Offer,Kathleen Ferrier: Arias and Songs
1946-1950 Recordings
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano), John Newmark (piano)
National Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Boyd Neel Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent, Boyd Neel
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Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- National Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 6 February 1946
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, UK
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: Aria: Have mercy, Lord, on me
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 27 February 1946
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, UK
Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act I: Aria: Art thou troubled? (Dove sei?)
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 7 October 1948
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, UK
Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Aria: Ombra mai fu
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Sung in English)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 27 February 1946
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London, UK
Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III: Aria: What is life to me without thee (Che faro senza Euridice?)
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Boyd Neel Orchestra
- Boyd Neel
- Recorded: 2 September 1946
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, UK
Part I: Arioso: Woe unto them who forsake him!
Part II: Aria: O rest in the Lord
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings (arr. for voice and piano)
- Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Recorded: 16 October 1949
- Recording Venue: Norsk Rikskringkasting Studio, Oslo, Norway
Handel: Atalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Aria: Like as the love-lorn turtle (Come allat tortorella langue) (arr. for voice and piano)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 16 October 1949
- Recording Venue: Norsk Rikskringkasting Studio, Oslo, Norway
Handel: Admeto, HWV 22, Act I: Aria: How changed the vision (Cangio d'aspetto il crudo fato) (arr. for voice and piano)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 16 October 1949
- Recording Venue: Norsk Rikskringkasting Studio, Oslo, Norway
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 16 October 1949
- Recording Venue: Norsk Rikskringkasting Studio, Oslo, Norway
No. 12. Verborgenheit
No. 17. Der Gartner
No. 23. Auf ein altes Bild
No. 15. Auf einer Wanderung
Irgens-Jensen: Altar (arr. for voice and piano)
- Phyllis Spurr (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Recorded: 16 October 1949
- Recording Venue: Norsk Rikskringkasting Studio, Oslo, Norway
