Various Composers – Songs – Kathleen Ferrier

remembering Kathleen Ferrier on the anniversary of her death

(22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953)

The Fairy Lough (Stanford)
A Soft Day (Stanford)
Love is a bable (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. Britten)
Kitty My Love, Will You Marry Me? (arr. Hughes)
Mad Bess of Bedlam (Purcell arr.Britten)
Hark! now the echoing air (Purcell)
Like as the love-lorn turtle (Handel)
How changed the vision (Handel)
Verborgenheit (Wolf)
Der Gärtner (Wolf)
Auf ein altes Bild (Wolf)
Auf einer Wanderung (Wolf)
Altar (Jensen)
Vergiss mein nicht (J.S.Bach)
Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde (J.S.Bach)
Bist du bei mir (attr. J.S.Bach)

Kathleen Ferrier - contralto
Frederick Stone - piano
Phyllis Spurr - piano
Milicent Silver - harpsichord
John Newmark - piano

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Stanford – Piano Concerto No.2, Concert Variations – Margaret Fingerhut

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924):
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.126
Concert Variations upon an English Theme for Piano and Orchestra, op.71

Margaret Fingerhut - piano
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley - conductor

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Romberg, Fuchs, Stanford – Chamber Music with Clarinet – Thea King

Andreas Romberg (1767-1821):
Clarinet Quintet in E flat major, op.57
Robert Fuchs (1847-1927):
Clarinet Quintet in E flat major, op.102
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924):
Two Fantasies for Clarinet and String Quartet

Thea King - clarinet
The Britten String Quartet

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Stanford – Works for Cello and Orchestra – Rosefield (Romantic Cello Concerto – 3)

other CDs of this series

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924):
Cello Concerto in D minor
Rondo in F major for Cello and Orchestra
Ballata and Ballabile, op.160
Irish Rhapsody No.3, op.137

Gemma Rosefield - cello
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze - conductor

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Stanford – Suite & Concerto for Violin – Marwood (Romantic Violin Concerto – 2)

other CDs of this collection

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924):
Suite for Violin and Orchestra op.32
Violin Concerto in D major op.74

Anthony Marwood - violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins - conductor

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Parry, Stanford - Piano Concertos - Brabbins (Romantic Piano Concerto – 12)

other CDs of this collection

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918):
Piano Concerto in F sharp major
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924):
Piano Concerto No.1 in G major, op.59

Piers Lane - piano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins - conductor

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Stanford & Finzi: Clarinet Concertos - Thea King

Sir Charles Stanford (1852-1924): Clarinet Concerto in A minor, op.80
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956): Concerto fro Clarinet and String Orchestra, op.31

Thea King - clarinet
The Philharmonia Orchestra
Alun Francis - conductor

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