[ Decca Collector's Edition / 10 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 2 July 2004
This collector edition now makes available in a compact form the 10 CDs which formed the Ferrier Edition which was first released just over 10 years ago; several of these CDs have not been available for some time now.
This edition is no longer available
Currently selling for $116 USD on Amazon
NOTE: Cardboard outer box has some minor damage
October 2003 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of one of England 's most beloved artists, Kathleen Ferrier. The occasion was marked with a new documentary about this most English of singers (shown first on BBC4 and repeated on BBC2) and Decca released a 2-CD tribute set (475 078-2). The remastered 2-CD set featured many of Ferrier's most popular recordings of songs and arias with which she was so closely linked and to date it has shipped well over 50,000 units.
This collector edition now makes available in a compact form the 10 CDs which formed the Ferrier Edition which was first released just over 10 years ago; several of these CDs have not been available for some time now.
CD 1
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
CD 2
J.S. Bach
CD 3
Gluck, Handel, J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn & Pergolesi
CD 4
Schumann, Brahms, Schubert & Traditional
CD 5
Brahms, Chausson, Ferguson, Rubbra
CD 6
English songs: Handel, Wolf & J.S. Bach
CD 7
J.S. Bach & Handel
CD 8
Folk songs & Traditional Songs: Quilter
CD 9
Edinburgh Festival Recital
CD 10
Mahler & Brahms