Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition: The Complete Decca Recordings | Decca 4783589

Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition: The Complete Decca Recordings

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4783589

Format: CD + DVD

Number of Discs: 15

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 23rd April 2012

Contents

Works

Anonymous

Blow the wind southerly (arr. Whittaker)
Ca' the yowes (arr. Jacobson)
Come you not from Newcastle? (arr. Benjamin Britten)
Drink to me only with thine eyes (arr. Quilter)
I have a bonnet trimmed with blue (arr. Hughes)
Kitty my love (arr. Hughes)
Ma Bonny Lad (arr. Whittaker)
My boy Willie (arr. Sharp)
O Waly, Waly (arr. Sharp / Britten)
Over the mountains (Percy's Reliques) (arr. Quilter)
The Fidgety Bairn (arr. Roberton)
The Keel Row (arr. William Whittaker)
The lover's curse (arr. Herbert Hughes)
The stuttering lovers (arr. Hughes)
Willow, willow (arr. Peter Warlock)
Ye banks and braes (arr. Roger Quilter)

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Ach dass nicht die letzte stunde, BWV439
Bist du bei mir, BWV508
Cantata BWV11 'Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen' (Ascension Oratorio)
Cantata BWV67 'Halt im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ'
Mass in B minor, BWV232
» Agnus Dei
» Qui sedes
St John Passion, BWV245
» Es ist vollbracht! (All is Fulfilled)
St Matthew Passion, BWV244
» Ah! now is my Saviour gone
» Ah, Golgotha! ...See ye! See the Saviour's
» And now the Lord ...In tears of grief
» Behold, my saviour
» Be near me, Lord
» Erbarme dich (Have Mercy, Lord)
» Grief for sin
» Kommt, ihr Tochter, helft mir klagen (Come ye daughters)
» O Sacred head
» O gracious God! ...If my tears be unavailing
Vergiss mein nicht, dass ich dein nicht, BWV505

Brahms, Johannes

Alto Rhapsody, op.53
Gesange (2), op.91 for alto, viola and piano
» no.1 Gestillte Sehnsucht (In gold'nen Abendschein getauchet)
» no.2 Geistliches Wiegenlied (Die ihr schwebt um die Palmen)
Liebeslieder-Walzer (18), op.52
Liebeslieder-Walzer, Neue (15), op.65
» no.15 Zum Schluss
Lieder (4), op.43
» no.1 Von ewiger Liebe (Dunkel, wie dunkel in Wald und in Feld!)
Lieder (4), op.96
» no.1 Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht
Lieder (5), op.47
» no.1 Botschaft
Lieder (5), op.94
» no.4 Sapphische Ode
Lieder (5), op.105
» no.2 Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Vier ernste Gesange, op.121

Bridge, Frank

Go not, happy day, H34

Britten, Benjamin

Spring Symphony, op.44

Chausson, Ernest

Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, op.19

Ferguson, Howard

Discovery, op.13

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)
» A finisca e per sempre (Act 3)
» Ah! per me il duol ricomincia! (Act 3)
» Ah! potess'io saper perche ei tace tanto! (Act 3)
» Ah! vieni, o diletta (Act 3)
» Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta (Act 1)
» Che disse? che ascoltai? (Act 1)
» Che faro senza Euridice? (What is life?) (Act 3)
» Che fiero momento (Act 3)
» Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol (Act 2)
» Chi mai dell'Erebo (Act 2)
» Deh! placatevi con me (Act 2)
» Della cetra tua a'dolci suoni (Act 1)
» Euridice! Ah! questo nome sanno le spiaggie (Act 1)
» Gaudio, gaudio son al cuore (Act 3)
» Gli sguardi trattieni (Act 1)
» Misero giovane (Act 2)
» Piango il mi ben cosi (Act 1)
» Trionfi Amore! (Act 3)
» Vieni, vieni con ma, vieni, o cara (Act 3)
» Vieni a' regni del riposo (Act 2)

Gruber, Franz Xaver

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)

