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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0028947507826 Format: Original recording remastered, Import Label: Decca Import Manufacturer: Decca Import Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Decca Import Release Date: July 07, 2003 Studio: Decca Import Average Rating:
 Rating: - Awesome voice, exquisite performancesThese two CDs contain a great selection of classical, operatic and folk songs in English, German and Italian by the famous contralto (1912 - 1953). Highlights on the first CD include What Is Life from Orfeo et Euridice, Art Thou Troubled from Rodelina, Woe Unto Them and O Rest In The Lord from Elijah and the traditional song Blow The Wind Southerly. My personal favorites appear on the second CD. The first is the divine Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes, the Ben Jonson poem, which is a ... Read More Rating: - It may take you a little time to love her voiceKathleen Ferrier has one of the most instantly recognizable voices in music. And it's a voice that might take you time to love. As an eight year old I heard her version of Blow the Wind Southerly many times on British radio and intensely disliked it. I wasn't sure if it was a man or a woman, adult or child, such is the nature of her contralto. But over the years, especially hearing Ferrier sing Handel and Mahler, I've come to treasure her recordings alongside Callas, Sutherland, Flagstad and Baker. ... Read More |
