Genre: Classical
Year of publication: 2012
Publisher (label): Decca
Contractor country: UK
Record date: 1946-1953 & 1974-2001
Audio Code: MP3
Rip type: tracks
Bitrate Audio: 320 KBPS
Duration: 18:19:31
Size: 2.46 GB
Bonus – CD 1: John Cage (John Tilbury)
Bonus – CD 2: Claude Debussy (Charles Dutoit)
Bonus – CD 3: Harrison Birtwistle (Pierre Boulez & Andrew Davis)
CD 4:
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) – Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 1:
01. Ah! se intorno a quest’urna funesta (05:58)
02. Euridice! Euridice! Ah! questo nome sanno la spiaggie (01:18)
03. Piango il mio ben cosi (02:12)
04. Dalla cetra tua a’ dolci suoni (01:42)
05. Gli sguardi trattieni (01:01)
06. Che disse! ch’ascoltai! (01:24)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Zoe Vlachopoulos (soprano)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
Fritz Stiedry (conductor)
Recorded: 1947-06
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) – Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 2:
07. Chi mai dell’Erebo (03:33)
08. Deh! placatevi con me (02:36)
09. Misero giovane! (04:27)
10. Che puro ciel! (04:57)
11. Vieni a’ regni del riposo (02:33)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Southern Philharmonic Orchestra (narrator)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Fritz Stiedry (conductor)
Recorded: 1947-06
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) – Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 3:
12. Ah! vieni o diletta (02:35)
13. Vieni, vieni con me, vieni, o cara (03:46)
14. Ah! potess’io saper perché ei tace tanto! (01:30)
15. Che fiero momento! (02:44)
16. Ah! per me il duol ricomincia! (01:23)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Ann Ayars (soprano)
Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
Fritz Stiedry (conductor)
Recorded: 1947-06
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice) – Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 3:
17. Che farò senza Euridice ? (03:17)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
Fritz Stiedry (conductor)
Recorded: 1947-06
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) – Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) / Act 3:
18. Ah! finisca e per sempre (02:25)
19. Gaudio, gaudio son al core (03:29)
20. Trionfi Amore, e il mondo intero (01:07)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Ann Ayars (soprano)
Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Fritz Stiedry (conductor)
Recorded: 1947-06
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
CD 5:
Johann Sebastian Bach – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 – Ed. Elgar, Atkins. Trans. Troutbeck. – Part One:
01. No. 1 : Come, ye daughters (10:05)
02. No. 9 : My Master and my Lord- No. 10 : Grief for sin (04:49)
03. No. 33 : Behold, my Saviour now is taken (05:02)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Elsie Suddaby (soprano)
Sir Edward Elgar (workarranger)
Ivor Atkins (workarranger)
Bach Choir
The Jacques Orchestra
Reginald Jacques (conductor)
Recorded: 1948-06
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Johann Sebastian Bach – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 – Ed. Elgar, Atkins. Trans. Troutbeck. – Part Two:
04. No. 36 : Ah! Now is my Saviour gone (05:12)
05. No. 47 : Have mercy, Lord, on me – No. 48 : Lamb of God, I fall before Thee (08:38)
06. No. 60 : O gracious God! – No. 61 : If my tears be unavailing (09:31)
07. No. 63 : O sacred head surrounded (01:16)
08. No. 69 : Ah! Golgotha! – No. 70 : See ye! See the Saviour’s outstretched hands (05:44)
09. No. 72 : Be near me, Lord, when dying (01:54)
10. No. 77 : And now the Lord to rest is laid – No. 78 : In tears of grief (09:32)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Elsie Suddaby (soprano)
Eric Greene (tenor)
William Parsons (bass)
Sir Edward Elgar (workarranger)
Ivor Atkins (workarranger)
Bach Choir
The Jacques Orchestra
Reginald Jacques (conductor)
Recorded: 1948-06
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
CD 6:
Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice:
01. What is life to me without thee ? (04:27)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
Recorded: 1946-02-27
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
George Frideric Handel – Rodelinda / Act 1:
02. Art thou troubled ? (04:39)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
Recorded: 1946-02-27
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Johann Sebastian Bach – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two:
03. Have mercy, Lord, on me (08:09)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
David Mccullum (violin)