Handel, George Frideric

Admeto, Re di Tessaglia, HWV22
» Cangio d'aspetto (How changed the vision)
Atalanta, HWV35
» Like as the love-lorn turtle (Act 1)
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV63
» Father of Heaven
Messiah, HWV56
» He Was Despised
» O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
Rodelinda, HWV19
» Art Thou Troubled? (Act 1)
Samson, HWV57
» Return, O God of hosts
Serse (Xerxes), HWV40
» Ombra mai fu (Act 1)

Jensen, Ludvig Irgens

Altar

Mahler, Gustav

Kindertotenlieder
Ruckert-Lieder (5)
» Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
» Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
» Um Mitternacht
Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'

Mendelssohn, Felix

Elijah, op.70
» O Rest in the Lord
» Woe unto them

Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings

Love is a bable, op.152 no.3

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Stabat Mater

Purcell, Henry

From silent shades 'Mad Bess of Bedlam'
The Fairy Queen, Z629
» Hark! The echoing air

Quilter, Roger

Elizabethan Lyrics (7), op.12
» no.7 Fair House of Joy
Songs (3), op.3
» no.2 Now sleeps the Crimson Petal
To Julia, op.8
» no.3 To Daisies

Rubbra, Edmund

Psalms (3), op.61

Schubert, Franz

An die Musik, D547
Der Musensohn, op.92 no.1 D764
Der Tod und das Madchen (Death and the Maiden), D531 op.7 no.3
Die junge Nonne, D828, op.43 no.1
Du bist die Ruh', D776, op.59 no.3
Du liebst mich nicht, D756
Ganymed, D544 op.19 no.3
Gretchen am Spinnrade, op.2 D118
Lachen und Weinen, D777
Rosamunde, D797
» Romance: Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshoh'n
Suleika I 'Was bedeutet die Bewegung?', D720

Schumann, Robert

Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42
Lieder und Gesange II (5), op.51
» no.2 Volksliedchen
Myrthen, op.25
» no.1 Widmung

Stanford, Charles Villiers

An Irish idyll in six miniatures, op.77
» II The Fairy Lough
A soft day, op.140 no.3

Traditional

Down by the Salley Gardens (arr. Herbert Hughes)
Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow? (arr. Grew/Jonson)
I know where I'm going
I will walk with my love

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Silent Noon

Wade, John Francis

Adeste fideles (O come, all ye faithful)

Warlock, Peter

Pretty Ring Time
Sleep

Wolf, Hugo

Morike-Lieder
» no.12 Verborgenheit
» no.15 Auf einer Wanderung
» no.17 Der Gartner
» no.23 Auf ein altes Bild

Wordsworth, William Brocklesby

Clouds
Red Skies
The Wind

Artists

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

Works

Anonymous

Blow the wind southerly (arr. Whittaker)
Ca' the yowes (arr. Jacobson)
Come you not from Newcastle? (arr. Benjamin Britten)
Drink to me only with thine eyes (arr. Quilter)
I have a bonnet trimmed with blue (arr. Hughes)
Kitty my love (arr. Hughes)
Ma Bonny Lad (arr. Whittaker)
My boy Willie (arr. Sharp)
O Waly, Waly (arr. Sharp / Britten)
Over the mountains (Percy's Reliques) (arr. Quilter)
The Fidgety Bairn (arr. Roberton)
The Keel Row (arr. William Whittaker)
The lover's curse (arr. Herbert Hughes)
The stuttering lovers (arr. Hughes)
Willow, willow (arr. Peter Warlock)
Ye banks and braes (arr. Roger Quilter)

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Ach dass nicht die letzte stunde, BWV439
Bist du bei mir, BWV508
Cantata BWV11 'Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen' (Ascension Oratorio)
Cantata BWV67 'Halt im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ'
Mass in B minor, BWV232
» Agnus Dei
» Qui sedes
St John Passion, BWV245
» Es ist vollbracht! (All is Fulfilled)
St Matthew Passion, BWV244
» Ah! now is my Saviour gone
» Ah, Golgotha! ...See ye! See the Saviour's
» And now the Lord ...In tears of grief
» Behold, my saviour
» Be near me, Lord
» Erbarme dich (Have Mercy, Lord)
» Grief for sin
» Kommt, ihr Tochter, helft mir klagen (Come ye daughters)
» O Sacred head
» O gracious God! ...If my tears be unavailing
Vergiss mein nicht, dass ich dein nicht, BWV505

