Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition - The Complete Decca Recordings [14CD Box Set] (2012) FLAC

01. Coro: "Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta" (Remastered 2011)
02. Euridice! Ah! questo nome sanno le spiaggie (Remastered 2011)
03. Piango il mi ben così (Remastered 2011)
04. Della cetra tua a'dolci suoni (Remastered 2011)
05. Aria: "Gli sguardi trattieni" (Remastered 2011)
06. Recitativo: "Che disse? che ascoltai?" (Remastered 2011)
07. Ballo (Maestoso) - Coro: "Chi mai dell'Erebo" (Remastered 2011)
08. "Deh! placatevi con me" (Remastered 2011)
09. Coro: "Misero giovane" (Remastered 2011)
10. Arioso: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol" (Remastered 2011)
11. Coro: "Vieni a' regni del riposo" (Remastered 2011)
12. Ah! vieni, o diletta (Remastered 2011)
13. Vieni, vieni con ma, vieni, o cara (Remastered 2011)
14. Ah! potess'io saper perchè ei tace tanto! (Remastered 2011)
15. Aria: "Che fiero momento" (Remastered 2011)
16. Ah! per me il duol ricomincia! (Remastered 2011)
17. "Che farò senza Euridice?" (Remastered 2011)
18. Recitativo: "A finisca e per sempre" (Remastered 2011)
19. Gaudio, gaudio son al cuore (Remastered 2011)
20. Coro: "Trionfi Amore!" (Remastered 2011)
21. Come ye daughters (Remastered 2011)
22. My Master and my Lord...Grief for sin (Remastered 2011)
23. Behold, my saviour (Remastered 2011)
24. Ah! now is my Saviour gone (Remastered 2011)
25. Have mercy Lord on me...Lamb of God, I fall.... (Remastered 2011)
26. O gracious God!...If my tears be unavailing... (Remastered 2011)
27. O Sacred head (Remastered 2011)
28. Ah, Golgotha!...See ye! See the Saviour's... (Remastered 2011)
29. Be near me, Lord (Remastered 2011)
30. And now the Lord...In tears of grief (Remastered 2011)
31. "What is life?" (Remastered 2011)
32. "Art thou troubled?" (Remastered 2011)
33. "Have mercy, Lord on me." (Remastered 2011)
34. "Ombra mai fù" (Remastered 2011)
35. "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!" (Remastered 2011)
36. "Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him" (Remastered 2011)
37. Stabat Mater (Remastered 2011)
38. Cujus animam (Remastered 2011)
39. O quam tristis (Remastered 2011)
40. Quae moerebat (Remastered 2011)
41. Quis est homo (Remastered 2011)
42. Vidit suum dulcem natum (Remastered 2011)
43. Eia mater, fons amoris (Remastered 2011)
44. Fac ut ardeat (Remastered 2011)
45. Sancta mater (Remastered 2011)
46. Fac ut portem (Remastered 2011)
47. Inflammatus (Remastered 2011)
48. Quando corpus (Remastered 2011)
49. 1. Seit ich ihn gesehen (Remastered 2012)
50. 2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen (Remastered 2012)
51. 3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben (Remastered 2011)
52. 4. Du Ring an meinem Finger (Remastered 2011)
53. 5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern (Remastered 2011)
54. 6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an (Remastered 2011)
55. 7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust (Remastered 2011)
56. 8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan (Remastered 2011)
57. 2. Volksliedchen (Remastered 2011)
58. Schumann: Widmung, Op.25, No.1 (Remastered 2011)
59. 4. Sapphische Ode (Remastered 2011)
60. 1. Botschaft (Remastered 2011)
61. Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118 (Remastered 2011)
62. Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D.828 (Remastered 2011)
63. Schubert: An die Musik, D.547 (Op.88/4) (Remastered 2011)
64. Schubert: Der Musensohn, D.764 (Op.92/1) (Remastered 2011)
65. Schubert: Ganymed, D. 544 (Op.19/3) (Remastered 2011)
66. Schubert: Du liebst mich nicht, D.756 (Remastered 2011)
67. Schubert: Lachen und Weinen, D.777, Op.59/4 (Remastered 2011)
68. Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Remastered 2011)
69. Wade: O come, all ye faithful (Remastered 2011)
70. One thing befalleth the beasts & the sons of men (Remastered 2011)
71. So I return'd and did consider (Remastered 2011)
72. O death, how bitter thou art (Remastered 2011)
73. Though I speak with the tongues of men (Remastered 2011)
74. 1. La fleur des eaux (Remastered 2011)
75. 2. Interlude (Remastered 2011)
76. 3. La mort de l'amour (Remastered 2011)
77. 1. The Freedom of the City (Remastered 2011)
78. 2. Babylon (Remastered 2011)
79. 3. Jane Allen (Remastered 2011)
80. 4. Discovery (Remastered 2011)
81. 5. Dreams Melting (Remastered 2011)
82. Phillips: Red Skies (Remastered 2011)
83. Gibson: The Wind (Remastered 2011)
84. Clouds (Remastered 2011)
