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Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition - The Complete Decca Recordings

Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto), John Tilbury (Prepared Piano), Timothy Hutchins (Flute), John Harle (Saxophone), Paul Clarvis (Percussion), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Chorus), Zoe Vlachopoulos (Soprano), Southern Philharmonic Orchestra (Narrator), Ann Ayars (Soprano), Elsie Suddaby (Soprano), Eric...

Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition - The Complete Decca Recordings

Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition - The Complete Decca Recordings

Kathleen Ferrier (Contralto), John Tilbury (Prepared Piano), Timothy Hutchins (Flute), John Harle (Saxophone), Paul Clarvis (Percussion), Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Chorus), Zoe Vlachopoulos (Soprano), Southern Philharmonic Orchestra (Narrator), Ann Ayars (Soprano), Elsie Suddaby (Soprano), Eric...

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Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 1
Work length2:16
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 2
Work length1:42
Cage: Sonata III
Work length2:23
Cage: Sonata IV
Work length1:40
Cage: First Interlude
Work length3:32
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 5
Work length1:38
Cage: Sonata VI
Work length2:46
Cage: Sonata VII
Work length2:21
Cage: Sonata VIII
Work length3:01
Cage: Second Interlude
Work length4:48
Cage: Third Interlude
Work length3:26
Cage: Sonata IX
Work length4:38
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 10
Work length3:04
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 11
Work length3:56
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 12
Work length2:32
Cage: Fourth Interlude
Work length3:08
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 13
Work length3:40
Cage: Sonata XIV
Work length3:04
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 15
Work length3:17
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 16
Work length5:35
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, CD 87a
Work length10:43
Debussy: La Mer
Work length23:01
I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer
Track length8:49
II. Jeux de vagues
Track length6:12
III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Track length8:00
Debussy: Trois Nocturnes
Work length24:59
I. Nuages
Track length7:50
II. Fêtes
Track length6:17
III. Sirènes
Track length10:52
Debussy: Jeux, Poème dansé, CD 133
Work length17:31
Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time
Work length27:43
Birtwistle: Earth Dances
Work length33:17
  • Ensemble Modern Orchestra
  • Pierre Boulez
  • Recorded: 2001-10-29
  • Recording Venue: Alte Oper, Frankfurt/M.
Birtwistle: Panic
Work length18:24
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 1
Work length13:34
Coro: "Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta"
Track length5:57
Euridice! Ah! questo nome sanno le spiaggie
Track length1:18
Piango il mi ben così
Track length2:12
Della cetra tua a'dolci suoni
Track length1:42
Aria: "Gli sguardi trattieni"
Track length1:01
Recitativo: "Che disse? che ascoltai?"
Track length1:24
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 2
Work length18:04
Ballo (Maestoso) - Coro: "Chi mai dell'Erebo"
Track length3:33
"Deh! placatevi con me"
Track length2:36
Coro: "Misero giovane"
Track length4:26
Arioso: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"
Track length4:57
Coro: "Vieni a' regni del riposo"
Track length2:32
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 3
Work length11:57
Ah! vieni, o diletta
Track length2:35
Vieni, vieni con ma, vieni, o cara
Track length3:46
Ah! potess'io saper perchè ei tace tanto!
Track length1:29
Aria: "Che fiero momento"
Track length2:44
Ah! per me il duol ricomincia!
Track length1:23
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 3
Work length3:16
"Che farò senza Euridice?"
Track length3:16
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 3
Work length7:00
Recitativo: "A finisca e per sempre"
Track length2:24
Gaudio, gaudio son al cuore
Track length3:28
Coro: "Trionfi Amore!"
Track length1:08
Bach, J S: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Ed. Elgar, Atkins. Trans. Troutbeck. - Part One
Work length20:04
Come ye daughters
Track length10:07
My Master and my Lord...Grief for sin
Track length4:52
Behold, my saviour
Track length5:05
Bach, J S: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Ed. Elgar, Atkins. Trans. Troutbeck. - Part Two
Work length42:00
Ah! now is my Saviour gone
Track length5:15
Have mercy Lord on me...Lamb of God, I fall....
Track length8:41
O gracious God!...If my tears be unavailing...
Track length9:32
O Sacred head
Track length1:18
Ah, Golgotha!...See ye! See the Saviour's...
Track length5:46
Be near me, Lord
Track length1:56
And now the Lord...In tears of grief
Track length9:32
Excerpt,Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Work length4:32
Aria. What Is Life Without Euridice?
