Offer,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...
- Release Date: 13th Feb 2012
- Catalogue No: 4783781
- Label: Decca
- Length: 18 hours 17 minutes
Contents
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 1
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 2
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata III
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata IV
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-10-23
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Petersham, Surrey
Cage: First Interlude
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 5
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata VI
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata VII
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata VIII
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Second Interlude
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Third Interlude
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata IX
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 10
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 11
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 12
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Fourth Interlude
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 13
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata XIV
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 15
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Cage: Sonata for Prepared Piano No. 16
- John Tilbury (prepared piano)
- Recorded: 1974-12-11
- Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Petersham
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
- Timothy Hutchins (flute)
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Charles Dutoit
- Recorded: 1989-10-12
- Recording Venue: L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal
Debussy: La Mer
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Charles Dutoit
- Recorded: 1989-05-26
- Recording Venue: L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal
1. From Dawn Till Noon On The Sea (De l'aube à midi sur la mer)
2. Play of the Waves (Jeux de vagues)
3. Dialogue Of The Wind And The Sea
Debussy: Trois Nocturnes
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Le Choeur des Femmes de L'Orchestre de Montréal
- Charles Dutoit
- Recorded: 1988-10-07
- Recording Venue: L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal
1. Nuages
2. Fêtes
3. Sirènes
Debussy: Jeux - Poème dansé
- Montreal Symphony Orchestra
- Charles Dutoit
- Recorded: 1989-10-12
- Recording Venue: L'Eglise de St. Eustache, Montreal
Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 1974-01-15
- Recording Venue: Maida Vale Studios, Studio 1, London
Birtwistle: Earth Dances
- Ensemble Modern Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 2001-10-29
- Recording Venue: Alte Oper, Frankfurt/M.
Birtwistle: Panic
- John Harle (saxophone), Paul Clarvis (percussion)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Andrew Davis
- Recorded: 1995-10
- Recording Venue: Abbey Road, Studio 1, London
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 1
- Zoe Vlachopoulos (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
- Fritz Stiedry
- Recorded: 1947-06
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Coro: "Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta"
Euridice! Ah! questo nome sanno le spiaggie
Piango il mi ben così
Della cetra tua a'dolci suoni
Aria: "Gli sguardi trattieni"
Recitativo: "Che disse? che ascoltai?"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 2
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Southern Philharmonic Orchestra (narrator)
- Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
- Fritz Stiedry
- Recorded: 1947-06
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Ballo (Maestoso) - Coro: "Chi mai dell'Erebo"
"Deh! placatevi con me"
Coro: "Misero giovane"
Arioso: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"
Coro: "Vieni a' regni del riposo"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 3
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Ann Ayars (soprano)
- Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
- Fritz Stiedry
- Recorded: 1947-06
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Ah! vieni, o diletta
Vieni, vieni con ma, vieni, o cara
Ah! potess'io saper perchè ei tace tanto!
Aria: "Che fiero momento"
Ah! per me il duol ricomincia!
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 3
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
- Fritz Stiedry
- Recorded: 1947-06
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Che farò senza Euridice?"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 3
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Ann Ayars (soprano)
- Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
- Fritz Stiedry
- Recorded: 1947-06
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Recitativo: "A finisca e per sempre"
Gaudio, gaudio son al cuore
Coro: "Trionfi Amore!"
Bach, J S: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Ed. Elgar, Atkins. Trans. Troutbeck. - Part One
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Elsie Suddaby (soprano)
- Bach Choir, The Jacques Orchestra
- Reginald Jacques
- Recorded: 1948-06
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Come ye daughters
My Master and my Lord...Grief for sin
Behold, my saviour
Bach, J S: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Ed. Elgar, Atkins. Trans. Troutbeck. - Part Two
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Eric Greene (tenor), William Parsons (bass (vocal))
- Bach Choir, The Jacques Orchestra
- Reginald Jacques
- Recorded: 1948-06
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Ah! now is my Saviour gone
Have mercy Lord on me...Lamb of God, I fall....
O gracious God!...If my tears be unavailing...
O Sacred head
Ah, Golgotha!...See ye! See the Saviour's...
Be near me, Lord
And now the Lord...In tears of grief
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 1946-02-27
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"What is life?"
Handel: Rodelinda / Act 1
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 1946-02-27
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Art thou troubled?"
Bach, J S: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), David Mccullum (violin)
- The National Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 1946-02
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Have mercy, Lord on me."
Handel: Serse / Act 1
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 1948-10-07
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Ombra mai fù"
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Boyd Neel Orchestra
- Boyd Neel
- Recorded: 1946-09
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
"Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!"