85. 1. Psalm 6 - O Lord, rebuke me not (Remastered 2011)
86. 2. Psalm 23 - The Lord is my shepherd (Remastered 2011)
87. 3. Psalm 150 - Praise ye the Lord (Remastered 2011)
88. 2. The Fairy Lough (Remastered 2011)
89. Stanford: A soft day (Remastered 2011)
90. Parry: Love is a bable (Remastered 2011)
91. Vaughan Williams: Silent noon (Remastered 2011)
92. Bridge: Go not, happy day (Remastered 2011)
93. Warlock: Sleep (Remastered 2011)
94. Warlock: Pretty ring-time (Remastered 2011)
95. Traditional: O Waly, Waly (Remastered 2011)
96. Traditional: Come you not from Newcastle? (Remastered 2011)
97. Traditional: Kitty my love (Remastered 2011)
98. Purcell: Mad Bess of Bedlam ("From Silent Shades") (Remastered 2011)
99. Hark! the echoing air (Remastered 2011)
100. Like as the love-lorn turtle (Remastered 2011)
101. How changed the vision (Remastered 2011)
102. Wolf: Verborgenheit (Remastered 2011)
103. Wolf: Der Gärtner (Remastered 2011)
104. Wolf: Auf ein altes Bild (Remastered 2011)
105. Wolf: Auf einer Wanderung (Remastered 2011)
106. Jensen: Altar (Preceeded by a short speech) (Remastered 2011)
107. J.S. Bach: Vergiss mein nicht, BWV 505 (Remastered 2011)
108. J.S. Bach: Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde, BWV 439 (Remastered 2011)
109. Stölzel, J.S. Bach: Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (Remastered 2011)
110. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris (Remastered 2011)
111. "Grief for Sin" (Remastered 2011)
112. "All is fulfilled" (Remastered 2011)
113. Agnus Dei (Remastered 2011)
114. "Return, O God of hosts" (Remastered 2011)
115. "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion" (Remastered 2011)
116. "Father of Heaven" (Remastered 2011)
117. " He was despised" (Remastered 2011)
118. Traditional: Ma Bonny Lad (Remastered 2011)
119. Traditional: The Keel Row (Remastered 2011)
120. Traditional: Blow The Wind Southerly (Remastered 2011)
121. I Have a Bonnet Trimmed With Blue (Remastered 2011)
122. Traditional: My Boy Willie (Remastered 2011)
123. Traditional: I Know Where I'm Going (Remastered 2011)
124. Traditional: The Fidgety Bairn (Remastered 2011)
125. I Will Walk With My Love (Remastered 2011)
126. Traditional: Ca' the Yowes (Remastered 2011)
127. Traditional: O Waly, Waly (Remastered 2011)
128. Anonymous: Willow, Willow (Remastered 2011)
129. Traditional: The Stuttering Lovers (Remastered 2011)
130. Quilter: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Op.3, No.2 (Remastered 2011)
131. Quilter: The Fair House Of Joy, Op.12, No.7 (Remastered 2011)
132. To Daisies (Remastered 2011)
133. Anonymous: Over the Mountains (Percy's Reliques) (Remastered 2011)
134. Traditional: Have You Seen But a Whyte Lillie Grow? (Remastered 2011)
135. Anonymous: Ye Banks and Braes (Remastered 2011)
136. Traditional: Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes (Remastered 2011)
137. Traditional: Down By the Sally Gardens (Remastered 2011)
138. Anonymous: The Lover's Curse (Remastered 2011)
139. What the Edinburgh Festival Has Meant To Me (Remastered 2011)
140. Schubert: Die junge Nonne, D.828 (Remastered 2011)
141. Romance: "Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n" (Remastered 2011)
142. Schubert: Du liebst mich nicht, D.756 (Remastered 2011)
143. Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D. 531 (Op.7/3) (Remastered 2011)
144. Schubert: Suleika I, D.720 (Remastered 2011)
145. Schubert: Du bist die Ruh', D.776 (Op.59/3) (Remastered 2011)
146. Brahms: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op.105, No.2 (Remastered 2011)
147. Brahms: "Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht" Op.96, No.1 (Remastered 2011)
148. 1. Botschaft (Remastered 2011)
149. 1. Von ewiger Liebe (Remastered 2011)
150. 1. Seit ich ihn gesehen (Remastered 2011)
151. 2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen (Remastered 2011)
152. 3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben (Remastered 2011)
153. 4. Du Ring an meinem Finger (Remastered 2011)
154. 5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern (Remastered 2011)
155. 6. Süsser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an (Remastered 2011)
156. 7. An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust (Remastered 2011)
157. 8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan (Remastered 2011)
158. Brahms: Rhapsody for Alto, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op.53 (Remastered 2011)
159. Brahms: Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op.91, No.1 (Remastered 2011)
160. Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op.91, No.2 (Remastered 2011)
161. 1. Denn es gehet dem Menschen (Remastered 2011)
162. 2. Ich wandte mich und sahe (Remastered 2011)
163. 3. O Tod, wie bitter bist du (Remastered 2011)
164. 4. Wenn ich mit Menschen - und mit Engelszungen redete (Remastered 2011)
165. Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n (Remastered 2011)
166. Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen (Remastered 2011)
167. Wenn dein Mütterlein (Remastered 2011)
168. Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (Remastered 2011)
169. In diesem Wetter (Remastered 2011)
170. 1. Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes (Remastered 2011)
171. 2. Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut (Remastered 2011)
172. 3. O die Frauen, o die Frauen (Remastered 2011)
173. 4. Wie des Abends schöne Röte (Remastered 2011)
174. 5. Die grüne Hopfenranke (Remastered 2011)
175. 6. Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel nahm den Flug (Remastered 2011)
176. 7. Wohl schön bewandt war es vorehe (Remastered 2011)
177. 8. Wenn so lind dein Auge mir (Remastered 2011)
178. 9. Am Donaustrande, da steht ein Haus (Remastered 2011)
179. 10. O wie sanft die Quelle sich (Remastered 2011)
180. 11. Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen (Remastered 2011)
181. 12. Schlosser auf! und mache Schlösser (Remastered 2011)
182. 13. Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft (Remastered 2011)
183. 14. Sieh, wie ist die Welle klar (Remastered 2011)
184. 15. Nachtigall, sie singt so schön (Remastered 2011)
185. 16. Ein dunkler Schacht ist Liebe (Remastered 2011)
186. 17. Nicht wandle, mein Licht, dort aussen (Remastered 2011)
187. 18. Es bebet das Gesträuche (Remastered 2011)
188. 15. Zum Schluss (Remastered 2011)
189. 1. Introduction: Shine out (Remastered 2011)
190. 2. The merry cuckoo (Remastered 2011)
191. 3. Spring, the sweet Spring (Remastered 2011)
192. 4. The driving boy (Remastered 2011)
193. 5. The morning star (Remastered 2011)
194. 6. Welcome Maids of Honour (Remastered 2011)
195. 7. Waters above! (Remastered 2011)
196. 8. Out on the lawn I lie in bed (Remastered 2011)
197. 9. When will my May come (Remastered 2011)
198. 10. Fair and fair (Remastered 2011)
199. 11. Sound the flute! (Remastered 2011)
200. 12. Finale: London, to thee I do present (Remastered 2011)
201. 1a. Allegro maestoso (Remastered 2011)
202. 1b. Schnell (Remastered 2011)
203. 2. Andante moderato. Sehr gemächlich (Remastered 2011)
204. 3. Scherzo: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung (Remastered 2100)
205. 4. Symphony No.2 in C minor - "Resurrection" : 4. "O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not!" (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht): "Urlicht" (Remastered 2011)
206. 5a. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend - (Remastered 2011)
207. 5b. Maestoso. Sehr zurückhaltend - Wieder zurückhaltend - (Remastered 2011)
208. 5c/5d. Sehr langsam und gedehnt (Remastered 2011)
209. 5e. "O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube" (Etwas bewegter): "Auferstehung" (Remastered 2011)
210. 1. Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde
211. 2. Der Einsame im Herbst
212. 3. Von der Jugend
213. 4. Von der Schönheit
214. 5. Der Trunkene im Frühling
215. 6. Der Abschied
216. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
217. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
218. Um Mitternacht
219. Chorus: Praise our God (Remastered 2011)
220. Recit: Then Jesus lifted his hands to heaven (Remastered 2011)
221. Recit: My Saviour, is the parting hour so near? (Remastered 2011)
222. Aria: Ah, tarry yet (Remastered 2011)
223. Recit: And behold he rose from their midst (Remastered 2011)
224. Chorale: Now at Thy feet (Remastered 2011)
225. Recit: And while they looked (Remastered 2011)
226. Duet: Ye honest men of Galilaea (Remastered 2011)
227. Recit: Ah Lord, now quickly come again (Remastered 2011)
228. Aria: Jesu, all Thy loving kindness (Remastered 2011)
229. Chorus: When will the night be over? (Remastered 2011)
230. Chorus: Hold in affection Jesus Christ (Remastered 2011)
231. Aria: Lord Jesus now is risen (Remastered 2011)
232. Recit: Lord Jesus, Thou the sting of death hast drawn (Remastered 2011)
233. Chorale: Come all, and hail (Remastered 2011)
234. Recit: And yet, O Lord (Remastered 2011)
235. Aria with Chorus: Peace be unto you (Remastered 2011)
236. Chorale: Lord Christ, Thou art the Prince of Peace (Remastered 2011)