Brahms, Johannes

Alto Rhapsody, op.53
Gesange (2), op.91 for alto, viola and piano
» no.1 Gestillte Sehnsucht (In gold'nen Abendschein getauchet)
» no.2 Geistliches Wiegenlied (Die ihr schwebt um die Palmen)
Liebeslieder-Walzer (18), op.52
Liebeslieder-Walzer, Neue (15), op.65
» no.15 Zum Schluss
Lieder (4), op.43
» no.1 Von ewiger Liebe (Dunkel, wie dunkel in Wald und in Feld!)
Lieder (4), op.96
» no.1 Der Tod, das ist die kuhle Nacht
Lieder (5), op.47
» no.1 Botschaft
Lieder (5), op.94
» no.4 Sapphische Ode
Lieder (5), op.105
» no.2 Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Vier ernste Gesange, op.121

Bridge, Frank

Go not, happy day, H34

Britten, Benjamin

Spring Symphony, op.44

Chausson, Ernest

Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, op.19

Ferguson, Howard

Discovery, op.13

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)
» A finisca e per sempre (Act 3)
» Ah! per me il duol ricomincia! (Act 3)
» Ah! potess'io saper perche ei tace tanto! (Act 3)
» Ah! vieni, o diletta (Act 3)
» Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta (Act 1)
» Che disse? che ascoltai? (Act 1)
» Che faro senza Euridice? (What is life?) (Act 3)
» Che fiero momento (Act 3)
» Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol (Act 2)
» Chi mai dell'Erebo (Act 2)
» Deh! placatevi con me (Act 2)
» Della cetra tua a'dolci suoni (Act 1)
» Euridice! Ah! questo nome sanno le spiaggie (Act 1)
» Gaudio, gaudio son al cuore (Act 3)
» Gli sguardi trattieni (Act 1)
» Misero giovane (Act 2)
» Piango il mi ben cosi (Act 1)
» Trionfi Amore! (Act 3)
» Vieni, vieni con ma, vieni, o cara (Act 3)
» Vieni a' regni del riposo (Act 2)

Gruber, Franz Xaver

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)

Handel, George Frideric

Admeto, Re di Tessaglia, HWV22
» Cangio d'aspetto (How changed the vision)
Atalanta, HWV35
» Like as the love-lorn turtle (Act 1)
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV63
» Father of Heaven
Messiah, HWV56
» He Was Despised
» O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
Rodelinda, HWV19
» Art Thou Troubled? (Act 1)
Samson, HWV57
» Return, O God of hosts
Serse (Xerxes), HWV40
» Ombra mai fu (Act 1)

Jensen, Ludvig Irgens

Altar

Mahler, Gustav

Kindertotenlieder
Ruckert-Lieder (5)
» Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
» Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
» Um Mitternacht
Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'

Mendelssohn, Felix

Elijah, op.70
» O Rest in the Lord
» Woe unto them

Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings

Love is a bable, op.152 no.3

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Stabat Mater

Purcell, Henry

From silent shades 'Mad Bess of Bedlam'
The Fairy Queen, Z629
» Hark! The echoing air

Quilter, Roger

Elizabethan Lyrics (7), op.12
» no.7 Fair House of Joy
Songs (3), op.3
» no.2 Now sleeps the Crimson Petal
To Julia, op.8
» no.3 To Daisies

Rubbra, Edmund

Psalms (3), op.61

Schubert, Franz

An die Musik, D547
Der Musensohn, op.92 no.1 D764
Der Tod und das Madchen (Death and the Maiden), D531 op.7 no.3
Die junge Nonne, D828, op.43 no.1
Du bist die Ruh', D776, op.59 no.3
Du liebst mich nicht, D756
Ganymed, D544 op.19 no.3
Gretchen am Spinnrade, op.2 D118
Lachen und Weinen, D777
Rosamunde, D797
» Romance: Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshoh'n
Suleika I 'Was bedeutet die Bewegung?', D720

