Kathleen Ferrier sings "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" (I have lost touch with the world), by Gustav Mahler.
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen,
Mit...
Sung in the exact same key as the score. Cantado en el mismo tono que la partitura.
English contralto/contralto inglesa (1912-1953)
Recitativo:
Frondi tenere e belle
Del mio Platano...
In opera,live recording."Che faro senza Euridice?"(What is Life?).Sung in Italian,1951. Unique, unmistakeable, great English contralto caught in her prime, live on the opera stage in...
Unaccompanied.Kathleen Ferrier. This simple English folk song, and her recording of What is Life Without Thee, by Gluck, are probably her most famous,popular recordings.
Her big...
Handel's, Judas Maccabaeus. From her last recording sessions 7th. and 8th. October 1952.Recorded at the Kingsway Hall,London, with full orchestra. The sessions consist of Bach...
Cheerful and footapping! English folksong. Far from her Mahler, Gluck, Schubert, and Brahms!Bless her.
Enjoy.
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