The National Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
Recorded: 1946-02
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
George Frideric Handel – Serse / Act 1:
04. Frondi tenere … Ombra mai fu (04:38)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
Recorded: 1948-10-07
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Felix Mendelssohn – Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1:
05. Woe unto them (03:09)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Boyd Neel Orchestra
Boyd Neel (conductor)
Recorded: 1946-09
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Felix Mendelssohn – Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2:
06. O rest in the Lord (03:42)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Boyd Neel Orchestra
Boyd Neel (conductor)
Recorded: 1946-09
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – Stabat Mater:
07. Stabat Mater dolorosa (04:29)
08. Cujus animam gementem (02:17)
09. O quam tristis et afflicta (02:07)
10. Quae moerabat et dolebat (02:54)
11. Quis est homo, qui non fleret (02:41)
12. Vidit suum dulcem Natum (03:39)
13. Eja Mater, fons amoris (02:15)
14. Fac ut ardeat cor meum (02:10)
15. Santa Mater istud agas (05:44)
16. Fac ut portem Christi mortem (02:55)
17. Inflammatus et accensus (02:51)
18. Quando corpus morietur (04:15)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Joan Taylor (soprano)
The Nottingham Oriana Choir
Boyd Neel Orchestra
Roy Henderson (conductor)
Recorded: 1946-05
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
CD 7:
Robert Schumann – Frauenliebe und leben, Op. 42:
01. I Seit ich ihn gesehen (02:40)
02. II Er, der Herrlischte von allen (03:18)
03. III Ich kann’s nicht fassen, nicht glauben (01:57)
04. IV Du Ring an meinem Finger (02:58)
05. V Helft mir, ihr Schwestern (02:04)
06. VI Süssser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an (03:50)
07. VII An meinem Herzen, an meinem Brust (01:21)
08. VIII Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan (03:51)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
John Newmark (piano)
Recorded: 1950-07
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Robert Schumann – Lieder und Gesänge Op. 51:
09. No. 2. Volksliedchen (01:17)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
John Newmark (piano)
Recorded: 1950-07
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
10. Robert Schumann – Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 (02:25)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
John Newmark (piano)
Recorded: 1950-07
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Johannes Brahms – Lieder (5), Op. 94:
11. No. 4. Sapphische Ode (02:46)
Johannes Brahms – Lieder (5), Op. 47:
12. No. 1. Botschaft (02:07)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Recorded: 1949-12
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
13. Franz Schubert – Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118 (03:09)
14. Franz Schubert – Die junge Nonne, D. 828 (04:43)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Recorded: 1947-03
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Franz Schubert – An die Musik, D. 547 (Op. 88 / 4):
15. An die Musik, D. 547 (03:05)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Recorded: 1949-02
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
16. Franz Schubert – Der Musensohn, D. 764 (Goethe) (02:15)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Recorded: 1949-12
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
17. Franz Schubert – Ganymed, D. 544 (Goethe) (04:17)
18. Franz Schubert – Du liebst mich nicht D. 756 (Platen) (02:50)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Recorded: 1952-02
Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 2, London
19. Franz Schubert – Lachen und Weinen, D. 777, Op. 59 / 4 (01:57)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Martin Kubik (workarranger)
Recorded: 1952-02
Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 2, London
20. Franz Xaver Gruber – Silent Night, Holy Night (03:24)
21. John Francis Wade – O come, all ye faithful (03:18)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Gideon Fagan (workarranger)
Boyd Neel Orchestra
Boyd Neel (conductor)
Recorded: 1948-08
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
CD 8:
Johannes Brahms – 4 Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 – Arr. Sargent:
01. I. One thing befalleth the beasts and the sons of men (04:41)
02. II. So I returned and did consider (03:58)
03. III. O death, how bitter are thou (03:49)
04. IV. Though I speak with tongues of men (05:59)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Sir Malcolm Sargent (workarranger)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
