Songs My Father Taught Me

Kathleen Ferrier (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), Antonio Lotti (Composer), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Composer), Franz [Vienna] Schubert (Composer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Traditional (Composer), Lennox Berkeley (Composer), Benjamin Britten (Composer), Arnold Goldsborough (Conductor), Reginald Goodall (Conductor), Kathleen Ferrier (Performer), Frederick Stone (Performer), Owen Brannigan (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Kathleen Ferrier, Frederick Stone, Owen Brannigan
• Conductor: Arnold Goldsborough, Reginald Goodall
• Composer: Kathleen Ferrier, George Frederick Handel, Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Lotti, Christoph Willibald Gluck, et al.
• Audio CD (June 6, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gala
• ASIN: B000001XM7
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #427,518 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #2 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Ferrier, Kathleen

Track Listings

1. Songs My Father Taught Me, medley

2. Semele, oratorio, HWV 58: Where'er You Walk

3. Lamento d'Arianna, for voice & continuo ('Lasciatemi morire'), SV 22: Lasciatemi morire

4. Arminio, opera: Pur dicesti

5. Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Che faro senza Euridice

6. Lachen und Weinen, song for voice & piano, D. 777 (Op. 59/4)

7. Sonntag ('So hab ich doch die ganze Woche'), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/3

8. The Spanish Lady

9. Auf dem See ('Blauer Himmel, blaue Wogen'), song for voice & piano, Op. 59/2

10. Rastlose Liebe ('Dem Schnee, dem Regen'), song for voice & piano, D. 138 (Op. 5/1)

11. Wasserflut ('Manche Thrän' aus meinen Augen'), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/6 (Op. 89/6)

12. Wasserflut ('Manche Thrän' aus meinen Augen'), song for voice & piano (Winterreise), D. 911/6 (Op. 89/6)

13. Es schauen die blumen, song for voice & piano, Op. 96/3

14. Der Jäger ('Mein lieb ist ein Jäger'), song for voice & piano, Op. 95/4

15. Ruhe, Süssliebchen, im Schatten, song for voice & piano (Die schöne Magelone), Op. 33/9

16. Poems (4) of St. Teresa of Avila, for alto & strings, Op. 27: No. 1, 'If, Lord, Thy love for me is strong'

17. Poems (4) of St. Teresa of Avila, for alto & strings, Op. 27: No. 2, "Shepherd, shepherd, hark that calling!"

18. Poems (4) of St. Teresa of Avila, for alto & strings, Op. 27

19. Poems (4) of St. Teresa of Avila, for alto & strings, Op. 27: No. 3, "Let mine eyes see thee, sweet Jesus of Nazareth"

20. Poems (4) of St. Teresa of Avila, for alto & strings, Op. 27: No. 4, "Today a shepherd & our kin"

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sing Low, August 4, 2001

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This review is from: Songs My Father Taught Me (Audio CD)

What a beautiful recording. It is wonderful to hear a contralto in all of her glory. Doing what suits her voice. The dramatic expression is the most exciting I have heard in years!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Admirable collection, June 21, 2005

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Allan Life (Chapel Hill, N.C.) - See all my reviews
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Like Claudia Muzio and other deceased singers invested with cult status, Kathleen Ferrier has been censured on grounds of faulty technique and (less fairly) of "dated" interpretations of music now performed with greater historical fidelity. Some of these criticisms of Ferrier openly target the reverence accorded her in Britain, where admiration for her art and personality can devolve into hagiography. Fortunately, two antidotes for such distortions are ready to hand: Christopher Fifield's artfully crafted presentation of her "Letters and Diaries" (2003), and this CD, which begins with Ferrier at the fag end of a New York dinner party (thrown by ... Andre Mertens?), presenting a rollicking parody of her own vocalizing - and of herself. Here is a carnival mirror edition of the "public" Ferrier, represented on this CD by a self-effacing yet regally articulated interview in Montreal. Reminiscences of distinguished colleagues are also provided, along with vocal recordings that suggest the range and depth of her work. And "depth" is the word, quite apart from her vocal register. The throaty laugh in the ludic tape that opens this collection is echoed in the somber resonance of her finest recordings; for Ferrier, like Muzio, can voice the core of disillusionment - less with existence than with hopes proved false, while she heralds the triumph of love retrieved from unworthy aims.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sometimes you get more than you pay for, January 30, 2004

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Sheryl Allen "bballenwolfenet" (vashon, wa United States) - See all my reviews
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well they say you get what you pay for - meaning $5.98 might not be such a good cd !!! you couldn't be more wrong. this is a close up look and sound of kathleen. and we love her. not to be missed. voice/humor/not forgotten