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"BBC LEGENDS".(Brief Article)(Review)
Janet Baker [] "BBC LEGENDS" Songs of Haydn, Schumann, Schubert, Wolf, Strauss. Constable, Parsons, Hamburger, pianists. Notes, no texts. Live performances 1968, 1970. BBC Music BBCL 4049-2 (Koch, dist.)
This CD of Janet Baker in live performances, in her prime, is a must for any fan of the mezzo. Drawn from two recitals she gave at Benjamin Britten's Aldeburgh Festival in 1968 and 1970, plus a BBC Radio 3 lieder recital in 1968, the CD is a wonderful example of Baker at her vocal and interpretive best, ably partnered by pianists John Constable, Geoffrey Parsons and Paul Hamburger.
Haydn's cantata Arianna a Naxos immediately sets the tone for the disc. In total command, Baker underscores every word of the text, carefully shading the shifting emotions and never letting so much as an eighth-note slip past without its requisite coloring. Just the way she sings her lover's name, "Teseo!," halfway through the first aria will make fans swoon -- the longing, the anticipation, the love experienced through the veil of rejection are all there.
For some listeners the highlight of the disc will be Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben. Baker ...
- Janet Baker.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Boyer September 1, 2003 700+ words
...Warlock, Britten, Purcell, others Geoffrey Parsons, p--BBC 4117--78 minutes The bulk of this release from the BBC Legends series is taken from a July 1983 recital at Town Hall, Cheltenllam, with the balance taken from a recital at Snape Maltings...
- "BBC LEGENDS".(Review)
- Magazine article from: Opera News THOMASON, PAUL July 1, 2000 700+ words
Irmgard Seefried [] "BBC LEGENDS" Lieder by Brahms, Schubert, Wolf. Werba, piano. 1962. Plus 1965 interview with John Amis. Notes, no texts. BBCL 4040...
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- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Mulbury, David July 1, 2002 700+ words
HAYDN: Sonata 22 in E; CHOPIN: Nocturnes in E minor & F; BEETHOVEN: Sonata 11; Eroica Variations; SCHUMANN: Symphonic Etudes; RACHMANINOFF: 12 Preludes--BBC 4090 [2CD] 2:24 These are concert performances in three different halls in Great Britain, compiled from concerts between 1967 and 1969.
- BBC Legends: Pierre Monteux. (From the Archives).
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Haldeman, Philip May 1, 2003 700+ words
BEETHOVEN: Symphony 3; CHERUBINI: Anacreon Overture; STRAUSS: Don Juan; BERLIOZ: Hungarian March Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony BBC 4112--78 minutes Pierre Monteux, born in 1875, was present in the Paris Theatre des Champs-Elysees on May 29, 1913 when fist fights broke out over the premiere of
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- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Boyer May 1, 2004 700+ words
Janet Baker Scarlatti, Monteverdi, Lawes, Handel with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau...Handel. It would be difficult to imagine someone sounding better than Janet Baker does here. She sings flawlessly, in a manner entirely in keeping with...
- Janet Baker. (Historical).(SCOTTISH FOLKSONG ARRANGEMENTS AND ENGLISH...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Malafronte, Judith January 1, 2003 700+ words
...result will always, of necessity, be filtered through the sensibilities of the time. In the 1960s, great musicians such as Janet Baker, Yehudi Menuhin and George Malcolm handled Baroque and Classical music with the same tools they used on all repertoire...
- Britten: Owen Wingrave. (Heather Harper, Jennifer Vyvyan, Janet Baker, Peter...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Conrad, Jon Alan February 19, 1994 700+ words
...Britten. The most satisfying aspect is the ensemble cast of superior artists - Pears, Heather Harper, Jennifer Vyvyan, Janet Baker, Benjamin Luxon, John Shirley-Quirk. Britten's conducting is equally masterful. Peter Grimes has had two previous...
- Hyperion Schubert Sampler.(Elly Ameling, Arleen Auger, Janet Baker, Elizabeth...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Driscoll, F. Paul July 1, 1997 700+ words
...successful recording projects of the decade. The series has caught several distinguished Schubertians in autumnal glory (Janet Baker, Elly Ameling) while giving important opportunities to a new generation of lieder interpreters (Ian Bostridge, John Mark...
- From the Diary of Virginia Woolf.(Dame Janet Baker)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Driscoll, F. Paul September 1, 1997 700+ words
...1975). Texts & translations. D'Note Classics 1019 A 1975 broadcast from Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, features Janet Baker, then at the summit of her abilities, in Domenick Argento's cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, as well as songs...
- A Celebration of the art of janet baker.(PLAISIR D'AMOUR)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Crory, Neil September 1, 2008 700+ words
Decca: 478 0320 This summer, the great English mezzo, Janet Baker, celebrated her 75th birthday. As the program notes for this new release point out, "Some singers are admired, a smaller number...