Recorded: 1949-01
Recording Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
Ernest Chausson – Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Op. 19:
05. I. La fleur des eaux (10:38)
06. II. Interlude (02:27)
07. III. La Mort de l’amour (14:22)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)
Recorded: 1951-03
Recording Venue: Milton Hall, Manchester
Howard Ferguson – Discovery, Op. 13:
08. The Freedom of the City (01:36)
09. Babylon (01:36)
10. Jane Allen (00:36)
11. Discovery (02:51)
12. Dreams Melting (00:57)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Recorded: 1953-01
Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 3, London
Williams Wordsworth – Three Songs, Op. 5:
13. Red Skies (01:55)
14. The Wind (01:01)
15. Clouds (03:21)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Recorded: 1953-01
Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale, Studio 5, London
Edmund Rubbra – Three Psalms, Op. 61:
16. Psalm 6: O Lord, rebuke me not (05:14)
17. Psalm 23: The Lord is my sheperd (03:34)
18. Psalm 150: Praise ye the Lord (01:38)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Recorded: 1953-01
Recording Venue: BBC Maida Vale, Studio 5, London
CD 9:
Charles Villiers Stanford – An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures. Op. 77:
01. No. 2 The Fairy lough, Op. 77 (03:39)
02. Charles Villiers Stanford – A soft day, Op. 140 No. 3 (02:53)
03. Charles Hubert Hastings Parry – Love is a babble, Op. 152 No. 3 (01:39)
04. Ralph Vaughan Williams – Silent Noon (04:53)
05. Frank Bridge – Go not, happy day (01:33)
06. Peter Warlock – Sleep (02:46)
07. Peter Warlock – Pretty Ring Time (01:16)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Frederick Stone (piano)
Recorded: 1952-06
Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
08. Trad. – O Waly, Waly (“The Water Is Wide”) (04:13)
09. Trad. – Come you not from Newcastle ? (01:32)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Frederick Stone (piano)
Benjamin Britten (workarranger)
Recorded: 1952-06
Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
10. Trad. – Kitty, my love (01:21)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Frederick Stone (piano)
Herbert Hughes (workarranger)
Recorded: 1952-06
Recording Venue: BBC Broadcasting House, Concert Hall, London
Henry Purcell – From silent shades (‘Bess of Bedlam’) Z. 370:
11. Mad Bess of Bedlam (From silent shades) (07:04)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Benjamin Britten (workarranger)
Recorded: 1949-10
Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
Henry Purcell – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629:
12. Hark! the echoing air (From The Fairy Queen) (03:12)
George Frideric Handel – Atalanta, HWV 35 (Sung in English) – Act 1:
13. Like as the love-lorn turtle (From Atalanta) (07:12)
George Frideric Handel – Atalanta, HWV 22, Admeto – Act 1:
14. How changed the vision (From Admeto) (04:58)
Hugo Wolf – Verborgenheit (No. 12 from Mörike-Lieder):
15. No. 12 : Verborgenheit (03:46)
Hugo Wolf – Der Gärtner (No. 17 from Mörike-Lieder):
16. No. 17: Der Gärtner (01:47)
Hugo Wolf – Auf ein altes Bild (No. 23 from Mörike-Lieder):
17. No. 23 : Auf ein altes Bild (03:19)
Hugo Wolf – Auf einer Wanderung (No. 15 from Mörike-Lieder):
18. No. 15 : Auf einer Wanderung (03:41)
Ludvig Irgens Jensen – Altar (Preceeded by a short speech):
19. Altar (04:10)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Recorded: 1949-10
Recording Venue: Studio of Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo
20. Johann Sebastian Bach – Vergiss mein nicht, BWV 505 No. 71 (02:20)
21. Johann Sebastian Bach – Ach, das nicht die letze Stunde, BWV 439 No. 1 (01:58)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Millicent Silver (harpsichord)
Recorded: 1949-12
Recording Venue: BBC Studios, Maida Vale
22. Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Johann Sebastian Bach – Bist Du Bel Mir (The Anna Magdalena Song Book, BWV 508 ) (03:31)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), John Newmark (piano)
Recorded: 1950
Recording Venue: Voice Of America Recording From The Library Of Congress, Washington DC
CD 10:
Johann Sebastian Bach – Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 / Gloria:
01. Qui Sedes (Mass in B minor, BWV 232 ) (05:48)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Michael Dobson (oboedamore)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Recorded: 1952-10
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Johann Sebastian Bach – St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244:
