Kathleen Ferrier – 20th-Century British Treasures (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:19:02 minutes | 675 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © SOMM Recordings
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.
Tracklist
1. Kathleen Ferrier – Love Is a Bable, Op. 152 No. 3 (Live)
2. Kathleen Ferrier – Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Op. 3 No. 2
3. Kathleen Ferrier – To Daisies, Op. 8 No. 4
4. Kathleen Ferrier – The Fair House of Joy, Op. 12 No. 7
5. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 2, Silent Noon (Live)
6. Kathleen Ferrier – The Fairy Lough, Op. 77 No. 2 (Live)
7. Kathleen Ferrier – A Soft Day, Op. 140 No. 3 (Live)
8. Kathleen Ferrier – La belle dame sans merci (Live)
9. Kathleen Ferrier – Go Not, Happy Day, H. 34 (Live)
10. Kathleen Ferrier – Sleep (Live)
11. Kathleen Ferrier – Pretty Ring Time (Live)
12. Kathleen Ferrier – The Song of Songs (Live)
13. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 1, O Lord, Rebuke Me Not (Live)
14. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 2, The Lord Is My Shepherd (Live)
15. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 3, Praise Ye the Lord (Live)
16. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 1, Red Skies (Live)
17. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 2, The Wind (Live)
18. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 3, Clouds (Live)
19. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 1, The Freedom of the City (Live)
20. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 2, Babylon (Live)
21. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 3, Jane Allen (Live)
22. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 4, Discovery (Live)
23. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 5, Dreams Melting (Live)
24. Kathleen Ferrier – The Flower Song (Live)
25. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 1, If, Lord, Thy Love for Me Is Strong (Live)
26. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 2, Shepherd, Shepherd Hark That Calling (Live)
27. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 3, Let Mine Eyes See Thee (Live)
28. Kathleen Ferrier – No. 4, Today a Shepherd and Our Kin (Live)
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