Schumann, Robert

Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42
Lieder und Gesange II (5), op.51
» no.2 Volksliedchen
Myrthen, op.25
» no.1 Widmung

Stanford, Charles Villiers

An Irish idyll in six miniatures, op.77
» II The Fairy Lough
A soft day, op.140 no.3

Traditional

Down by the Salley Gardens (arr. Herbert Hughes)
Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow? (arr. Grew/Jonson)
I know where I'm going
I will walk with my love

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Silent Noon

Wade, John Francis

Adeste fideles (O come, all ye faithful)

Warlock, Peter

Pretty Ring Time
Sleep

Wolf, Hugo

Morike-Lieder
» no.12 Verborgenheit
» no.15 Auf einer Wanderung
» no.17 Der Gartner
» no.23 Auf ein altes Bild

Wordsworth, William Brocklesby

Clouds
Red Skies
The Wind

Artists

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

About

Kathleen Ferrier was born on 22 April 1912 and died at the age of forty-one on 8 October 1953.

She was an artist held in awe and affection by numerous colleagues and countless fans worldwide and her reputation is undiminished to this day. A true contralto, whose repertory encompassed English song as well as German Lieder, her recording of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Vienna Philharmonic under Bruno Walter [and tenor Julius Patzak] is one of the most celebrated classical recordings of all time and has been a staple of the Decca catalogue since it was first released in 1952.

The majority of Ferrier’s studio recordings were made for Decca and many from broadcast sources have also been published by Decca. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Kathleen Ferrier’s birth, the Decca legacy is brought together in a comprehensive 14-CD set with a bonus DVD.

All the recordings have been remastered for this anniversary edition and will further demonstrate the unique qualities of this much-loved artist.

Contents:
CD 1
Christoph Willibald von Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice)
Sung in Italian/Vienna version (1762)
Act 1
1. Coro: "Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta"
2. Euridice! Ah! questo nome sanno le spiaggie
3. Piango il mi ben così
4. Della cetra tua a'dolci suoni
5. Aria: "Gli sguardi trattieni"
6. Recitativo: "Che disse? che ascoltai?"

Act 2
7. Ballo (Maestoso) - Coro: "Chi mai dell'Erebo"
8. "Deh! placatevi con me"
9. Coro: "Misero giovane"
10. Arioso: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"
11. Coro: "Vieni a' regni del riposo"

Act 3
12. Ah! vieni, o diletta
13. Vieni, vieni con ma, vieni, o cara
14. Ah! potess'io saper perchè ei tace tanto!
15. Aria: "Che fiero momento"
16. Ah! per me il duol ricomincia!
17. Aria: "Che farò senza Euridice?"
18. Recitativo: "A finisca e per sempre"
19. Gaudio, gaudio son al cuore
20. Coro: "Trionfi Amore!"
Kathleen Ferrier, Zoe Vlachopoulos, Ann Ayars, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Southern Philharmonic Orchestra, Fritz Stiedry
 
Total Playing Time: 54:01
 
CD 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Ed. Elgar, Atkins / Trans. Troutbeck
Part One
1. Come ye daughters
2. My Master and my Lord...Grief for sin
3. Behold, my saviour

Part Two
4. Ah! now is my Saviour gone
5. Have mercy Lord on me...Lamb of God, I fall....
6. O gracious God!...If my tears be unavailing...
7. O Sacred head
8. Ah, Golgotha!...See ye! See the Saviour's...
9. Be near me, Lord
10. And now the Lord...In tears of grief
Kathleen Ferrier, Elsie Suddaby, Eric Greene, William Parsons, The Bach Choir, The Jacques Orchestra, Reginald Jacques
 
Total Playing Time: 1:02:09
 
CD 3
Christoph Willibald von Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice)
Sung in English
1. "What is life?"