02. Grief for sin (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 ) (06:04)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Recorded: 1952-10
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Johann Sebastian Bach – St. John Passion, BWV 245 – English version / Part Two:
03. All is fulfilled (St John Passion, BWV 245) (05:20)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Ambrose Gauntlett (violadagamba)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Recorded: 1952-10
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Johann Sebastian Bach – Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Agnus Dei:
04. Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor, BWV 232 ) (05:44)
George Frideric Handel – Samson HWV 57 / Act 1:
05. Return, O God of Hosts! (Samson) (04:28)
George Frideric Handel – Messiah: Part 1:
06. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Messiah) (05:39)
George Frideric Handel – Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63:
07. Father of Heaven (Judas Maccabaeus) (07:53)
George Frideric Handel – Messiah / Part 2:
08. He was despised (Messiah) (06:43)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Recorded: 1952-10
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
CD 11:
01. Trad. – My bonny lad (01:51)
02. Trad. – The keel row (01:44)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
William Gillie Whittaker (workarranger)
Recorded: 1949-02
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
03. Trad. – Blow the wind southerly (02:22)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
William Gillie Whittaker (workarranger)
Recorded: 1949-02
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
04. Trad. – I have a bonnet trimmed with blue (Irish folk song) (01:12)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Herbert Hughes (workarranger)
Recorded: 1951-12
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
05. Trad. – My boy Willie (01:44)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Cecil James Sharp (workarranger)
Recorded: 1951-12
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
06. Trad. – I know where I’m goin’ (02:22)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Herbert Hughes (workarranger)
Recorded: 1951-12
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
07. Trad. – The fidgety bairn (02:48)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
John Newmark (piano)
Hugh Roberton (workarranger)
Recorded: 1950-07
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
08. Trad. – I Will Walk With My Love (Irish Folk Song) (01:59)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Herbert Hughes (workarranger)
Recorded: 1951-12
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
09. Trad. – Ca’ the yowes (03:26)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
John Newmark (piano)
Maurice Jacobson (workarranger)
Recorded: 1950-07
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
10. Trad. – O Waly, Waly (“The Water Is Wide”) (03:34)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Benjamin Britten (workarranger)
Recorded: 1951-12
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
11. Trad. – Willow, willow (03:31)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Peter Warlock (workarranger)
Recorded: 1949-02
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
12. Trad. – The stuttering lovers (01:43)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Herbert Hughes (workarranger)
Recorded: 1951-12
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
13. Roger Quilter – Now sleeps the crimson petal, Op. 3 No. 2 (Tennyson) (02:30)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Recorded: 1951-12-10
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
14. Roger Quilter – The Fair House of Joy, Op. 12 No. 7 (02:38)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Recorded: 1951-12
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Roger Quilter – To Julia, Op. 8 – Words: Robert Herrick:
15. To daisies, Op. 8 No. 3 (02:13)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Recorded: 1951-12-11
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
16. Trad. – Over the Mountains (Percy’s Reliques) (02:15)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Roger Quilter (workarranger)
Recorded: 1951-12-11
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
17. Trad. – Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow? (02:25)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Sydney Grew (workarranger)
Recorded: 1949-02
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Trad. – Ye Banks and Braes:
18. Ye banks and brass (03:10)
19. Drink to me only (03:03)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Roger Quilter (workarranger)
