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Dido and Aeneas
by Henry Purcell
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6 editions published between 1962 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 986 WorldCat member libraries worldwide SYNOPSIS: In order to cure her unhappiness, Dido, queen of Carthage, marries the Trojan prince, Aeneas, who is madly in love with her. While Dido and Aeneas are out hunting, an evil Sorceress and her assistants plot the destruction of Dido and Carthage. Soon, an evil witch disguised as the God Mercury stops Aeneas. She tells him that he must abandon Carthage and found a new Troy on Latin soil. While Aeneas hates the thought of leaving Dido, he cannot refuse a god's command. In the end, Aeneas decides to defy the god's command and stay with Dido. Nevertheless, Dido refuses to stay with a lover who even considered leaving her and soon dies
Symphonie No. 2 "Auferstehungs-Symphonie" = "Resurrection"
by Gustav Mahler
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21 editions published between 1974 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 471 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In the penultimate recording of his Mahler cycle, Pierre Boulez leads the Wiener Philharmoniker, soprano Christine Shafer, and mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung. This is an incandescent performance of the sweeping, five-movement piece
Elijah
by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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9 editions published between 1968 and 2005 in English and German and held by 364 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Orfeo ed Euridice
by Christoph Willibald Gluck
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5 editions published between 1982 and 2004 in Italian and held by 341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Janet Baker stars in Peter Hall's acclaimed Glyndebourne Festival staging of Gluck's 18th century masterpiece. Janet Baker gives one of her finest portrayals as Orfeo, with Elisabeth Speiser as Euridice and Elizabeth Gale as Amore
Cello concerto in E minor, op. 85 ; Sea pictures
by Edward Elgar
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4 editions published between 1965 and 1986 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 306 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Hyperion Schubert edition
by Franz Schubert
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1 edition published in 1988 in German and held by 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La damnation de Faust La mort de Cléopâtre
by Hector Berlioz
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7 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in French and English and held by 275 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
L'enfance du Christ op. 25
by Hector Berlioz
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9 editions published between 1977 and 1988 in 4 languages and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Julius Caesar
by George Frideric Handel
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11 editions published between 1984 and 2009 in English and Italian and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A studio performance of one of Handel's best known operas by the English National Opera. The Opera, a tale of love and power based on Shakespeare's play, was first performed in 1724 at the Haymarket Theatre in London using castrati singers in the heroes roles. This lavish production follows modern practice in using women in these parts, and in particular, Dame Janet Baker creates the virtuoso role of Julius Caesar
La Calisto
by Pier Francesco Cavalli
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8 editions published between 1972 and 1993 in 4 languages and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La clemenza di Tito K. 621
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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3 editions published between 1977 and 1991 in Italian and held by 250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The very best of Janet Baker
by Janet Baker
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5 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in German and English and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Dame Janet Baker is one of opera's most legendary voices. This collection showcases some of her very best performances
Così fan tutte K. 588
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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5 editions published between 1974 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 235 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Schwarzkopf samlingen
Janet Baker and Raymond Leppard at Aldeburgh a recital given at the Snape Maltings on 14 June 1971
by Janet Baker
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2 editions published in 1996 in Italian and held by 225 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Béatrice et Bénédict
by Hector Berlioz
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8 editions published between 1978 and 1993 in 3 languages and held by 223 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Béatrice et Bénédict: Opéra comique en deux actes imité de Shakespeare
Hodie a Christmas cantata
by Ralph Vaughan Williams
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2 editions published between 1965 and 1966 in English and held by 220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Music for weddings Musik für Hochzeiten = Musiques pour un mariage
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1 edition published in 1988 in English and held by 208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Messa da Requiem
by Giuseppe Verdi
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13 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide This extraordinary performance of Verdi's unforgettable Requiem features a dream cast: soprano Leontyne Price, equally acclaimed for her soaring phrasing and the nobility with which she sings the words, is joined by Plácido Domingo, one of the great Verdi tenors of his generation, distinguished mezzo-soprano Florence Quivar, and magnificent bass John Cheek. Under James Levine's inspired conducting, the Met Orchestra and Chorus deliver a thrilling account of this breathtaking score
A child of our time
by Michael Tippett
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5 editions published between 1975 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 201 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Based on the 1938 assassination of a German diplomat in Paris by Jewish refugee Herschel Grynszpan, which led to Germany's Kristallnacht
Phaedra The rape of Lucretia
by Benjamin Britten
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4 editions published in 1990 in English and held by 191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide more
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Baker, Dame Janet, 1933-
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Baker, Janet, Dame
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JANET ABBOT BAKER
Janet Baker
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