Kathleen Ferrier

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Classical 2013

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Beethoven:	Fidelio Overture Op. 72c Otto Klemperer
Bizet:	Carmen: Prelude to Act I Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle Les tringles des sistres tintaient (from Carmen) Magdalena Kozena (mezzo) Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle
Delibes:	Les filles de Cadix Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet)
Fauré:	Sicilienne, Op. 78 Gautier Capucon (cello)
Gluck:	Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) Maria Callas (soprano)
Handel:	Atalanta: Overture Alison Balsom (trumpet) English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
Heggie:	This journey...This journey to Christ (from Dead Man Walking) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo)
Leoncavallo:	Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.... Hui! Stridono lassù (from I Pagliacci) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Leontovich:	Carol of the Bells Libera
Liszt:	Bist du!, S277 Diana Damrau (soprano)
Puccini:	Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Purcell:	Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335 Alison Balsom (trumpet) English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
Rachmaninov:	Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 - arrangement for orchestra Vasily Petrenko
Rodgers, R:	The King And I: Overture The John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson
Verdi:	Ingemisco (from Requiem) Rolando Villazon (tenor)
Vivaldi:	Vedro con mio diletto (from Giustino) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)

Virgin - 9799142

(CD - 2 discs)

$16.50

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Decca Singers: Joan Sutherland & Kathleen Ferrier

Limited-edition 10” vinyl for Record Store Day 2012

Delibes:

Lakmé: Dôme épais (Flower Duet)

Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)

trad.:

Blow the Wind Southerly

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

Decca - 4764917

(Vinyl)

$6.50

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Kathleen Ferrier: A Film by Diane Perelsztejn

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Kathleen Ferrier: A Film by Diane Perelsztejn

A major new centenary film on the legendary singer

Bach, J S:

Vergiss mein nicht, BWV505

Ach, dass nicht die letze Stunde BWV439

Bist du bei mir, BWV508

(on bonus CD)

Brahms:

Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121

sung in English (on bonus CD)

John Newmark (piano)

Gluck:

Orfeo ed Euridice (highlights)

(on bonus CD)

Ann Ayars (Euridice), Ethel Barrymore Colt (Amor)

The Westminster Choir, Little Orchestra Society, Thomas Scherman

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Charlotte Rampling (English narrator), Marthe Keller (French narrator)

DVD & bonus CD

Marking the centenary of Kathleen Ferrier's birth, Diane Perelsztejn's specially-extended feature-length film traces the remarkable life - and tragically brief career - of one of the greatest singers of all time. Drawing on recently-discovered material, and supported by a companion CD featuring unreleased live recordings from new York, the film is both a stirring portrait of an extraordinary woman and a tribute to a glorious voice that enthralled the world.

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Decca - 0743479

(DVD Video)

$26.75

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The Very Best of Kathleen Ferrier

Centenary Album

1. Interview with Kathleen Ferrier, Montreal - 1950 1.50

2. Blow the Wind Southerly (Trad. arr. Whittaker) - 1949 2.16

3. The Keel Row (Trad. arr. Whittaker) - 1949 1.41

4. Come You Not from Newcastle? (Trad. arr. Britten) - 1952 1.32

5. Ye Banks and Braes (Trad. arr. Quilter/Burns) - 1949 3.08

6. I Know Where I’m Going (Hughes/adapt. Gray) - 1949 2.20

7. Drink to Me Only (Trad. arr. Quilter/Jonson) - 1949 3.00

8. Ma Bonny Lad (Trad. arr. Whittaker) - 1949 1.46

9. Ca’ the Yowes (Trad. arr. Jacobson/Burns) - 1950 3.21

10. Der Musensohn (Schubert/Goethe) - 1949 2.13

11. An die Musik (Schubert/Schober) - 1949 3.03

12. Have Mercy, Lord (Erbame dich) (St. Matthew Passion: Bach-Eng) - 1946 8.03

13. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings (Messiah: Handel) - 1952 5.33

14. Ombra mai fu (Largo) (Xerxes: Handel) - 1949 4.38

15. Art Thou Troubled? (Rodelinda: Handel) - 1946 4.36

16. 0 Rest in the Lord (Elijah: Mendelssohn) - 1946 3.36

17. Silent Noon (Vaughan Williams/Rossetti) - 1952 4.51

18. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Quilter/Tennyson) 2.26

19. Kitty My Love (Trad. arr. Hughes) 1.16

20. Down By the Salley Gardens (Trad. arr. Hughes) -1949 3.05

21. Um Mitternacht (Mahler/Rückert) - 1952 6.22

22. What is Life? (Che faro) (Orfeo ed Euridice: Gluck) - 1946 4.23

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

Alto - ALC1157

(CD)

$7.25

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Mahler: Kindertotenlieder

Gluck:	Chiamo il mio ben così (from Orfeo ed Euridice) Charles Bruck Orfeo ed Euridice: 'Deh placatevi con me' (Orfeo) Orchestra & Chorus of the Netherlands Opera, Charles Bruck Che puro ciel (Orfeo ed Euridice) Charles Bruck Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) Charles Bruck
Greene, M:	O praise the Lord arr. Roper Gerald Moore (piano) I will lay me down in peace arr. Roper Gerald Moore (piano)
Handel:	Spring is coming (from Ottone) Gerald Moore (piano) Come to me, soothing sleep (from Ottone) Gerald Moore (piano)
Mahler:	Kindertotenlieder Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
Mendelssohn:	Ich wollt' meine Lieb' ergösse sich, Op. 63. No. 1 sung in English as ' I would that my love' Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano) Gruss, Op. 63 No. 3 sung in English as 'Greeting' Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano)
Purcell:	Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335 Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano) Let us Wander not Unseen (from The Indian Queen, Z630) Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano) Shepherd, shepherd, cease decoying (from King Arthur) Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano)

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

“An outstandingly beautiful performance … Kathleen Ferrier, under Bruno Walter’s inspired direction, sings these songs as, one feels, Mahler must have imagined them.” Gramophone Magazine

EMI Masters - 6787222

(CD)

$10.50

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