Kathleen Ferrier: Brahms, Mahler, Gluck

The beloved English contralto is heard here in some of the core pieces from her repertory, her unflawed singing a testament to an outstanding artist at her best. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2015, 5 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 23rd Jun 2014
Catalogue No: DSD350109
Label: Praga
Series: Digitals, Reminiscences

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Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

Brahms: Two songs for contralto with viola obbligato, Op. 91

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Bruno Walter

Gluck: Che puro ciel (Orfeo ed Euridice)

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

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To be Orpheus, and die: such was the fate of Kathleen Ferrier, the English contralto, who died aged only 41, just over 50 years ago. Yet in only a few days, recording with Bruno Walter and the Vienna Philharmonic, she did enough to assure her immortality.

In 1946, Kathleen Ferrier made her stage debut in the Glyndebourne Festival (Britten's 'The Rape of Lucretia', premiere). A year later she made her first appearance as Orfeo in Gluck's 'Orfeo ed Euridice'. As her reputation grew, Ferrier formed close working relationships with major musical figures, including Britten, Sir John Barbirolli, the pianist Gerald Moore and of course Bruno Walter, with whom she explored Mahler in particular.

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April 2015

The beloved English contralto is heard here in some of the core pieces from her repertory, her unflawed singing a testament to an outstanding artist at her best.

Kathleen Ferrier: Brahms, Mahler, Gluck

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