Track length4:32
Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act I
Work length4:44
Art Thou Troubled?
Track length4:44
Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Ed. Elgar / Atkins), Pt. 1
Work length8:15
Have Mercy, Lord on Me
Track length8:15
Handel: Serse / Act 1
Work length4:43
"Ombra mai fù"
Track length4:43
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1
Work length3:15
"Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!"
Track length3:15
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2
Work length3:50
"Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him"
Track length3:50
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Work length38:17
  • Joan Taylor (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
  • The Nottingham Oriana Choir, Boyd Neel Orchestra
  • Roy Henderson
  • Recorded: 1946-05
  • Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Stabat Mater
Track length4:28
Cujus animam
Track length2:16
O quam tristis
Track length2:06
Quae moerebat
Track length2:54
Quis est homo
Track length2:44
Vidit suum dulcem natum
Track length3:39
Eia mater, fons amoris
Track length2:15
Fac ut ardeat
Track length2:11
Sancta mater
Track length5:44
Fac ut portem
Track length2:55
Inflammatus
Track length2:51
Quando corpus
Track length4:14
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
Work length21:54
1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
Track length2:38
2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen
Track length3:16
3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
Track length1:56
4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
Track length2:57
5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
Track length2:03
6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an
Track length3:48
7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
Track length1:21
8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Track length3:55
Excerpt,Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge Op. 51
Work length1:20
2. Volksliedchen
Track length1:20
Schumann: Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1
Work length2:29
Excerpt,Brahms: Lieder (5), Op. 94
Work length2:48
4. Sapphische Ode
Track length2:48
Excerpt,Brahms: Lieder (5), Op. 47
Work length2:11
1. Botschaft
Track length2:11
Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118
Work length3:13
Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D828
Work length4:49
Schubert: An die Musik, D.547 (Op. 88 / 4)
Work length3:09
Schubert: Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
Work length2:18
Schubert: Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)
Work length4:21
Schubert: Du liebst mich nicht D756 (Platen)
Work length2:52
Schubert: Lachen und Weinen, D.777, Op. 59 / 4
Work length1:56
Gruber, F: Silent Night
Work length3:28
Wade, J F: O come, all ye faithful
Work length3:18
Brahms: 4 Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 (Orch. Sargent, Sung in English)
Work length18:48
No. 1, One Thing Befalleth the Beasts and the Sons of Men
Track length4:45
No. 2, So I Return'd and Did Consider
Track length4:03
No. 3, O Death, How Bitter Thou Art
Track length3:54
No. 4, Though I Speak with the Tongues of Men
Track length6:06
Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19
Work length28:04
1. La fleur des eaux
Track length10:54
2. Interlude
Track length2:42
3. La mort de l'amour
Track length14:28
Ferguson, H: Discovery, Op. 13
Work length7:45
1. The Freedom of the City
Track length1:35
2. Babylon
Track length1:38
3. Jane Allen
Track length0:37
4. Discovery
Track length2:50
5. Dreams Melting
Track length1:05
Wordsworth: Three Songs, Op.5
Work length6:39
1. Red Skies
Track length2:00
2. The Wind
Track length1:09
3. Clouds
Track length3:30
Rubbra: Three Psalms, Op. 61
Work length10:36
1. Psalm 6 - O Lord, rebuke me not
Track length5:19
2. Psalm 23 - The Lord is my shepherd
Track length3:39
3. Psalm 150 - Praise ye the Lord
Track length1:38
Stanford: An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures. Op. 77
Work length3:42
2. The Fairy Lough
Track length3:42
Stanford: A soft day
Work length2:56
Parry: Love is a bable
Work length1:42
Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon
Work length5:00
Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day
Work length1:36
Warlock: Sleep
Work length2:49
Warlock: Pretty Ring Time
Work length1:19
trad.: O Waly, Waly ('The Water is Wide')
Work length4:16
trad.: Come you not from Newcastle
Work length1:35
trad.: Kitty my love
Work length1:27
Purcell: From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370
Work length7:03
Excerpt,Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
Work length3:12
Hark! the echoing air
Track length3:12
Handel: Atalanta - Sung in English - Act 1
Work length7:12
Like as the love-lorn turtle
Track length7:12
Handel: Admeto - Act 1
Work length4:58
How changed the vision
Track length4:58
Wolf, H: Verborgenheit (No. 12 from Mörike-Lieder)
Work length3:46
Wolf, H: Der Gärtner (No. 17 from Mörike-Lieder)
Work length1:47
