Offer,Kathleen Ferrier sings Bach and Handel Arias
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Ena Mitchell (soprano) William Herbert (tenor), William Parsons (bass) & Thornton Lofthouse (harpsichord continuo)
Cantata Singers & Jacques Orchestra, Reginald Jacques
Ferrier, perhaps the finest British singer in the period following World War II, was a true contralto with technique and musicality that in the rarefied world of contraltos has never been surpassed — More…
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Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier, Michael Dobson, Basil Lam
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
Qui sedes ad dextram Patris
Bach, J S: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. I
- Kathleen Ferrier, Basil Lam
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
No. 6, Aria. Grief for Sin (Buss und Reu)
Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245, Pt. II
- Kathleen Ferrier, Ambrose Gauntlett, Basil Lam
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
Aria. All Is fulfilled (Es ist vollbracht!)
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier, Basil Lam
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
Agnus Dei
Handel: Samson, HWV 57, Act II
- Kathleen Ferrier, Basil Lam
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
Aria. Return, Oh God of hosts
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. I
- Kathleen Ferrier, Basil Lam
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
Aria. O thou That tellest good tidings to Zion
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier, Basil Lam
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Pt. III: Air. Father of Heaven (Sung in German)
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. II
- Kathleen Ferrier, Basil Lam
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
Aria. He was despised and rejected of men
Bach, J S: Ascension Oratorio 'Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen', BWV11
- Ena Mitchell, Kathleen Ferrier, William Herbert, William Parsons, Cantata Singers, The, Jacques Orchestra, The, Thornton Lofthouse, Reginald Jacques, Ena Mitchell, Kathleen Ferrier, William Herbert, William Parsons, Thornton Lofthouse
- Cantata Singers, The, Jacques Orchestra, The
- Reginald Jacques
Praise our God who reigns in heaven (Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen) [Chorus]
Recitative. Then Jesus lifted His hands to heaven (Der Herr Jesus hub seine Hande auf) [Tenor]
Recitative. My Saviour, Is the parting hour so near? (Bass) [Ach, Jesu, ist dein Abschied schon so nah?]