MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier Edition (the complete recordings)

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MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier Edition (the complete recordings)
Kathleen Ferrier (alto) with various orchestras and accompanists

[ 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.

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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.

Tracks:

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