A Boy Was Born)
3. Pretty Ring Time (Warlock)
4. Prison (Fauré)
5. Soir (Fauré)
6. Clair de lune (Fauré)
7. Ave Maria, D.839 (Schubert)
8. Gretchen am Spinnrade (Schubert)
9. Wiegenlied (Schubert)
10. Die Forelle (Schubert)
11. Auf dem Wasser zu singen (Schubert)
12. An die Musik (Schubert)
13. An Sylvia (Schubert)
14. Nacht und Träume (Schubert)
15. Heidenröslein (Schubert)
16. Du bist die Ruh (Schubert)
17. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (Mendelssohn)
18. Mondnacht (Schumann: Liederkreis, Op.39)
19. Du Ring an meinem Finger (Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben)
20. Geistliches Wiegenlied (Brahms)
21. Befreit Op.39 No.4 (Richard Strauss)
22. Morgen! (Richard Strauss)
Dame Janet Baker – Mezzo-soprano
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