Recorded: 1951-12-11
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Trad. – Down by the Salley Gardens:
20. Down by the salley gardens (03:07)
21. The lover’s curse (03:05)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Herbert Hughes (workarranger)
Recorded: 1949-02-11
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
CD 12:
01. Kathleen Ferrier – What the Edinburgh Festival Has Meant To Me (02:52)
Kathleen Ferrier (narrator)
02. Franz Schubert – Die junge Nonne, D. 828 (04:32)
Franz Schubert – Incidental music to Rosamunde, D. 797, No. 3b:
03. Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh’n (03:54)
04. Franz Schubert – Du liebst mich nicht D. 756 (Platen) (03:43)
05. Franz Schubert – Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531 (Op. 7 / 3) (02:39)
06. Franz Schubert – Suleika I, D. 720 (04:49)
07. Franz Schubert – Du bist die Ruh D. 776 (Rückert) (04:44)
Johannes Brahms – Lieder (5), Op. 105:
08. No. 2. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (04:04)
Johannes Brahms – Lieder (4), Op. 96:
09. No. 1. Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht (03:27)
Johannes Brahms – Lieder (5), Op. 47:
10. No. 1. Botschaft (02:14)
Johannes Brahms – Gesänge, Op. 43:
11. No. 1. Von ewiger Liebe (05:17)
Robert Schumann – Frauenliebe und leben, Op. 42:
12. I Seit ich ihn gesehen (02:06)
13. II Er, der Herrlischte von allen (02:59)
14. III Ich kann’s nicht fassen, nicht glauben (01:43)
15. IV Du Ring an meinem Finger (02:48)
16. V Helft mir, ihr Schwestern (01:55)
17. VI Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an (03:42)
18. VII An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust (01:24)
19. VIII Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerze getan (04:06)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Bruno Walter (piano)
Recorded: 1949-09-07
Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
CD 13:
01. Johannes Brahms – Rhapsody For Contralto, Male Chorus And Orchestra, Op. 53 (16:04)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
London Philharmonic Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss (conductor)
Recorded: 1947-12-20
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Johannes Brahms – Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91:
02. No. 1. Gestilte Sehnsucht (05:11)
03. No. 2. Geistliches Wiengenlied (05:09)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Phyllis Spurr (piano)
Max Gilbert (viola)
Recorded: 1949-02
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Johannes Brahms – Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121:
04. I Denn es gehet dem Menschen wie dem Vieh (04:57)
05. II Ich wandte mich und sahe an alle (04:20)
06. III O Tod, wie mit bitter bist du (04:11)
07. IV Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelszungen redete (04:58)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
John Newmark (piano)
Recorded: 1950-07
Recording Venue: Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Gustav Mahler – Kindertotenlieder:
08. I Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n (04:56)
09. II Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen (03:53)
10. III Wenn dein Mütterlein (04:04)
11. IV Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen ! (03:03)
12. V In deisem Wetter, in deisem Braus (06:34)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Otto Klemperer (conductor)
Recorded: 1951-07
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
CD 14:
Johannes Brahms – Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52 – Verses from “Polydora”:
01. I Rede, Mädchen , allzu liebes (01:14)
02. II Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut (00:45)
03. III O die Frauen (01:05)
04. IV Wie des Abends schöne Röte (00:51)
05. V Die grüne Hopfenranke (01:38)
06. VI Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel (02:37)
07. VII Wohl schön bewandt war es (01:29)
08. VIII Wenn so lind dein Auge mir (01:33)
09. IX Am Donaustrande , da steht ein Haus (02:11)
10. X O wie sanft die Quelle (01:03)
11. XI Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen (00:51)
12. XII Schlosser auf, und mache Sclösser (00:42)
13. XIII Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft (00:44)
14. XIV Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar (00:58)
15. XV Nachtigall, sie singt so schön (01:15)
16. XVI Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe (01:17)
17. XVII Nicht wandle, mein Licht , dort aussen (01:51)
18. XVIII Es bebet das Gesträuche (01:25)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Julius Patzak (tenor)
Horst Günther (bassbaritonevocalist)
Clifford Curzon (piano)