George Frideric Handel
Rodelinda
English version
Act 1
2. "Art thou troubled?"
Kathleen Ferrier, London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
 
Johann Sebastian Bach
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
English version
Part Two
3. No.39 "Have mercy, Lord on me."
Kathleen Ferrier, David McCallum, The National Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
 
George Frideric Handel
Serse
Act 1
4. "Ombra mai fù"
Kathleen Ferrier, London Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
 
Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah, Op.70
sung in English
Part 1
5. "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!"
Part 2
6. "Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him"
Kathleen Ferrier, The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Boyd Neel
 
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater, orch. C. Kennedy Scott
7. Stabat Mater
8. Cujus animam
9. O quam tristis
10. Quae moerebat
11. Quis est homo
12. Vidit suum dulcem natum
13. Eia mater, fons amoris
14. Fac ut ardeat
15. Sancta mater
16. Fac ut portem
17. Inflammatus
18. Quando corpus
Kathleen Ferrier, Joan Taylor, The Nottingham Oriana Choir, The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Roy Henderson
 
Total Playing Time: 1:07:44
 
CD 4
Robert Schumann
Frauenliebe und -leben Op.42
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

Lieder und Gesange II, Op.51
9. 2. Volksliedchen

10. Widmung, Op.25, No.1
Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark
 
Johannes Brahms
Fünf Lieder op.94
11. 4. Sapphische Ode

Fünf Lieder, Op.47
12. 1. Botschaft

Franz Schubert
13. Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118
14. Die junge Nonne, D.828
15. An die Musik, D.547 (Op.88/4)
16. Der Musensohn, D.764 (Op.92/1)
Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr
 
17. Ganymed, D. 544 (Op.19/3)
18. Du liebst mich nicht, D.756
19. Lachen und Weinen, D.777, Op.59/4
Kathleen Ferrier, Benjamin Britten

Franz Gruber
20. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Gideon Fagan)

John Francis Wade
21. Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful) (Arr. Gideon Fagan)
Kathleen Ferrier, The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Boyd Neel
 
Total Playing Time: 1:00:13

CD 5
Johannes Brahms
4 Ernste Gesänge, Op.121, arr. Sargent
1. One thing befalleth the beasts & the sons of men
2. So I return'd and did consider
3. O death, how bitter thou art
4. Though I speak with the tongues of men
Malcolm Sargent, Kathleen Ferrier, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Ernest Chausson
Poème de l'amour et de la mer
5. 1. La fleur des eaux
6. 2. Interlude
7. 3. La mort de l'amour
Kathleen Ferrier, Hallé Orchestra, John Barbirolli
 
Howard Ferguson
Discovery, Op.13
8. 1. The Freedom of the City
9. 2. Babylon
10. 3. Jane Allen
11. 4. Discovery
12. 5. Dreams Melting

William Brocklesby Wordsworth
13. Red Skies
14. The Wind
15. Clouds

Edmund Rubbra
Three Psalms, Op.61
16. 1. Psalm 6 - O Lord, rebuke me not
17. 2. Psalm 23 - The Lord is my shepherd
18. 3. Psalm 150 - Praise ye the Lord
Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush
 
Total Playing Time: 1:12:01
 
CD 6
Charles Villiers Stanford
An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures. Op.77
1. 2. The Fairy Lough
2. A soft day, Op.140, No.3

Sir Hubert Parry
3. Love is a bable, Op.152, No.3

Ralph Vaughan Williams
4. Silent noon

Frank Bridge
5. Go not, happy day

Peter Warlock
6. Sleep
7. Pretty ring-time

Anonymous
O Waly, Waly (Somerset Folk song)
8. Coll. Cecil Sharp (1913-1976), arr. Benjamin Britten

9. Come you not from Newcastle? (Arr. Britten)

10. Kitty my love (Arr. Hughes)
Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
 
Henry Purcell
11. Mad Bess of Bedlam ("From Silent Shades")

The Fairy Queen
Act 5
12. Hark! The Echoing Air

George Frideric Handel
Atalanta
Sung in English
Act 1
13. "Like as the love-lorn turtle"

Admeto
Act 1
14. Cangio d'aspetto (How changed the vision)

Hugo Wolf
Mörike-Lieder
15. 12. "Verborgenheit"
16. 17. Der Gärtner
17. 23. Auf ein altes Bild
18. 15. "Auf einer Wanderung"

Ludvig Irgens Jensen
19. Altar
Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr
 
