London: 433 468-2--433 477-2. Kathleen Ferrier, contralto with various instrumentalists, vocalists, and ensembles. Recorded 1946-1953. Compact discs. Program notes and texts with English translations (10 v.) included.
Contents:
v. 1. Orfeo ed Euridice / Gluck (Ann Ayars, Zoë Vlachopoulos, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Souther Philharmonic Orchestra, Fritz Stiedry) -- v. 2. St. Matthew passion, arias & choruses / J.S. Bach (Bach Choir, Jacques Orchestra, Reginald Jacques) -- v. 3. What is life (Orfeo ed Euridice) / Gluck ; Art thou troubled (Rodelinda) / Ombra mai fu (Serse) / Handel ; Have mercy, Lord, on me (St. Matthew Passion) ; Ah, tarry yet, my dearest Saviour (Cantata no. 11) / Bach ; Woe unto them (Elijah) ; O rest in the Lord (Elijah) / Mendelssohn ; Stabat mater / Pergolesi -- v. 4. Frauenliebe und -leben ; Volksliedchen ; Widmung / Schumann, John Newmark, piano ; Sapphische ode ; Botschaft / Brahms ; Gretchen am Spinnrade ; Die junge Nonne ; An die Musik ; Der Musensohn (Phyllis Spurr, piano) ; Ganymed ; Du liebst mich nicht ; Lachen und Weinen (Benjamin Britten, piano) / Schubert ; Silen night, holy night ; O come, all ye faithful (Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Boyd Neel) -- v. 5. Poème de l'amour et de la mer, op. 19 / Chausson (Hallé Orchestra, John Barbirolli) ; Four serious songs, op. 121 / Brahms (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent) ; Discovery / Ferguson (Welch) ; Red skies (Phillips) ; The wind (Gibson) ; Clouds (Brooke) / Wordsworth ; Psalm 6: O Lord, rebuke me not ; Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd ; Psalm 150: Praise ye the Lord / Rubbra (Ernest Lush, piano) -- v. 6. Mad Bess of Bedlam ; Hark! the echoing air / Purcell ; Like as the love-lorn turtle ; How changed the vision / Handel ; Verborgenheit ; Der Gärtner ; Auf ein altes Bild ; Auf einer Wanderung / Wolf ; Altar / Jensen (Phyllis Spurr, piano) ; Vergiss mein nicht ; Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde / J.S. Bach (Millicent Silver, harpsichord) ; Bist du bei mir / J.S. Bach (John Newmark, piano) ; The fairy lough ; A soft day / Stanford ; Love is a bable / Parry ; Silent noon / Vaughan Williams ; Go not, happy day / Bridge ; Sleep ; Pretty ring-time / Warlock ; O waly, waly ; Come you not from Newcastle? / arr. Britten ; Kitty, my love / arr. Hughes (Frederick Stone, piano) -- v. 7. Qui sedes (Mass in B minor) ; Grief for sin (St. Matthew Passion) ; All is fulfilled (St. Matthew Passion) ; Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor) / Bach ; Return, O God of Hosts! (Samson) ; O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Messiah) ; Father of Heaven (Judas Maccabaeus) ; He was despised (Messiah) / Handel (Michael Dobson, oboe d'amore, Ambrose Gauntlett, viola da gamba, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult) -- v. 8. Blow the wind southerly: Ma bonny lad ; The keel row ; Blow the wind southerly ; I have a bonnet trimmed with blue ; My boy Willie ; I know where I'm goin' ; The fidgety bairn ; I will walk with my love ; Ca' the yowes ; O Waly, Waly ; Willow, willow ; The stuttering lovers ; How sleeps the crimson petal ; The fair house of joy ; To daisies ; Over the mountains ; Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow? ; Ye banks and braes ; Drink to me only ; Down by the Salley Gardens ; The lover's curse (Phyllis Spurr, piano, John Newmark, piano) -- v. 9. Die junge Nonne ; Romance from Rosamunde; Du liebst mich nicht ; Der Tod und das Mädchen ; Suleika I ; Du bist die Ruh / Schubert ; Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer ; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht ; Botschaft ; Von ewiger Liebe / Brahms ; Frauenliebe und -leben / Schumann -- v. 10. Alto rhapsody, op. 53 (London PHilharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Clemens Krauss) ; Gestillte Sehnsucht, op. 91, no. 1 ; Geistliches Wiegenlied, op. 91, no. 2 (Phillis Spurr, piano, Max Gilbert, viola) ; Vier ernste Gesänge, op. 121 / Brahms ; 3 Rückert-Lieder / Mahler (Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter).
OCLC:
(OCoLC)233089512
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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