MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute
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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with various orchestras and accompanists
[ Double Decca / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 13 July 2003
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One of the most celebrated English singers, Kathleen Ferrier brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her tragically short life. Born in Lancashire in the north of England on 22 April 1912 she died at the age of 41 on 8 October 1953.
Tracks:
CD 1
1 What is life? (Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice) / London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
2 Che puro ciel (Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice) / Glyndebourne Festival Chorus/Southern Philharmonic Orchestra/Fritz Stiedry
3 Art thou troubled? (Handel Rodelinda) / London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
4 Ombra mai fu (Handel Serse) / London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
5 An die Musik (Schubert) / Phllis Spurr piano
6 Der Musensohn (Schubert) / Phyllis Spurr piano
7 Gretchen am Spinnrade (Schubert) / Phyllis Spurr piano
8 Die junge Nonne (Schubert) / Phyllis Spurr piano
9 Woe unto them (Mendelssohn Elijah) / The Boyd Neel String Orchestra/Boyd Neel
10 O rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn Elijah) / The Boyd Neel String Orchestra/Boyd Neel
11 Er, der Herrlichste von allen, op.42 no.2 (Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben)
John Newmark piano
12 Geistliches Wiegenlied, op.91 no.2 (Brahms / Phyllis Spurr piano/Max Gilbert viola
13 Sapphische Ode, op.94 no.4 (Brahms) / Phyllis Spurr piano
14 Botschaft, op.47 no.1 (Brahms) /Phyllis Spurr piano
15 Like as the love-lorn turtle (Handel Atalanta) / Phyllis Spurr piano
(A broadcast recital from Norway in 1949)
16 A soft day (Stanford) / Frederick Stone piano
17 Go not happy day (Bridge, Tennyson) / Frederick Stone piano
18 Come you not from Newcastle (trad. arr. Britten) / Frederick Stone piano
19 The Keel Row (trad. arr. Whittaker) / Phyllis Spurr piano
20 Ma bonny lad (trad. arr. Whittaker) / Phyllis Spurr piano
21 Kitty my love (trad. arr. Hughes) / Frederick Stone (piano)
22 Blow the wind southerly (trad. arr. Whittaker)
CD 2
1 Ye banks and braes (trad. arr. Quilter) / Phyllis Spurr piano
2 I have a bonnet trimmed with blue (trad. arr. Hughes) /Phyllis Spurr piano
3 Down by the Salley Gardens (trad. arr. Hughes) / Phyllis Spurr piano
4 The stuttering lovers (trad. arr. Hughes) / Phyllis Spurr piano
5 Drink to me only (trad. arr. Quilter) / Phyllis Spurr piano
6 Hark! The echoing air (Purcell The Fairy Queen) / Phyllis Spurr piano
(A broadcast recital from Norway in 1949)
7 Father of Heaven (Handel Judas Maccabaeus) / London Philharmonic Orch/Sir Adrian Boult
8 O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Handel Messiah) London Phil. Orch/Sir Adrian Boult
9 He was despised (Handel Messiah) / London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult
10 Have mercy, Lord on me (J.S. Bach St Matthew Passion) 9:10
David McCallum solo violin/National Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
11 Agnus Dei (J S Bach Mass in B minor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult
12 All is fulfilled (J S Bach St John Passion) / London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult
13 Du bist die Ruh (Schubert) / Bruno Walter piano
14 Romance (Schubert Rosamunde) / Bruno Walter piano