Wolf, H: Auf ein altes Bild (No. 23 from Mörike-Lieder)
Work length3:19
Wolf, H: Auf einer Wanderung (No. 15 from Mörike-Lieder)
Work length3:41
Jensen, L I: Altar (Preceeded by a short speech)
Work length4:16
Bach, J S: Vergiss mein nicht, BWV505
Work length2:24
Bach, J S: Ach, dass nicht die letze Stunde BWV439
Work length2:01
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Johann Sebastian Bach: Bist du bei mir, BWV 508
Work length3:31
Bach, J S: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 / Gloria
Work length5:51
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
Track length5:51
Excerpt,Bach, J S: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Work length6:07
"Grief for Sin"
Track length6:07
Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 - English version / Part Two
Work length5:23
"All is fulfilled"
Track length5:23
Bach, J S: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei
Work length5:46
Agnus Dei
Track length5:46
Handel: Samson HWV 57 / Act 1
Work length4:32
"Return, O God of hosts"
Track length4:32
Handel: Messiah: Part 1
Work length5:43
"O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
Track length5:43
Excerpt,Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Work length7:56
"Father of Heaven"
Track length7:56
Handel: Messiah / Part 2
Work length6:43
" He was despised"
Track length6:43
trad.: Ma bonny lad
Work length1:49
trad.: The Keel Row
Work length1:45
trad.: Blow the Wind Southerly
Work length2:23
trad.: I have a bonnet trimmed with blue (Irish folk song)
Work length1:12
I Have a Bonnet Trimmed With Blue
Track length1:12
trad.: My boy Willie
Work length1:45
trad.: I know where I'm going
Work length2:24
trad.: The fidgety bairn
Work length2:49
Irish Folk Song: I Will Walk With My Love
Work length1:59
trad.: Ca' the yowes
Work length3:27
trad.: O Waly, Waly ('The Water is Wide')
Work length3:35
trad.: Willow, willow
Work length3:34
trad.: The stuttering lovers
Work length1:45
Quilter: Now sleeps the crimson petal, Op. 3 No. 2 (Tennyson)
Work length2:31
Quilter: The Fair House Of Joy, Op. 12, No. 7
Work length2:40
Quilter: To Julia, Op. 8 - Words: Robert Herrick
Work length2:15
To Daisies
Track length2:15
anon.: Over the Mountains (Percy's Reliques)
Work length2:16
trad.: Have you seen but the whyte lillie grow
Work length2:26
anon.: Ye Banks and Braes
Work length3:12
trad.: Drink to me only with thine eyes
Work length3:02
trad.: Down by the Salley Gardens
Work length3:07
trad.: The lover's curse
Work length3:04
Kathleen Ferrier: What the Edinburgh Festival Has Meant To Me
Work length2:56
Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D828
Work length4:31
Excerpt,Schubert: Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797
Work length3:54
Romance: "Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n"
Track length3:54
Schubert: Du liebst mich nicht D756 (Platen)
Work length3:43
Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531 (Op. 7 / 3)
Work length2:39
Schubert: Suleika I, D720
Work length4:49
Schubert: Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
Work length4:47
Excerpt,Brahms: Lieder (5), Op. 105
Work length3:59
2. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Track length3:59
Excerpt,Brahms: Lieder (4), Op. 96
Work length3:28
1. Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht
Track length3:28
Excerpt,Brahms: Lieder (5), Op. 47
Work length2:11
1. Botschaft
Track length2:11
Excerpt,Brahms: Gesänge, Op. 43 Nos. 1-4
Work length5:18
1. Von ewiger Liebe
Track length5:18
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
Work length20:40
1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
Track length2:05
2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen
Track length2:59
3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
Track length1:43
4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
Track length2:49
5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
Track length1:55
6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an
Track length3:42
7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
Track length1:24
8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Track length4:03
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Work length16:13
Brahms: Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91 / 1
Work length5:10
Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 No. 2
Work length5:16
Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
Work length17:59
1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen
Track length4:51
2. Ich wandte mich und sahe
Track length4:14
3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
Track length4:05
4. Wenn ich mit Menschen - und mit Engelszungen redete
Track length4:49
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Work length22:31
Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n
Track length4:55
Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
Track length3:53
Wenn dein Mütterlein
Track length4:05
Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
Track length3:02
In diesem Wetter
Track length6:36
Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52 - Verses from "Polydora"
Work length23:23
1. Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes
Track length1:13
2. Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut
Track length0:44
3. O die Frauen, o die Frauen
Track length1:06
4. Wie des Abends schöne Röte
Track length0:51
5. Die grüne Hopfenranke
Track length1:38
6. Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel nahm den Flug
Track length2:37
7. Wohl schön bewandt war es vorehe
Track length1:29
8. Wenn so lind dein Auge mir
Track length1:32
9. Am Donaustrande, da steht ein Haus
Track length2:11
10. O wie sanft die Quelle sich
Track length1:03
11. Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen
Track length0:49
12. Schlosser auf! und mache Schlösser
Track length0:42
13. Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft
Track length0:44
14. Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar
Track length0:58
15. Nachtigall, sie singt so schön
Track length1:14
16. Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe
Track length1:17
17. Nicht wandle, mein Licht, dort aussen
Track length1:50
18. Es bebet das Gesträuche
Track length1:25
Brahms: Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op. 65
Work length2:28
15. Zum Schluss
Track length2:28
Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44
Work length43:02
1. Introduction: Shine out
Track length8:27
2. The merry cuckoo
Track length1:58
3. Spring, the sweet Spring
Track length1:44
4. The driving boy
Track length2:01
5. The morning star
Track length2:59
6. Welcome Maids of Honour
Track length2:45
7. Waters above!
Track length2:34
8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed
Track length6:12
9. When will my May come
Track length2:26
10. Fair and fair
Track length2:22
11. Sound the flute!
Track length1:28
12. Finale: London, to thee I do present
Track length8:06
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Work length1:12:00
1a. Allegro maestoso
Track length9:17
1b. Schnell
Track length8:42
2. Andante moderato. Sehr gemächlich
Track length9:32
3. Scherzo: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
Track length10:35
4. "O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not!" (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht): "Urlicht"
Track length4:05
5a. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend -
Track length8:38
5b. Maestoso. Sehr zurückhaltend - Wieder zurückhaltend -
Track length7:34
5c / 5d. Sehr langsam und gedehnt
Track length7:05
5e. "O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube" (Etwas bewegter): "Auferstehung"
Track length6:32
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Work length1:00:55
I. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
Track length8:48
II. Der Einsame im Herbst
Track length9:22
III. Von der Jugend
Track length3:04
IV. Von der Schönheit
Track length6:49
V. Der Trunkene im Frühling
Track length4:26
VI. Der Abschied
Track length28:26
Excerpt,Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
Work length14:57
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Track length5:36
Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
Track length2:50
Um Mitternacht
Track length6:31
Bach, J S: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 (Ascension Oratorio) - English version
Work length26:04
  • William Herbert (tenor), William Parsons (bass), Thornton Lofthouse (continuo), Wilfrid Parry (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Ena Mitchell (soprano)
  • The Cantata Singers, The Jacques Orchestra
  • Reginald Jacques
  • Recorded: 1949-10
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Chorus: Praise our God
Track length5:35
Recit: Then Jesus lifted his hands to heaven
Track length0:42
Recit: My Saviour, is the parting hour so near?
Track length1:11
Aria: Ah, tarry yet
Track length7:30
Recit: And behold he rose from their midst
Track length0:33
Chorale: Now at Thy feet
Track length1:50
Recit: And while they looked
Track length0:19
Duet: Ye honest men of Galilaea
Track length0:56
Recit: Ah Lord, now quickly come again
Track length0:35
Aria: Jesu, all Thy loving kindness
Track length2:42
Chorus: When will the night be over?
Track length4:11
Bach, J S: Cantata, BWV 67, 'Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ' - Sung in English
Work length16:20
  • William Herbert (tenor), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Thornton Lofthouse (continuo), William Parsons (bass)
  • The Cantata Singers, The Jacques Orchestra
  • Reginald Jacques
  • Recorded: 1949-11
  • Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Chorus: Hold in affection Jesus Christ
Track length3:44
Aria: Lord Jesus now is risen
Track length2:58
Recit: Lord Jesus, Thou the sting of death hast drawn
Track length0:32
Chorale: Come all, and hail
Track length0:53
Recit: And yet, O Lord
Track length1:02
Aria with Chorus: Peace be unto you
Track length6:03
Chorale: Lord Christ, Thou art the Prince of Peace
Track length1:08
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