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Janet Baker

Janet Baker has been played on NTS shows including Throwing Shade, with Introit first played on 28 March 2015.

Dame Janet Baker (born August 21, 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer. She was particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten. During her career, which spanned 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 Hector Berlioz's magnum opus 'Les Troyens'. As a concert performer, Baker…

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A Child Of Our Time
Tippett, Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, John Shirley Quirk, Richard Cassilly, BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Colin Davis
Philips1975
A Child Of Our Time
Tippett, Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, John Shirley Quirk, Richard Cassilly, BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Colin DavisPhilips1975
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Symphony No. 2
Brahms, Janet Baker, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
His Master's Voice1971
Symphony No. 2
Brahms, Janet Baker, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian BoultHis Master's Voice1971
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Introit
Fauré, Duruflé, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Chilcott, John Carol Case, Janet Baker, Stephen Roberts, Choir Of King's College, Cambridge, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Butt
EMI Classics2007
Introit
Fauré, Duruflé, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger, Robert Chilcott, John Carol Case, Janet Baker, Stephen Roberts, Choir Of King's College, Cambridge, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John ButtEMI Classics2007
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Requiem In D Minor, K. 626
Mozart, Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Alldis Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
His Master's Voice1972
Requiem In D Minor, K. 626
Mozart, Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, John Alldis Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel BarenboimHis Master's Voice1972
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Fantasia On Christmas Carols
Vaughan Williams, Dame Janet Baker, Richard Lewis, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Choristers Of Westminster Abbey, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John Barrow, Choir Of Guildford Cathedral, Barry Rose
EMI Studio DRM1988
Fantasia On Christmas Carols
Vaughan Williams, Dame Janet Baker, Richard Lewis, John Shirley-Quirk, The Bach Choir, Choristers Of Westminster Abbey, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, John Barrow, Choir Of Guildford Cathedral, Barry RoseEMI Studio DRM1988
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Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen (Poem By Rückert)
Janet Baker, Mahler, Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
His Master's Voice1968
Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen (Poem By Rückert)
Janet Baker, Mahler, Hallé Orchestra, Sir John BarbirolliHis Master's Voice1968
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Che Faro Senza Euridice
Janet Baker
Philips1999
Che Faro Senza Euridice
Janet BakerPhilips1999
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Corpus Christi Carol
Janet Baker, Gerald Moore
His Master's Voice1967
Corpus Christi Carol
Janet Baker, Gerald MooreHis Master's Voice1967
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