A Tribute

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

trad.:
Blow the Wind Southerly
Come you not from Newcastle
Down by the Salley Gardens
Drink to me only with thine eyes
I have a bonnet trimmed with blue
Kitty my love
The stuttering lovers

anon.:
Ye Banks and Braes
Mass in B minor, BWV232: Agnus Dei
St John Passion, BWV245: Aria: "All is fulfilled"
St Matthew Passion, BWV244: No.39 "Have mercy, Lord on me."

Brahms:
Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91 No. 2
Lieder, Op. 47: 1. Botschaft
Lieder, Op. 94: 4. Sapphische Ode

Bridge:
Go Not, Happy Day

Gluck:
Orfeo ed Euridice: Arioso: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol" / "What is life?"

Handel:
Atalanta, HWV35: "Like as the love-lorn turtle"
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Father of Heaven
Messiah: 8. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion / 21. Air: He was despised
Rodelinda: "Art thou troubled?"
Serse: Ombra mai fù"

Mahler:
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder! (Rückert-Lieder)
Ich atmet' einen linden Duft (Rückert-Lieder)
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Rückert-Lieder)
Liebst Du um Schönheit (Rückert-Lieder)
Um Mitternacht (Rückert-Lieder)

Mendelssohn:
Elijah, Op. 70: "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!" / "Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him"

Purcell:
The Fairy Queen, Z629: Hark! The Echoing Air

Schubert:
An die Musik D547
Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
Die junge Nonne, D828
Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118
Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797: Romance: "Der Vollmond strahlt auf Bergeshöh'n"

Schumann:
Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42: 2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen

Stanford:
A soft day, Op.140, No.3

trad.:
Come you not from Newcastle
The Keel Row (Northumbrian Folk Song)
Ma Bonny Lad (Northumbrian Folk Song)
Kitty my love
Blow the Wind Southerly
Ye Banks and Braes
I have a bonnet trimmed with blue
Down by the Salley Gardens
The stuttering lovers
Drink to me only with thine eyes

"This is the best Kathleen Ferrier collection available and it includes many of her famous recordings...Decca have remastered and improved the sound for this bargain two-CD set, and the booklet includes many fascinating pictures of the great contralto."
Penguin Guide - 2011 edition ***