Johann Sebastian Bach
20. Vergiss Mein Nicht Bwv 505
21. Ach Dass Nicht Die Letzte Stunde Bwv 439
Kathleen Ferrier, Millicent Silver
 
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Johann Sebastian Bach
22. Bist du bei mir, BWV 508
Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark
 
Total Playing Time: 1:13:43

CD 7
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Kyrie: No.1 Kyrie eleison
Gloria
1. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris

St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
English version
2. Aria, "Grief for Sin"

St John Passion, BWV 245
English Version
Part Two
3. All is fulfilled

Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Kyrie: No.1 Kyrie eleison
Agnus Dei
4. Agnus Dei

George Frideric Handel
Samson, HWV 57
Act 1
5. "Return, O God of hosts"

Messiah
Part 1
6. "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion"

Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63
7. Father of Heaven

Messiah
Part 2
8. "He was despised"
Kathleen Ferrier, Michael Dobson, Ambrose Gauntlett, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
 
Total Playing Time: 48:05
 
CD 8
Anonymous
Ma Bonny Lad (Northumbrian folk song)
1. Arr. Whittaker
The Keel Row (Northumbrian folk song)
2. Arr. William Whittaker
Blow the wind southerly (Northumbrian folk song)
3. Arr. Whittaker
4. I have a bonnet trimmed with blue (Irish folk song) (Arr. Hughes)
My boy Willie (English folk song)
5. Coll. & arr. Sharp

Traditional
6. I Know Where I'm Going
Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr
 
Anonymous
7. The Fidgety Bairn (Trad.) (Arr. Roberton)
Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark
 
Irish Traditional Folk Song
8. I Will Walk With My Love

Anonymous
Ca' the yowes (Scots folk song)
9. Arr. Jacobson
O Waly, Waly (Somerset Folk song)
10. Coll. Cecil Sharp, arr. Benjamin Britten
11. Willow, willow (English trad.) (Arr. Peter Warlock)
12. The stuttering lovers (Arr. Hughes)

Roger Quilter
13. Now sleeps the crimson petal, Op.3, No.2
14. The fair house of joy, Op.12, No.7

To Julia, Op.8
Words: Robert Herrick
15. 3. To Daisies

Anonymous
16. Over the mountains (Percy's Reliques) (Arr. Quilter)

Traditional
17. Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow? (English trad.) (Arr. Grew/Jonson)

Anonymous
18. Ye banks and braes (Old Scottish melody) (Arr. Roger Quilter)
19. Drink to me only with thine eyes (Arr. Quilter)

Traditional
20. Down by the Sally Gardens (Arr. Herbert Hughes)

Anonymous
21. The lover's curse (Irish trad.) (Arr. Herbert Hughes)
Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr
 
Total Playing Time: 53:13
 
CD 9
1. What the Edinburgh Festival has meant to me (Kathleen Ferrier)

Franz Schubert
2. Die junge Nonne, D.828

Rosamunde, D.797 (Incidental music to Helmina von Chézy's Play)
3. Romance: "Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n"

4. Du liebst mich nicht, D.756
5. Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531 (Op.7/3)
6. Suleika I, D.720
7. Du bist die Ruh', D.776 (Op.59/3)

Johannes Brahms
8. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op.105, No.2
9. "Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht" Op.96, No.1

Fünf Lieder, Op.47
10. 1. Botschaft

Lieder, Op.43, Nos 1-4
11. 1. Von ewiger Liebe - Dunkel, wie dunkel

Robert Schumann
Frauenliebe und -leben Op.42
12. 1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
13. 2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen
14. 3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
15. 4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
16. 5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
17. 6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an
18. 7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
19. 8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter
 
Total Playing Time: 1:03:04
 
CD 10
Johannes Brahms
1. Rhapsody for Alto, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op.53
Kathleen Ferrier, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Clemens Krauss
 
2. Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op.91, No.1
3. Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op.91, No.2
Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr, Max Gilbert
 
4 Ernste Gesänge, Op.121
4. 1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen
5. 2. Ich wandte mich und sahe
6. 3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
7. 4. Wenn ich mit Menschen - und mit Engelszungen redete
Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark
 
