Kathleen Ferrier - discography


Recordings made by Kathleen Ferrier for the Columbia Gramophone Company:

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder - Longplayrecord 331/3 rpm
Kathleen Ferrier, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bruno Walter 33C1009

78 rpm:
Händel: Ottone - Spring is Coming; Come to me, Soothing Sleep
Kathleen Ferrier with Gerald Moore (Piano) DX1194

Greene: I will lay me down in peace; O Praise the Lord - 30 September 1944 number ??? This is her first recording!

Händel: Ottone - I will lay me down in peace; O praise the Lord
Kathleen Ferrier with Gerald Moore (Piano) DB2152

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder

Kathleen Ferrier, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bruno Walter LX8939-41

Mendelssohn: I would that my love; Greeting
Duets - Kathleen Ferrier and Isobel Baillie (soprano) with Gerald Moore (Piano) DB2194

Purcell: Sound the trumpet; Let us wander; Shepherd, shepherd
Kathleen Ferrier with Gerald Moore (Piano) DB2201

 

Kathleen Ferrier with Phyllis Spurr at the piano 

Kathleen Ferrier with Phyllis Spurr at the piano

 

Recordings made by Kathleen Ferrier for the Decca Company:

Longplay-records 331/3 rpm

Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42
Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
Kathleen Ferrier and John Newmark (Piano) LXT2556

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Drei Rückert Lieder Kathleen Ferrier and Julius Patzak (Tenor) with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bruno Walter LXT2721-2

Brahms: Alt Rhapsodie, for Alto, Male-choir and orchestra, Op. 53
Kathleen Ferrier, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, conductor Clemens Krauss

Four songs:

Kathleen Ferrier en Phyllis Spurr (Piano) LXT2850

A radio recital given by Kathleen Ferrier (5 June 1952)
The Fairy Lough, Op. 77, No.2 (Stanford); A Soft Day, Op. 141, No. 3 (Stanford); Love is a bable, Op. 152, No.3 (Parry); Silent Noon (Vaughan Williams). Go not, happy day (Bridge); Sleep (Warlock); Pretty Ring-time (Warlock); O waly, waly (arr. Britten); Come you not from Newcastle (arr. Briften); Kitty, my love (arr. Hughes).
Kathleen Ferrier with Frederick Stone (Piano) LX3133

Gluck: Orfeo (Orpheus en Euridice) (a shortened version of the recordings made of the performance at the Glyndebourne Festival)
Orpheus Kathleen Ferrier, Euridice Ann Ayars (Soprano), Amore Zoe Vlachopoulos (Soprano) with the Glyndebourne Festival Choir and the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Fritz Stiedry
LXT2893

Aria's of Bach and Händel,
Kathleen Ferrier with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult LXT2757

Bach: Cantata No.11 - Praise Our God LX3006

Cantata No.67 - Hold in affection Jesus Christ, and Jesu joy of man's desiring LX3007

Kathleen Ferrier, William Herbert (Tenor), William Parsons (Bass) and - alone at LX3006 - Ena Mitchell (Soprano) with the Cantata Singers and the Jacques Orchestra, conductor Dr. Reginald Jacques

Folksongs:
Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr (Piano) LX3040

Songs of the British Isles:
Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr (Piano) LX3098

Longplay-records 331/3 rpm

Aria's:

Händel: Serse, Ombra mai fu
Rodelinde, Art thou troubled?
Gluck: Orfeo, What is life?
Kathleen Ferrier, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent

Mendelssohn: Elijah, O rest in the Lord
Kathleen Ferrier, with the Boyd Neel Orchestra, conductor Boyd Neel LW5072

Händel: Messiah, O thou that tellest; He was despised, Samson, Return, O God of Hosts,
Judas Maccabeus, Father of Heaven
Kathleen Ferrier, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult LW5076

Bach: Mattheus Passion, Grief for Sin, Johannes Passion, All is fulfilled, Mass in B Minor, Qui sedes; Agnus Dei
Kathleen Ferrier with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult, LW5083

Mahler: Drie Rückert Liederen
Kathleen Ferrier, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bruno Walter
Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42
Kathleen Ferrier with John Newmark, (Piano) LW5089

Volksliedchen, Op. 51, No.2; Widmung, Op. 25, No.1
Kathleen Ferrier with Phyllis Spurr (Piano) LW5O98

Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
Kathleen Ferrier with John Newmark (Piano) LW5094

Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2; Die junge Nonne, Op. 43, No.1; An die Musik, Op. 88, No. 4, Der Musensohn, Op. 92, No.1
Kathleen Ferrier with Phyllis Spurr (Piano) LW5098

 

Kathleen Ferrier with Gerald Moore in Carlisle 

Kathleen Ferrier with Gerald Moore in Carlisle

78 rpm

Händel: Art thou troubled?
Gluck: What is life?
Kathleen Ferrier with the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent K1466

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Joan Taylor (Soprano), Kathleen Ferrier, and the Nottingham Oriana Choir with the Boyd Neel String orchestra, conductor Roy Henderson, AKI 517-21

Mendelssohn: O rest in the Lord; Woe unto them
Kathleen Ferrier with the Boyd Neel String orchestra, conductor Boyd Neel K1556

Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade; Die junge Nonne
Kathleen Ferrier with Phyllis Spurr (Piano) K1632

Gluck: Orfeo, a complete version of the performance at the Glyndebourne Festival
Kathleen Ferrier, Zoe Vlachopoulos (Soprano) and Ann Ayars (Soprano), with the Glyndebourne Festival Choir and the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Fritz Stiedry AKI 1656-62

Bach: Mattheus Passion
Elsie Suddaby (Soprano), Kathleen Ferrier, Erie Greene (Tenor), Bruce Boyce (Bass), Gordon Clinton (Bass), Henry Cumming (Bass) and William Parsons (Bass), with the Bach Choir and the Jacques Orchestra, conductor Dr Reginald Jacques AK2OO1-21

Mattheus Passion, parts:
Elsie Suddaby (Soprano), Kathleen Ferrier, Eric Greene (Tenor), Bruce Boyce (Bass) and William Parsons (Bass) with the Bach Choir and the Jacques Orchestra, conductor Dr Reginald Jacques KI 1673-9

Händel: Ombra mai fu
Kathleen Ferrier, with the London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent K2135

Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 Kathleen Ferrier with John Newmark (Piano) AX563-4

Alt Rhapsodie, for Alto, Male-choir and Orchestra, Op. 53
Kathleen Ferrier, with the London Philharmonic Ordchestra and Choir, conductor Clemens Krauss
AKI 1847-8

Two songs for Alto with Viola Obbligato, Op. 91
Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr (Piano) and Max Gilbert (Viola) K2289

Schubert: An die Musik, Op. 88, No.4; Der Musensohn, Op. 92, No.1
Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr (Piano) M652

Various:
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht; Adeste Fideles
Kathleen Ferrier with the Boyd Neel Stringorchesta, conductor Boyd Neel M622

The Fidgety Bairn, Ca' the yowes
Kathleen Ferrier and John Newmark (Piano) M657

Ye banks and braes; Drink to me only with thine eyes
Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr (Piano) M679

Now sleeps the crimson petal; To daisies
Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr (Piano) M680

I know where I'm going; I will walk with my love; The stuttering lovers
Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr (Piano) M681

Blow the wind southerly; Ma bonny lad; The keel row
Kathleen Ferrier and Phyllis Spurr (Piano) F9300 

 

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