Janet Baker recording Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder with Sir Adrian Boult (London Philharmonic) at Abbey Road Studios, early-1970s; also in the photo producer Christopher Bishop and, standing, recording engineer Christopher Parker. HMV ASD 3260 also included Richard Strauss songs and Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody.
Britten wrote Phaedra for Janet Baker.
Many Happy Returns, indeed, Ma’am, and our profound thanks.
Amen to that, Bob. My musical awakening in the late 1960s and 1970s would have been much impoverished without the artistry and unique voice of this great musician.