Kathleen Ferrier - discography
Recordings made by Kathleen Ferrier for the Columbia Gramophone Company:
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder - Langspeelplaat 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: Ottone - 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 met Gerald Moore (Piano)
April 1945 - 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
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 met 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
