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The Very Best of Kathleen Ferrier: Centenary Collection - Lieder and Folksongs

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-06-05

Works: Spoken Word: Interview with Kathleen Ferrier; English Traditional: Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song); The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Ca' the yowes; Benjamin Britten: Come you no...
Performers: Newmark, John; Spurr, Phyllis; Stone, Frederick
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Neel, Boyd; Walter, Bruno

Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition: The Complete Decca Recordings

15 CD / Decca / 2012-03-20

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde, BWV 439; Bist du...
Performers: Ayars, Ann; Britten, Benjamin; Curzon, Clifford; Dobson, Michael; Gal, Hans; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Gilbert, Max; Greene, Eric; Gunter, Horst; Lush, Ernest; McCallum, David; Newmark, John; Parsons, Will...
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Jacques, Reginald; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Henderson, Roy; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Krauss, Clemens; Klemperer, Otto; Beinum, Eduard Van; Walter, Bruno

She was an artist held in awe and affection by numerous colleagues and countless fans worldwide and her reputation is undiminished to this day. A...continue...

Joan Sutherland: A Portrait

3 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-03-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Acis and Galatea; The Messiah; Alcina; Samson; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Charle...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Malcolm, George; Pears, Peter, Sir; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Lewis, Anthony

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In her own time there was a tendency to take Sutherland for granted, so consistent were her high standards of technique, musicianship and, yes,...continue...

Bravura Basses

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Coad, Conal; East, Angela; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Herford, Henry; Martin, Bruce; Myers, Raymond; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pape, Rene; Parkin, David; Parsons, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Rob...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Divall, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Solti, Sir Georg; Weigle, Sebastian; Cleobury, Stephen; Boult, Adrian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Greene, Andrew; Davis...

Messiah: The Dream Cast [Australia]

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-11-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Macliver, Sara; Price, Leontyne; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; McCreesh, Paul; Hogwood, Christopher; Pinnock, Trevor; Minkowski, Marc; Walker, Antony; Kaminski, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Mackerras, Charles...

Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute

6 CD / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54; The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37; Canticle II, Op. 51...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Bush, Alan; Cable, Margaret; Cross, Joan; Dart, Thurston; Dickinson, Meriel; Dickson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Boult, Adrian; Norrington, Roger; Munchinger, Karl; Jochum, Eugen; Davis, Colin; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

Handel: Acis & Galatea Scenes / Sutherland, Boult, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Dart, Thurston; Galliver, David; Pears, Peter, Sir; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: Philomusica of London

Originally issued on LP by Decca in 1960, this vintage recording, representing a rare collaboration of Peter Pears and Joan Sutherland, has been out of...continue...

The Christmas Spirit

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Work(s); Good King Wen...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Blades, James; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; P...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Rutter, John; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Jones, Philip; Guest, George; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David; Munchinger, Karl; Boult, Adrian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir of Cambridge

London PO 75th Anniversary Vol 1 (1932-1957)

4 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2007-08-28

Works: Jean Sibelius: The Tempest, incidental music for vocal soloists, chorus, orchestra & harmonium, Op. 109; En saga, Op. 9; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Symphony no 35...
Performers: Labbette, Dora; Lympany, Moura; Pougnet, Jean; Ricci, Ruggiero; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Beinum, Eduard Van; Boult, Adrian; Fistoulari, Anatole
Ensemble: ; Leeds Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The LPO made its first recordings on 10 October 1932, just three days after its first public performance following its founding by Sir Thomas Beecham....continue...

Classical Cuisine - A German Feast

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/6, HWV 294 (originally for harp); Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 103 in E flat major, H 1 no 103 "Drumro...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Fournier, Pierre; Francescatti, Zino; Marcellus, Robert
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne; Boult, Adrian; Bernstein, Leonard; Szell, George; Walter, Bruno; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Ultimate Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; MEDLEY; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Blyth, Bruce; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Boskovsky, Willi; Burrows, Stuart; Farnes, Richard; Flood, David; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruenberg, Erich; Howarth, Elgar; Jo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Munchinger, Karl; Morris, Wyn; Gamba, Piero; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Previn, Andre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Anserm...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Decca's Ultimate Classics is a five-CD box set that presents the best-known pieces of classical music in a straightforward, no-frills program. Most of the selections are quite famous, taken from large...continue...

Victoria de los Angeles - Baroque & Religious Arias

1 CD / Testament / 2006-10-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments H...
Performers: de los Angeles, Victoria; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Menuhin, Yehudi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Rothwell, Evelyn; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir [Composer/Organ]
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Goldsborough, Arnold; Menuhin, Yehudi
Ensemble: ; Bath Festival Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Klever Kaff

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-08-24

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op....
Performers: Dobson, Michael; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Spurr, Phyllis; Stone, Frederick; Walter, Bruno
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Boult, Adrian; Walter, Bruno

Below the Wind Southerly / Kathleen Ferrier

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2005-10-11

Works: English Traditional: Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song); The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Herbert Hughes: Down by the Salley Gardens, for voice & piano; I Have A Bonnet Trimm'd wit...
Performers: Gilbert, Max; Newmark, John; Spurr, Phyllis; Stone, Frederick
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Boult, Adrian

Few, if any, would dispute the description of Kathleen Ferrier as the greatest lyric contralto England has ever produced. To update the words of her...continue...

The Art of Joan Sutherland

6 CD / Decca / 2005-03-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messias; Athalia, HWV 52; Giulio Cesare; Giovanni Bononcini: Griselda; Giovanni Paisiello: La Molinara, opera; Niccolò Piccinni: La Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Begg, Heather; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonynge, Richard; Clement, Joseph; Dilley, Harry; Dobson, John; Krenn, Werner; Pepin, Andre; Sillito, Kenneth; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri,...
Conductors: Lewis, Anthony; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Boult, Adrian; Hogwood, Christopher; Jones, Granville; Gamley, Douglas; Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John

This new major retrospective showcases Joan Sutherland in many of her famous roles and recordings across her career from 1959 to a recording of a...continue...

Classic Recitals - Bach-Handel Recital / Kathleen Ferrier

1 CD / Decca Import / 2005-03-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messias; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

This recital of Bach and Handel arias was recorded in October of 1952 and originally appeared as a mono LP; it was Kathleen Ferrier's last...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-10-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Atalanta; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Der Messias; Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1; G...
Performers: Boyd Neel String Orchestra; Ferrier, Kathleen; Gilbert, Max; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; McCallum, David; National Symphony Orchestra;...
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Stiedry, Fritz; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Boult, Adrian; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Southern Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the most celebrated English Singers, contralto Kathleen Ferrior brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her...continue...

Eloquence - Handel: Messiah - Arias & Choruses /Boult, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2001-03-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Downes, Ralph; Malcolm, George; McKellar, Kenneth; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Ward, David
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Ave Maria - The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album

1 CD / Decca / 2000-10-10

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); César Franck: Panis angelicus; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; J...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Gormley, Michael G.; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Maria, Ave; McNair, Sylvia; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scholl, Andreas; Scott, Joh...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chung, Myung-Whun; Norrington, Roger; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rose, Barry; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Dearnley, Christopher; Munchinger, Karl; Lewis, Henry; Solti...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Billed as "the ultimate sacred Christmas album," AVE MARIA has reason to claim the title: performances of some of the world's most beloved seasonal music by top international performers make this CD a...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier Edition Vol 7- Bach, Handel

1 CD / Decca Import / 1992-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messias; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Performers: Dobson, Michael; Gauntlett, Ambrose
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra