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Kathleen Ferrier Remembered
SOMM Recordings

Kathleen Ferrier Remembered

$20.99

Details

Composer
SCHUBERT BRAHMS WOLF MAHLER
Artist
Ferrier, Walter, Moore, Stone
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Jun 23, 2017
Catalog #
SOMMCD 264
UPC
748871226425

About

Kathleen's Ferrier's legacy of recordings has been well-known and widely-admired for over 60 years. So it seems amazing that, after so long, a treasury of previously unpublished and little-circulated BBC broadcasts is now being released. In typical fashion, SOMM leads the way in remembering great composers and artists of the past and Kathleen Ferrier is one of hte most divinely gifted among them. These recordings are from two sources. Several are from BBC's own archives and include Ferrier's first broadcast of Rubbra's Three Psalms, Op. 61, of which she was the dedicatee, five Schubert Lieder, four by Brahms and Parry's Love is a bable, recorded at the 1948 Edinburgh Festival, which makes a delightful conclusion to the album. The other source is the remarkable collection of Kenneth Leech, a composer and engineer who, from the 1930s to the 1950s, recorded numerous broadcasts, mainly using Bakelite and metal discs - the usual way for an enthusiast to preserve radio programmes at that time. This collection is stored at the National Sound Archive in the British Library.

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REVIEW:

Listening to these newly retrieved from BBC broadcasts and never released before, I am struck over again by the great contralto’s overriding characteristic – her natural, unfettered generosity. In song after song, she gives all of herself, nothing held back. She simply soars.

New to her discography on this release are six English tracks – three Psalms that Edmund Rubbra wrote for her in 1946, and others by Stanford, Parry, and the lesser-known Maurice Jacobsen, a mentor of hers. The songs belong to an almost forgotten era of English simplicity and Ferrier delivers them in the most idiomatic fashion, without advocacy or ornament.

I would not want to be without this record of an immortal artist, and nor will you once you have heard it.

– Open Letters Monthly (Norman Lebrecht)

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 Der Musensohn, Op. 92, No. 1, D. 764 02:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Der Musensohn, Op. 92, No. 1, D. 764
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  2. 2 Wandrers Nachtlied II, Op. 96, No. 3, D. 768 02:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    Wandrers Nachtlied II, Op. 96, No. 3, D. 768
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  3. 3 No. 3. Sonntag 01:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Sonntag
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  4. 4 No. 1. Botschaft 02:09
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 1. Botschaft
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  5. 5 6 Lieder, Op. 97: No. 1. Nachtigall 02:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    6 Lieder, Op. 97: No. 1. Nachtigall
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  6. 6 Morike Lieder: No. 15. Auf einer Wanderung 03:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    Morike Lieder: No. 15. Auf einer Wanderung
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Hugo Wolf
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  7. 7 Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Urlicht 01:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Urlicht
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  8. 8 Lachen und Weinen, Op. 59, No. 4, D. 777 01:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    Lachen und Weinen, Op. 59, No. 4, D. 777
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter
  9. 9 Suleika II (Ach um deine feuchten Schwingen), Op. 31, D. 717 03:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    Suleika II (Ach um deine feuchten Schwingen), Op. 31, D. 717
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter
  10. 10 4 Lieder, Op. 96: No. 2. Wir wandelten, wir zwei zusammen 02:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    4 Lieder, Op. 96: No. 2. Wir wandelten, wir zwei zusammen
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter
  11. 11 5 Lieder, Op. 47: No. 1. Botschaft 02:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    5 Lieder, Op. 47: No. 1. Botschaft
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Bruno Walter
  12. 12 8 Lieder und Gesange, Op. 59: No. 2. Auf dem See 02:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    8 Lieder und Gesange, Op. 59: No. 2. Auf dem See
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  13. 13 4 Lieder, Op. 96: No. 3. Es schauen die Blumen 01:05
    Track
    13
    Title
    4 Lieder, Op. 96: No. 3. Es schauen die Blumen
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  14. 14 7 Lieder, Op. 95: No. 4. Der Jager 01:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    7 Lieder, Op. 95: No. 4. Der Jager
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  15. 15 15 Romanzen aus Die Schöne Magelone, Op. 33: No. 9. Ruhe, Süssliebchen 05:22
    Track
    15
    Title
    15 Romanzen aus Die Schöne Magelone, Op. 33: No. 9. Ruhe, Süssliebchen
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  16. 16 Suleika I (Was bedeutet die Bewegung), Op. 14, No. 1, D. 720 05:11
    Track
    16
    Title
    Suleika I (Was bedeutet die Bewegung), Op. 14, No. 1, D. 720
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  17. 17 Rosamunde, D. 797: Romance, Der vollmond strahlt (The Full Moon Shines) 03:27
    Track
    17
    Title
    Rosamunde, D. 797: Romance, Der vollmond strahlt (The Full Moon Shines)
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  18. 18 Rastlose Liebe, Op. 5, No. 1, D. 138 01:18
    Track
    18
    Title
    Rastlose Liebe, Op. 5, No. 1, D. 138
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  19. 19 Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 6. Wasserflut 04:26
    Track
    19
    Title
    Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911: No. 6. Wasserflut
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  20. 20 Die junge Nonne, Op. 43, No. 1, D. 828 04:42
    Track
    20
    Title
    Die junge Nonne, Op. 43, No. 1, D. 828
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  21. 21 La Belle Dame sans merci 05:34
    Track
    21
    Title
    La Belle Dame sans merci
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Charles Villiers Stanford
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  22. 22 No. 1. Psalm 6, "O Lord, rebuke me not" 05:39
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 1. Psalm 6, "O Lord, rebuke me not"
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Edmund Rubbra
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  23. 23 No. 2. Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd" 04:08
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 2. Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd"
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Edmund Rubbra
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  24. 24 No. 3. Psalm 150, "Praise ye the Lord" 01:31
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 3. Psalm 150, "Praise ye the Lord"
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Edmund Rubbra
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  25. 25 The Song of Songs 05:20
    Track
    25
    Title
    The Song of Songs
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Maurice Jacobson
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone
  26. 26 Love is a bable, Op. 152, No. 3 01:43
    Track
    26
    Title
    Love is a bable, Op. 152, No. 3
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Hubert Parry
    Performer
    Kathleen Ferrier, Gerald Moore