Arias and Songs 1946-1950

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto

Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Sung in English)
Georg Friedrich Händel
Rodelinda, HWV 19 (Sung in English)
Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice (Sung in English)
Félix Mendelssohn
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25
Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings (arr. for voice and piano)
Georg Friedrich Händel
Atalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Aria: Like as the love-lorn turtle (Come allat tortorella langue) (arr. for voice and piano)
Admeto, HWV 22, Act I: Aria: How changed the vision (Cangio d'aspetto il crudo fato) (arr. for voice and piano)
Hugo Wolf
Morike Lieder
Ludvig Irgens Jensen
Altar (arr. for voice and piano)
Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D. 118
Die junge Nonne, Op. 43, No. 1, D. 828
An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, D. 547
Der Musensohn, Op. 92, No. 1, D. 764
Robert Schumann
Lieder und Gesange II, Op. 51: No. 2. Volksliedchen
Myrthen, Op. 25 (text by F. Ruckert) Malcolm Sargent, Conductor National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Christian Friedrich Henrici, Lyricist Bible - New Testament, Lyricist
Malcolm Sargent, Conductor Kathleen Ferrier, Performer London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer Nicola Haym, Lyricist
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Malcolm Sargent, Conductor Nicola Minato, Lyricist Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Malcolm Sargent, Conductor Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Ranieri Calzabigi, Lyricist Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer
Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Boyd Neel Orchestra, Orchestra Boyd Neel, Conductor Félix Mendelssohn, Composer Julius Schubring, Lyricist
Phyllis Spurr, Performer Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Elkanah Settle, Lyricist Henry Purcell, Composer
Phyllis Spurr, Performer Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Belisario Valeriani, Lyricist Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Phyllis Spurr, Performer Aurelio Aureli, Lyricist Georg Friedrich Händel, Composer
Phyllis Spurr, Performer Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Hugo Wolf, Composer Eduard Mörike, Lyricist
Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Phyllis Spurr, Performer Eduard Mörike, Lyricist Hugo Wolf, Composer
Phyllis Spurr, Performer Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Hugo Wolf, Composer Eduard Mörike, Lyricist
Phyllis Spurr, Performer Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Halldis Moren Vesaas, Lyricist Ludvig Irgens Jensen, Composer
Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Phyllis Spurr, Performer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lyricist Franz Schubert, Composer
Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Phyllis Spurr, Performer Franz Schubert, Composer Jakob Nikolaus, Reichsfreiherr von Craigher de Jachelutta, Lyricist
Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Phyllis Spurr, Performer Franz von Schober, Lyricist Franz Schubert, Composer
Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Phyllis Spurr, Performer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lyricist Franz Schubert, Composer
John Newmark, Performer Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Robert Schumann, Composer Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist
John Newmark, Performer Kathleen Ferrier, Performer Friedrich Rückert, Lyricist Robert Schumann, Composer

Près de 60 ans après sa disparition, Kathleen Ferrier est toujours admirée pour sa générosité, sa chaleur, la sincérité de ses interprétations et son timbre unique de contralto. Cette réédition contient des enregistrements Decca effectués entre 1946 et 1950, ainsi que des trésors de la Radio Norvégienne issus d'un concert à Oslo. Cet enregistrement vient à point nommer fêter les 100 ans de la naissance de Kathleen Ferrier !