Gustav Mahler
Kindertotenlieder
8. Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n
9. Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
10. Wenn dein Mütterlein
11. Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
12. In diesem Wetter
Kathleen Ferrier, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Otto Klemperer
 
Total Playing Time: 1:07:13

CD 11
Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op.52
Verses from "Polydora"
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
Irmgard Seefried, Kathleen Ferrier, Julius Patzak, Horst Günther, Clifford Curzon, Hans Gál

Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op.65
19. 15. Zum Schluss
Irmgard Seefried, Kathleen Ferrier, Julius Patzak, Clifford Curzon, Hans Gál, Horst Günther
 
Benjamin Britten
Spring Symphony, Op.44
20. 1. Introduction: Shine out
21. 2. The merry cuckoo
22. 3. Spring, the sweet Spring
23. 4. The driving boy
24. 5. The morning star
25. 6. Welcome Maids of Honour
26. 7. Waters above!
27. 8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed
28. 9. When will my May come
29. 10. Fair and fair
30. 11. Sound the flute!
31. 12. Finale: London, to thee I do present
Kathleen Ferrier, Peter Pears, Jo Vincent, Netherlands Radio Choir, Boys Chorus of the St Willibrord Church
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Eduard van Beinum

Total Playing Time: 1:09:06
 
CD 12
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No.2 in C minor - "Resurrection"
1. 1a. Allegro maestoso
2. 1b. Schnell (Fig.15)
3. 2. Andante moderato. Sehr gemächlich
4. 3. Scherzo: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
5. 4. "O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not!" (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht) Text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: "Urlicht"
6. 5a. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend -
7. 5b. Maestoso. Sehr zurückhaltend - Wieder zurückhaltend -
8. 5c/5d. Sehr langsam und gedehnt (Fig.29)...
9. 5e. "O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube" (Etwas bewegter) Text after F.G. Klopstock: "Auferstehung"
Kathleen Ferrier, Jo Vincent, Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Otto Klemperer
 
Total Playing Time: 1:12:04
 
CD 13
Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde, trans. Hans Bethge
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
Kathleen Ferrier, Julius Patzak, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter

Rückert-Lieder
7. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
8. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
9. Um Mitternacht
Kathleen Ferrier, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
 
Total Playing Time: 1:15:52
 
CD 14
Johann Sebastian Bach
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 (Ascension Oratorio)
English version
1. Chorus: Praise our God
2. Recit: Then Jesus lifted his hands to heaven
3. Recit: My Saviour, is the parting hour so near?
4. Aria: Ah, tarry yet
5. Recit: And behold he rose from their midst
6. Chorale: Now at Thy feet
7. Recit: And while they looked
8. Duet: Ye honest men of Galilaea
9. Recit: Ah Lord, now quickly come again
10. Aria: Jesu, all Thy loving kindness
11. Chorus: When will the night be over?
Kathleen Ferrier, William Herbert, William Parsons, Thornton Lofthouse, Ena Mitchell, Wilfrid Parry, The Cantata Singers
The Jacques Orchestra, Reginald Jacques

Cantata, BWV 67, 'Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ'
Sung in English
12. Chorus: Hold in affection Jesus Christ
13. Aria: Lord Jesus now is risen
14. Recit: Lord Jesus, Thou the sting of death hast drawn
15. Chorale: Come all, and hail
16. Recit: And yet, O Lord
17. Aria with Chorus: Peace be unto you
18. Chorale: Lord Christ, Thou art the Prince of Peace
Kathleen Ferrier, Thornton Lofthouse, William Parsons, The Cantata Singers, The Jacques Orchestra, Reginald Jacques
 
Total Playing Time: 42:34

DVD 15: Kathleen Ferrier - A Life
1. Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva (Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva)
2. Mrs. Wilson (Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva)
3. Carlisle to Covent Garden in Five Years (Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva)
4. Yours Til Hell Freezes Over (Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva)
5. Whoopee! (Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva)
6. Aren't I Lucky! (Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva)
7. Hell! Hell! Hell! (Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva)
Kathleen Ferrier
 
Total Playing Time: 58:38

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