Principally songs; also includes incidental music, opera, and oratorio excerpts; in part originally with orchestra acc.

Compact disc.

Program notes by Mike Ashman in English, French, and German (15 p.) inserted in container.

Recorded June 14, 1971 at the 24th Aldeburgh Festival; interview recorded Oct. 22, 1969, at BBC Studios, London.

Sung in English, French, German, Italian, and Latin.

BBC legends

Quel sguardo sdegnosetto : SV247 (2:41) ; Si dolce è'l tormento : SV332 (3:44) ; Maledetto sia l'aspetto : SV246 (1:12) / Claudio Monteverdi

Velut palma, velut rosa / Bonifatio Gratiani (7:59)

A divine hymn : Jehovah reigns / Barringcloe (2:31)

Wilt thou forgive that sin : (a hymne to God) / Pelham Humfrey (3:24)

O lead me to some peaceful gloom : from Z574 (3:25) ; Pursuing beauty : from Z588 (3:16) ; Ah! cruel, bloody fate : from Z606 (2:38) / Henry Purcell

Schwestergruss : D762 (6:04) ; Ariette, Liebe schwärmt : D239, no. 6 (1:15) ; Ariette, Hin und wieder fliegen Pfeile : D239, no. 3 (1:12) ; An die untergehende Sonne : D457 (7:21) ; Epistel : Herrn Josef Spaun, Assessor in Linz : D749 (5:02) / Franz Schubert

Mandoline : op. 58, no. 1 (1:54) ; En sourdine : op. 58, no. 2 (3:41) ; Soir : op. 83, no. 2 (2:14) ; Fleur jetée : op. 39, no. 2 (1:32) / Gabriel Fauré

Sérénade / Charles Gounod (3:40)

O had I Jubal's lyre : from HWV64 / George Frideric Handel (2:43)

Interview with Janet Baker (9:10).

Baker, Janet, 1933- > Interviews.