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Boyd Neel Orchestra
- Boyd Neel
- Recorded: 1946-09
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
"Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him"
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
- 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
Cujus animam
O quam tristis
Quae moerebat
Quis est homo
Vidit suum dulcem natum
Eia mater, fons amoris
Fac ut ardeat
Sancta mater
Fac ut portem
Inflammatus
Quando corpus
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
- Recorded: 1950-07
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen
3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an
7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
- Recorded: 1950-07
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
2. Volksliedchen
Schumann: Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
- Recorded: 1950-07
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
4. Sapphische Ode
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
1. Botschaft
Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1947-03
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D828
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1947-03
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Schubert: An die Musik, D.547 (Op. 88 / 4)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-02
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Schubert: Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Schubert: Ganymed, D544 (Goethe)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-02
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 2, London
Schubert: Du liebst mich nicht D756 (Platen)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-02
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 2, London
Schubert: Lachen und Weinen, D.777, Op. 59 / 4
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Benjamin Britten (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-02
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 2, London
Gruber, F: Silent Night
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Boyd Neel Orchestra
- Boyd Neel
- Recorded: 1948-08
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Wade, J F: O come, all ye faithful
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Boyd Neel Orchestra
- Boyd Neel
- Recorded: 1948-08
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Brahms: 4 Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 - Arr. Sargent
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 1949-01
- Recording Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
One thing befalleth the beasts & the sons of men
So I return'd and did consider
O death, how bitter thou art
Though I speak with the tongues of men
Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Hallé Orchestra
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Recorded: 1951-03
- Recording Venue: Milton Hall, Manchester
1. La fleur des eaux
2. Interlude
3. La mort de l'amour
Ferguson, H: Discovery, Op. 13
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Ernest Lush (piano)
- Recorded: 1953-01
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 3, London
1. The Freedom of the City
2. Babylon
3. Jane Allen
4. Discovery
5. Dreams Melting
Wordsworth: Three Songs, Op.5
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Ernest Lush (piano)
- Recorded: 1953-01
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale, Studio 5, London
1. Red Skies
2. The Wind
3. Clouds
Rubbra: Three Psalms, Op. 61
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Ernest Lush (piano)
- Recorded: 1953-01
- Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale, Studio 5, London
1. Psalm 6 - O Lord, rebuke me not
2. Psalm 23 - The Lord is my shepherd
3. Psalm 150 - Praise ye the Lord
Stanford: An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures. Op. 77
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
2. The Fairy Lough
Stanford: A soft day
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
Parry: Love is a bable
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
Warlock: Sleep
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
Warlock: Pretty Ring Time
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
trad.: O Waly, Waly ('The Water is Wide')
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
trad.: Come you not from Newcastle
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
trad.: Kitty my love
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Frederick Stone (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-06
- Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
Purcell: From silent shades ('Bess of Bedlam') Z370
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
Hark! the echoing air
Handel: Atalanta - Sung in English - Act 1
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
Like as the love-lorn turtle
Handel: Admeto - Act 1
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
How changed the vision
Wolf, H: Verborgenheit (No. 12 from Mörike-Lieder)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
Wolf, H: Der Gärtner (No. 17 from Mörike-Lieder)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
Wolf, H: Auf ein altes Bild (No. 23 from Mörike-Lieder)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
Wolf, H: Auf einer Wanderung (No. 15 from Mörike-Lieder)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
Jensen, L I: Altar (Preceeded by a short speech)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
Bach, J S: Vergiss mein nicht, BWV505
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Millicent Silver (harpsichord)
- Recorded: 1949-12
- Recording Venue: BBC Studios, Maida Vale
Bach, J S: Ach, dass nicht die letze Stunde BWV439
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Millicent Silver (harpsichord)
- Recorded: 1949-12
- Recording Venue: BBC Studios, Maida Vale
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Johann Sebastian Bach: Bist du bei mir, BWV 508
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
- Recorded: 1950
- Recording Venue: --, --
Bach, J S: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 / Gloria
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Michael Dobson (oboe d amore)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1952-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1952-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Grief for Sin"
Bach, J S: St. John Passion, BWV 245 - English version / Part Two
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Ambrose Gauntlett (viola da gamba)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1952-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"All is fulfilled"
Bach, J S: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1952-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Agnus Dei
Handel: Samson HWV 57 / Act 1
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1952-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Return, O God of hosts"
Handel: Messiah: Part 1
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1952-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1952-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
"Father of Heaven"
Handel: Messiah / Part 2
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1952-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
" He was despised"
trad.: Ma bonny lad
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-02
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: The Keel Row
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-02
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: Blow the Wind Southerly
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Recorded: 1949-02
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: I have a bonnet trimmed with blue (Irish folk song)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
I Have a Bonnet Trimmed With Blue
trad.: My boy Willie
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: I know where I'm going
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: The fidgety bairn
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
- Recorded: 1950-07
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Irish Folk Song: I Will Walk With My Love
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: Ca' the yowes
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
- Recorded: 1950-07
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: O Waly, Waly ('The Water is Wide')
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: Willow, willow
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-02
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: The stuttering lovers