Although her career was tragically short, Kathleen Ferrier was among the most famous English singers of the twentieth century. Her contralto voice -- a rarity in itself -- was characterized by a firm, warm tone that found its expressive niche in the great works of oratorio and art song, as well as in her two operatic roles (only two!): Lucretia in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia and Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice.

Born in Lancashire on April 22, 1912, Ferrier studied the piano with great success as a child and intended a concert career; her concurrent vocal studies were considered more recreational in nature. In her mid-20s, however, after taking two first prizes at the 1937 Carlisle Festival -- one for piano and one for singing -- she made the decision to pursue singing as her vocation. She studied with J.E. Hutchinson in Newcastle upon Tyne, then with Roy Henderson in London.

During the years of WWII Ferrier toured widely in England, gaining a reputation as an especially fine concert artist. She joined the Bach Choir in London, and was alto soloist for a 1943 performance of Handel's Messiah at Westminster Abbey. Benjamin Britten first put her on the operatic stage at Glyndebourne on July 12, 1946, in the premiere of his chamber opera The Rape of Lucretia. She then toured with the work throughout England and appeared on an historic recording of major extracts from the work conducted by the composer. Britten would later compose the alto part in his Canticle No. 2 for her.

She appeared in the United States for the first time in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde with the New York Philharmonic and Bruno Walter; her subsequent recording of the work -- also under Walter's direction -- remains a classic. Walter also appeared as her accompanist in lieder recitals in Edinburgh and London. Another of Ferrier's notable successes was the part of the Angel in Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.

In February 1953, Covent Garden staged Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice specifically for Ferrier, who was deemed ideal for the part of Orpheus. However, she was able to appear in only two of the scheduled four performances because of weakness caused by her already advanced cancer. These were her last appearances; she died in London on October 8, 1953. Before she died she was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. ~ Rovi Staff

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