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Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

This is the best Kathleen Ferrier collection available and it includes many of her famous recordings...Decca have remastered and improved the sound for this bargain two-CD set, and the booklet... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…
  • Release Date: 15th Sep 2003
  • Catalogue No: 4750782
  • Label: Decca
  • Length: 2 hours 30 minutes

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Contents

Excerpt, Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

Work length4:26
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1946-02-27
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"What is life?"

Track length4:26
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762)

Work length4:58
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Fritz Stiedry
  • Recorded: 1947-06
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Arioso: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"

Track length4:58
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Excerpt, Handel: Rodelinda

Work length4:39
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1946-02-27
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Art thou troubled?"

Track length4:39
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Excerpt, Handel: Serse

Work length4:38
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1948-10-07
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

"Ombra mai fù"

Track length4:38
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Schubert: An die Musik D547

Work length3:04
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-02
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Schubert: Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)

Work length2:14
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-12
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118

Work length3:09
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1947-03
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D828

Work length4:43
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1947-03
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70

Work length3:10
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • The Boyd Neel String Orchestra
  • Boyd Neel
  • Recorded: 1946-09
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

"Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!"

Track length3:10
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Excerpt, Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70

Work length3:37
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • The Boyd Neel String Orchestra
  • Boyd Neel
  • Recorded: 1946-09
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

"Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him"

Track length3:37
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Excerpt, Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42

Work length5:16
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
  • Recorded: 1950-07
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen

Track length5:16
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Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 No. 2

Work length5:04
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  • Max Gilbert (viola), Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-02
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Excerpt, Brahms: Lieder (5), Op. 94

Work length2:46
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-12
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

4. Sapphische Ode

Track length2:46
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Excerpt, Brahms: Lieder (5), Op. 47

Work length2:07
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-12
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

1. Botschaft

Track length2:07
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Excerpt, Handel: Atalanta, HWV35

Work length6:50
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-10
  • Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo

"Like as the love-lorn turtle"

Track length6:50
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Stanford: A soft day, Op.140, No.3

Work length2:53
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  • Frederick Stone (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1952-06
  • Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London

Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day

Work length1:33
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  • Frederick Stone (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1952-06
  • Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London

trad.: Come you not from Newcastle

Work length1:31
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  • Frederick Stone (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1952-06
  • Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London

trad.: The Keel Row (Northumbrian Folk Song)

Work length1:42
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-02
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

trad.: Ma Bonny Lad (Northumbrian Folk Song)

Work length1:46
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-02
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

trad.: Kitty my love

Work length1:15
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  • Frederick Stone (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1952-06
  • Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London

trad.: Blow the Wind Southerly

Work length2:19
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-02
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

anon.: Ye Banks and Braes

Work length3:09
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1951-12-10
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

trad.: I have a bonnet trimmed with blue

Work length1:10
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1951-12
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

trad.: Down by the Salley Gardens

Work length3:06
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-02
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

trad.: The stuttering lovers

Work length1:42
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1951-12-10
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

trad.: Drink to me only with thine eyes

Work length2:59
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1951-12-10
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London

Excerpt, Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629

Work length2:50
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  • Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-10
  • Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo

Hark! The Echoing Air

Track length2:50
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Excerpt, Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63

Work length7:51
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Adrian Boult
  • Recorded: 1952-10
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Father of Heaven

Track length7:51
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Excerpt, Handel: Messiah

Work length5:37
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Adrian Boult
  • Recorded: 1952-10
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

8. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

Track length5:37
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Excerpt, Handel: Messiah

Work length6:39
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Adrian Boult
  • Recorded: 1952-10
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

21. Air: He was despised

Track length6:39
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Work length8:15
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  • David Mccallum (violin), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • The National Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1946-02
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

No.39 "Have mercy, Lord on me."

Track length8:15
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232

Work length5:41
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Adrian Boult
  • Recorded: 1952-10
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Agnus Dei

Track length5:41
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Excerpt, Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245

Work length5:17
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Ambrose Gauntlett (viola da gamba)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Adrian Boult
  • Recorded: 1952-10
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London

Aria: "All is fulfilled"

Track length5:17
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Schubert: Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)

Work length4:36
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  • Bruno Walter (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-09-07
  • Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Excerpt, Schubert: Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797

Work length3:50
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  • Bruno Walter (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Recorded: 1949-09-07
  • Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Romance: "Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n"

Track length3:50
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Excerpt, Mahler: Rückert-Lieder

Work length14:33
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  • Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Bruno Walter
  • Recorded: 1952-05-14
  • Recording Venue: Musikverein, Vienna

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Track length5:27
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Ich atmet' einen linden Duft

Track length2:45
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Um Mitternacht

Track length6:21
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