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Kathleen Ferrier: In Celebration of Bach
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Label: Somm
Cat No: ARIADNE5004
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 29th March 2019
Contents
Works
Cantata BWV11 'Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen' (Ascension Oratorio)Cantata BWV67 'Halt im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ'
Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
Artists
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)Ena Mitchell (soprano)
Friedl Riegler (soprano)
Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
William Herbert (tenor)
Hugo Meyer-Welfing (tenor)
Otto Edelmann (bass)
William Parsons (bass)
Wiener Staatsopernchor
The Cantata Singers
Wiener Philharmoniker
Jacques Orchestra
Conductors
Volkmar AndreaeReginald Jacques
Works
Cantata BWV11 'Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen' (Ascension Oratorio)Cantata BWV67 'Halt im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ'
Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
Artists
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)Ena Mitchell (soprano)
Friedl Riegler (soprano)
Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
William Herbert (tenor)
Hugo Meyer-Welfing (tenor)
Otto Edelmann (bass)
William Parsons (bass)
Wiener Staatsopernchor
The Cantata Singers
Wiener Philharmoniker
Jacques Orchestra
Conductors
Volkmar AndreaeReginald Jacques
About
It includes the first appearance on disc of Ferrier singing the Magnificat, with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Volkmar Andreae in the Grosser Musikvereinssaal, from the legendary 1950 International Bach Festival.
A rarity in Ferrier’s repertoire – she had sung it only once before and was never to again – the Magnificat was a work the much-loved singer felt a close affinity with, joyfully declaring: “Oh! The Magnificat – I am in my element in this sort of music!”
The occasion was a significant one for the singer, as Ferrier authority Paul Campion notes in his extensive, detailed and informative booklet notes: “It was a considerable honour for Ferrier to be invited… what was quite astonishing was that of all the 15 soloists taking part [she] was the only non-native German speaker…. Her international success was indeed at its zenith.”
London’s fabled Kingsway Hall provides the venue for two memorable Cantata performances – No.11, Praise our God, and No.67, Hold in affection Jesus Christ – recorded by Ferrier in 1949 with tenor William Herbert, bass William Parsons and Dr Reginald Jacques’ Cantata Singers and Jacques Orchestra. From the same venue and period, Jacques and the Cantata Singers offer a bewitching encore in the sublime Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.
Paul Campion, author of the authoritative Ferrier: A Career Recorded provides specially commissioned booklet notes.
SOMM Recordings’ previous Ferrier releases include Bach’s Mass in B minor (Ariadne50002), songs by Brahms, Chausson and Mahler (SOMMCD075) and Kathleen Ferrier Remembered, a first release of BBC Radio recordings of Lieder and British songs (SOMMCD264).
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