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Kathleen Ferrier
12+ albums
contraltoClassicalfemale vocalistsopera20th Century
about
Kathleen Ferrier (1912–1953) started singing professionally late; she was thirty when she did her first performance as a soloist (in Händel’s ‘Messiah’). She only performed in two operas, Britten’s ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ (1946) and Gluck’s ‘Orfeo ed Eudridice’ (1947). Her rising star as a highly characteristic alto was cut short when she died at only 41; from breast cancer. Luckily, she managed to do many recordings in her too brief career, among the most treasured are Mahler’s ‘Das Lied von der Erde’ and ‘Kindertotenlieder’. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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The World of Kathleen Ferrier
What Is Life? Songs, Arias And Sacred Pieces From Purcell, Handel, Pergolesi, J.S. Bach, Gluck, Mendelssohn And Britten
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The Very Best of Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Collection
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Classics by Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition - The Complete Decca Recordings
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Ferrier, Kathleen: Arias and Songs
Kathleen Ferrier Edition
Schubert: 4 Lieder; Schumann: Fraunliebe und Leben, Volksliedchen, Widmung; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge; Wolf: Mörike Lieder
Kathleen Ferrier in New York
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Bach: St Matthew Passion
Klever Kaff - The Best Of Kathleen Ferrier