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Quilter: Now sleeps the crimson petal, Op. 3 No. 2 (Tennyson)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12-10
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Quilter: The Fair House Of Joy, Op. 12, No. 7
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Quilter: To Julia, Op. 8 - Words: Robert Herrick
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12-11
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
To Daisies
anon.: Over the Mountains (Percy's Reliques)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12-11
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: Have you seen but the whyte lillie grow
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-02
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
anon.: Ye Banks and Braes
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12-11
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: Drink to me only with thine eyes
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-12-11
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: Down by the Salley Gardens
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-02-11
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
trad.: The lover's curse
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-02-11
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Kathleen Ferrier: What the Edinburgh Festival Has Meant To Me
- Kathleen Ferrier (narrator)
- Recorded: 1949-09-11
Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D828
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Excerpt,
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Romance: "Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n"
Schubert: Du liebst mich nicht D756 (Platen)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531 (Op. 7 / 3)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Schubert: Suleika I, D720
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Schubert: Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
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- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
2. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
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- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
1. Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht
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- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
1. Botschaft
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- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
1. Von ewiger Liebe
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Bruno Walter (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-09-07
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen
3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an
7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Clemens Krauss
- Recorded: 1947-12-20
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Brahms: Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91 / 1
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano), Max Gilbert (viola)
- Recorded: 1949-02
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 No. 2
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Phyllis Spurr (piano), Max Gilbert (viola)
- Recorded: 1949-02
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
- Recorded: 1950-07
- Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen
2. Ich wandte mich und sahe
3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
4. Wenn ich mit Menschen - und mit Engelszungen redete
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Otto Klemperer
- Recorded: 1951-07
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n
Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
Wenn dein Mütterlein
Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
In diesem Wetter
Brahms: Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52 - Verses from "Polydora"
- Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Horst Gunter (bass-baritone), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Julius Patzak (tenor), Horst Günther (bass-baritone), Clifford Curzon (piano), Hans Gál (piano)
- Recorded: 1952-09
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
1. Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes
2. Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut
3. O die Frauen, o die Frauen
4. Wie des Abends schöne Röte
5. Die grüne Hopfenranke
6. Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel nahm den Flug
7. Wohl schön bewandt war es vorehe
8. Wenn so lind dein Auge mir
9. Am Donaustrande, da steht ein Haus
10. O wie sanft die Quelle sich
11. Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen
12. Schlosser auf! und mache Schlösser
13. Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft
14. Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar
15. Nachtigall, sie singt so schön
16. Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe
17. Nicht wandle, mein Licht, dort aussen
18. Es bebet das Gesträuche
Brahms: Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op. 65
- Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Julius Patzak (tenor), Clifford Curzon (piano), Hans Gál (piano), Horst Günther (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1952-09
- Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
15. Zum Schluss
Britten: Spring Symphony, Op. 44
- Peter Pears (tenor), Jo Vincent (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boys Chorus Of The St. Willibrord Church
- Eduard van Beinum
- Recorded: 1949-07-14
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
1. Introduction: Shine out
2. The merry cuckoo
3. Spring, the sweet Spring
4. The driving boy
5. The morning star
6. Welcome Maids of Honour
7. Waters above!
8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed
9. When will my May come
10. Fair and fair
11. Sound the flute!
12. Finale: London, to thee I do present
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Jo Vincent (soprano)
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir
- Otto Klemperer
- Recorded: 1951-07
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
1a. Allegro maestoso
1b. Schnell
2. Andante moderato. Sehr gemächlich
3. Scherzo: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
4. "O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not!" (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht): "Urlicht"
5a. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend -
5b. Maestoso. Sehr zurückhaltend - Wieder zurückhaltend -
5c / 5d. Sehr langsam und gedehnt
5e. "O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube" (Etwas bewegter): "Auferstehung"
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Julius Patzak (tenor)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Bruno Walter
- Recorded: 1952-05-16
- Recording Venue: Musikverein, Vienna
1. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
2. Der Einsame im Herbst
3. Von der Jugend
4. Von der Schönheit
5. Der Trunkene im Frühling
6. Der Abschied
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- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Bruno Walter
- Recorded: 1952-05-16
- Recording Venue: Musikverein, Vienna
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
Um Mitternacht
Bach, J S: Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 (Ascension Oratorio) - English version
- Ena Mitchell (soprano), William Herbert (tenor), William Parsons (bass (vocal)), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Thornton Lofthouse (continuo), Wilfrid Parry (piano)
- The Cantata Singers, The Jacques Orchestra
- Reginald Jacques
- Recorded: 1949-10
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Chorus: Praise our God
Recit: Then Jesus lifted his hands to heaven
Recit: My Saviour, is the parting hour so near?
Aria: Ah, tarry yet
Recit: And behold he rose from their midst
Chorale: Now at Thy feet
Recit: And while they looked
Duet: Ye honest men of Galilaea
Recit: Ah Lord, now quickly come again
Aria: Jesu, all Thy loving kindness
Chorus: When will the night be over?
Bach, J S: Cantata, BWV 67, 'Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ' - Sung in English
- William Herbert (tenor), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), William Parsons (bass (vocal)), Thornton Lofthouse (continuo)
- The Cantata Singers, The Jacques Orchestra
- Reginald Jacques
- Recorded: 1949-11
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Chorus: Hold in affection Jesus Christ
Aria: Lord Jesus now is risen
Recit: Lord Jesus, Thou the sting of death hast drawn
Chorale: Come all, and hail
Recit: And yet, O Lord
Aria with Chorus: Peace be unto you
Chorale: Lord Christ, Thou art the Prince of Peace