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Kathleen Ferrier in New York
Bruno Walter, Set Svanholm, New York Philharmonic, Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
This disc is a musical time capsule in many ways, above all for Ferrier’s divine singing under Walter’s baton of Das Lied von der Erde… ‘Der Abschied’ is magical: her voice is so fresh, gloriously...
Kathleen Ferrier in New York
Bruno Walter, Set Svanholm, New York Philharmonic, Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
This disc is a musical time capsule in many ways, above all for Ferrier’s divine singing under Walter’s baton of Das Lied von der Erde… ‘Der Abschied’ is magical: her voice is so fresh, gloriously...
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SOMM RECORDINGS announces the release of Kathleen Ferrier in New York, historic performances of Mahler and Bach by the much-loved contralto during her triumphant visits to the United States in 1948 and 1950. Recorded live on Ferriers only appearances in Carnegie Hall in January 1948, four months after her acclaimed performance at the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival, Mahlers Das Lied von der Erde reunited her with the conductor Bruno Walter and saw her making first appearances with tenor Set Svanholm and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Re-mastered by Norman White and Adrian Tuddenham, this remarkable account pre-dates Ferriers often-reissued 1952 recording by four years and finds her in exhilarating fresh voice a vivid, vital display of a great artist at her peak.
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineFebruary 2020Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
June 2020
This disc is a musical time capsule in many ways, above all for Ferrier’s divine singing under Walter’s baton of Das Lied von der Erde… ‘Der Abschied’ is magical: her voice is so fresh, gloriously at ease with its power and delicate vibrato.
February 2020
A treasure, to be sure… this performance for me gives a far clearer sense of why Walter felt he had found the ideal singer for the piece than his later Vienna recording… Walter for his part owns the pacing and phrasing of the work – as well he might – and marries space and timelessness to an impassioned urgency.
February 2020
An invaluable supplement to Ferrier’s classic Decca recording, presented in a transfer that will be hard to beat.
