MAHLER: KINDERTOTENLIEDER; Arias by Gluck, Greene, Handel, Purcell, Mendelssohn - Ferrier, Walter

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano)

Orchestra & Chorus of the Netherlands Opera, Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Bruck, Bruno Walter

Purcell: Sound the trumpet ('Birthday Ode for Queen Mary')
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)


Purcell: Let us Wander not Unseen (based on music from The Indian Queen, Z630)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)

Purcell: Shepperd, shepherd, leave decoying ('King Arthur' - Dryden)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)

Handel: Spring is coming ('Ottone' - Haym)
Gerald Moore (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

Handel: Come to me, soothing sleep ('Ottone' - Haym)
Gerald Moore (piano), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (1998 Remaster)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Netherlands Opera Orchestra (second vocals), Netherlands Opera Chorus (second vocals), Charles Bruck (second vocals)
Charles Bruck

Chiamo il mio ben così (Act I)

Deh! placatevi con me (Act II)

Che puro ciel! (Act II)

Che feci mai?...Che farò senza Euridice? (Act III)


Greene, M: O praise the Lord
Kathleen Ferrier (vocals), Gerald Moore (piano)

Maurice Greene, Stanley Roper: I will lay me down in peace ('O God of my righteousness')
Kathleen Ferrier (vocals), Gerald Moore (piano)

Mendelssohn: I would that my love, Op.63 No. 1 (Heine)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)

Mendelssohn: Greeting, Op.63 No. 2 (Eichendorff)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Bruno Walter

Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n

Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen

Wenn dein Mütterlein, tritt zur Tür herein

Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen!

In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus