The Very Best Of Kathleen Ferrier

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In the Brahms and Mahler everything benefits from the loveliness of voice and sincerity of approach. On the centenary of Ferrier’s birth, Katherine pays to tribute to the great Lancashire contralto and explores her legacy on disc via two comprehensive commemorative sets from Decca and EMI, which includes folksongs, Bach and Mahler. SOMM RECORDINGS announces the release of Kathleen Ferrier in New York, historic performances of Mahler and Bach by the much-loved contralto during her triumphant visits to the United States in 1948 and 1950.

Ferrier was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1951, just as her career was reaching its peak; she continued to perform whilst receiving treatment (despite almost collapsing during a performance of Orfeo in the final months of her life), but died aged just 41 on 8th October 1953. Many 7" Vinyl Singles are sold in generic card or paper sleeves and not in the picture sleeves which are shown - these will be described as 'Generic' or 'Not Graded' in the condition descriptions above.In April 2019, a recording of Ferrier singing in Bach's 'Magnificat' during the 1950 Vienna International Bach Festival was issued for the first time. Testament is an artist-based label, not restricted to any particular period of recording history, and its releases are selected from the archives of some of the largest record companies and radio stations in the world. These recorded performances are immensely valuable, as they allow us, so many years later, to hear several songs that Ferrier never set down commercially – including Brahms’ Nachtigall – as well as others that can be now compared with their commercially-made counterparts. Kathleen Ferrier in Celebration of Bach ( Ariadne 5004) was acclaimed by Gramophone as “an important addition to Ferrier’s discography… one of the most beautiful things she ever committed to disc”. Testament releases previously unpublished and deleted recordings from their archives, using their original master tapes and 78rpm metal parts for CD remastering.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Viele gelten bis heute als Referenzeinspielungen – ihre einzigartige Stimme gilt seit Ferriers frühem Tod im Jahre 1953, im Alter von nur 41 Jahren, bis heute unerreichbar.In superb recorded sound, this discovery is a real treasure and completes the recordings available of the three works in which Ferrier sang at the 1950 Vienna Bach Festival. For ten years she enjoyed an unparallelled career, admired equally for the generous warmth and sincerity of her interpretations as for her uniquely splendid contralto voice. Recorded live on Ferrier’s only appearances in Carnegie Hall in January 1948, four months after her acclaimed performance at the inaugural Edinburgh International Festival, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde reunited her with the conductor Bruno Walter and saw her making first appearances with tenor Set Svanholm and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. what was quite astonishing was that of all the 15 soloists taking part [she] was the only non-native German speaker…. Remembering Kathleen Ferrier: A collection of German Lieder and British songs, including 19 previously unpublished tracks: 1947-1952, with Bruno Walter, Gerald Moore and Frederick Stone.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The Very Best of Kathleen Ferrier Composer Hubert Hughes, Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Felix Mendelssohn, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Roger Quilter, Gustav Mahler, Christoph Willibald Gluck Format:CD.Kathleen Ferrier: In Celebration of Bach, a collection of historic performances with Britain’s favourite classical singer of the 20th century very much the star attraction. Decca has released a centenary edition with 14 CDs, as well as a new film, directed by Diane Perelsztejn and narrated by the English actress Charlotte Rampling, that explores the life and legacy of Ferrier, who died at 41 from cancer. 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 CD.