20th Century British Treasures / Kathleen Ferrier

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SOMM Recordings
Release Date
January 1, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Kathleen Ferrier
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2021
    • UPC
      748871501027
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ARIADNE 5010
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Love is a bable, Op. 152, No. 3

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone

    2. 3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2. Now sleeps the crimson petal

      Composer: Roger Quilter

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr

    3. To Julia, Op. 8: No. 3. To Daisies

      Composer: Roger Quilter

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr

    4. 7 Elizabethan Lyrics, Op. 12: No. 7. Fair House of Joy

      Composer: Roger Quilter

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr

    5. The House of Life: No. 2. Silent Noon

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone

    6. An Irish Idyll in 6 Miniatures, Op. 77: No. 2. The Fairy Lough

      Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone

    7. A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140: No. 3. A Soft Day

      Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford, Traditional

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone

    8. La Belle Dame sans merci

      Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr

    9. Go not, happy day

      Composer: Frank Bridge

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone

    10. Sleep (version for voice and piano)

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone

    11. Pretty Ring Time

      Composer: Peter Warlock

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone

    12. The Song of Songs

      Composer: Maurice Jacobson

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr

    13. No. 1. Psalm 6, "O Lord, rebuke me not"

      Composer: Edmund Rubbra

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    14. No. 2. Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd"

      Composer: Edmund Rubbra

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    15. No. 3. Psalm 150, "Praise ye the Lord"

      Composer: Edmund Rubbra

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    16. Red Skies

      Composer: William Wordsworth

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    17. The Wind

      Composer: William Wordsworth

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    18. Clouds

      Composer: William Wordsworth

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    19. No. 2. The Freedom of the City

      Composer: Howard Ferguson

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    20. No. 3. Babylon

      Composer: Howard Ferguson

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    21. No. 4. Jane Allen

      Composer: Howard Ferguson

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    22. No. 5. Discovery

      Composer: Howard Ferguson

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    23. No. 1. Dreams Melting

      Composer: Howard Ferguson

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

    24. The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37, Act II: Flower Scene

      Composer: Benjamin Britten

      Ensemble: EOG Orchestra

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Anna Pollak

      Conductor: Reginald Goodall

    25. No. 1. If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

      Conductor: Hugo Rignold

    26. No. 2. Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

      Conductor: Hugo Rignold

    27. No. 3. Let mine eyes see Thee

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

      Conductor: Hugo Rignold

    28. No. 4. Today a shepherd and our kin

      Composer: Lennox Berkeley

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Ernest Lush

      Conductor: Hugo Rignold


SOMM RECORDINGS’ acclaimed series of re-mastered recitals by the much loved, fondly remembered contralto Kathleen Ferrier continues with Kathleen Ferrier: 20th Century British Treasures. Featuring recordings made for Decca and the BBC between 1946 and 1953, it includes a previously unpublished recording of Ferrier’s passionate performance of Lennox Berkeley’s Four Poems of St Teresa of Ávila. Sir Thomas Allen, the distinguished interpreter of British song and Trustee of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, contributes an extensive booklet commentary that brings a lifetime’s experience to bear in an insightful analysis of Ferrier’s dexterous and treasured talent, accented by the distinctive tones of her native Lancashire. The earliest recording, from 1947, is of Benjamin Britten’s ‘The Flower Song’ from The Rape of Lucretia, the latest, from 1953 (both BBC recitals), includes Howard Ferguson’s lovely five-part Discovery, three songs by William Wordsworth and Edmund Rubbra’s Three Psalms, specially written for Ferrier. Pieces by defining proponents of British song including Parry, Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Roger Quilter, Frank Bridge and Peter Warlock complete a crucial celebration of Ferrier’s inimitable contribution to the genre. Pianist Julian Jacobson, son of composer Maurice Jacobson, whose melancholy but sensuous The Song of Songs is heard in a 1947 BBC broadcast, also provides a personal poignant note on Ferrier’s championing of his father’s music.