Ovation

Kathleen Ferrier’s highly individual, plangent voice, natural musicianship and high level of personal professionalism made her one of England’s most popular singers during her all-too-brief career.

This 10-CD box compiles a large number of her Decca recordings. 

CD 1
Gluck:
 Orfeo ed Euridicd - abridged

CD 2
Bach, J.S.:
 St Matthew Passion - Arias & Choruses

CD 3
Pergolesi:
 Stabat Mater

Gluck/Handel/Bach/Mendelssohn

CD 4
Schumann:
 Frauenliebe und -leben 1950

Brahms/Schubert - lieder

CD 5
Brahms:
 Four Serious Songs (arr. Sargent)

Chausson:
 Poeme de l'amour et de la mer

Ferguson/Wordsworth/Rubbra

CD 6
English songs

Purcell/Handel/Wolf/Bach

CD 7
Bach/Handel:
 arias drom oratorias

CD 8
Blow the wind southerly - Folksongs

CD 9
Schumann:
 Frauenliebe und -leben 1949

Schubert/Brahms - lieder

CD 10
Mahler:
 3 Ruckert lieder

Brahms:
 Alto Rhapsody
 Vier Ernste gesange