Hans Gál (piano)
Horst Gunter (bassbaritonevocalist)
Recorded: 1952-09
Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Johannes Brahms – Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op. 65:
19. XV Zum Schluss (02:25)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Julius Patzak (tenor)
Clifford Curzon (piano)
Hans Gál (piano)
Horst Günther (bassbaritonevocalist)
Recorded: 1952-09
Recording Venue: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Benjamin Britten – Spring Symphony, Op. 44:
20. I Introduction: Shine out (08:28)
21. II The merry cuckoo (01:58)
22. III Spring (01:45)
23. IV The driving boy (02:02)
24. V The morning star (02:59)
25. VI Welcome Maids of Honour (02:44)
26. VII Waters above (02:35)
27. VIII Out on the lawn I lie in bed (06:13)
28. IX When will my May come (02:27)
29. X Fair and fair (02:22)
30. XI Sound the flute (01:29)
31. XII Finale: London, to thee I do present (08:04)
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 (conductor)
Recorded: 1949-07-14
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
CD 15:
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2 ”Resurrection”:
01. I Allegro maestoso : Mit durchaus ernsten und feierlichem Ausdruck – (09:17)
02. Schnell (08:25)
03. II Andante moderato : Sehr gemächlich (09:28)
04. III In ruhlig fliessender Bewegung (10:35)
05. IV “Urlich” : Sehr feierlich , aber schlicht (04:05)
06. V Im Tempo des Scherzo : Wild herausfahrend – (08:35)
07. Maestoso. Sehr zurückhaltend – (07:35)
08. Sehr langsam und gedehnt -“Aufersteh’n , ja aufersteh’n wirst du” : Langsam, misterioso -” (07:06)
09. “O glaube, mein Herz , o glaube” : Etwas bewegter (06:32)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Jo Vincent (soprano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir
Otto Klemperer (conductor)
Recorded: 1951-07
Recording Venue: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam
CD 16:
Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde:
01. I Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (08:38)
02. II Der Einsame im Herbst (09:14)
03. III Von der Jugend (02:59)
04. IV Von der Schönheit (06:45)
05. V Der Trunkene im Frühling (04:24)
06. VI Der Abschied (28:22)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Julius Patzak (tenor)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Bruno Walter
Recorded: 1952-05-16
Recording Venue: Musikverein, Vienna
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder:
07. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (05:35)
08. Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (02:47)
09. Um Mitternacht (06:24)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Bruno Walter
Recorded: 1952-05-16
Recording Venue: Musikverein, Vienna
CD 17:
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata BWV 11, Praise our God who reigns in heaven (Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11) (Ascension Oratorio) – English version:
01. I Chorus : Praise our God who reigns in heaven (05:40)
02. II Recitative : Then Jesus lifted His hands to heaven (00:40)
03. III Recitative : My Saviour, is the parting hour so near ? (01:11)
04. IV Aria : Ah! tarry yet , my dearest Saviour (07:35)
05. V Recitative : And behold, He rose from their midst (00:28)
06. VI Chorale : Now at Thy feet creation lies (01:49)
07. VII a Recitative :And while they looked steadfastly into heaven (00:16)
08. Ye honest men of Galilee (00:59)
09. b Recitative : Ah Lord , now quickly come again (00:30)
10. VIII Aria : Jesu, all Thy loving kindness (02:40)
11. IX Chorale : When will the night be over ? (04:06)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
William Herbert (tenor)
William Parsons (bass)
Thornton Lofthouse (continuo)
Wilfrid Parry (piano)
Ena Mitchell (soprano)
The Cantata Singers
The Jacques Orchestra
Reginald Jacques (conductor)
Recorded: 1949-10
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata, BWV 67, ”Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ” – Sung in English:
12. I Chorus : Hold in affection Jesus Christ (03:46)
13. II Aria: Christ Jesus now is risen (02:58)
14. III Recitative : Lord Jesus, Thou the sting of death hast drawn (00:31)
15. IV Chorale : Come all, and hail this king of days (00:55)
16. V Recitative : And still, my spirit knows no calm (01:02)
17. VI Aria with chorus : Peace be unto you ! (06:00)
18. VII Chorale : Lord Christ, Thou art the Prince of Peace (01:05)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
William Herbert (tenor)
Thornton Lofthouse (continuo)
William Parsons (bass)
The Cantata Singers
The Jacques Orchestra
Reginald Jacques (conductor)
Recorded: 1949-11
Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London