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Kathleen Ferrier: The Baroque Repertoire
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Artist
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Kathleen Ferrier, contralto. The Bach Choir. National Symphony Orchestra. Malcolm Sargent, conductor, & others.
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Label
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Urania
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Format
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2 CDs
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Runtime/Release Date
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78'04,72'47/2007
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Label Number
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22323
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Daedalus Item Code
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27180
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Description
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Arias from Handel's Messiah, Rodelinda, Serse, and Samson, selections for several Bach Passions and the B Minor Mass, the Stabat mater dolorosa of Pergolesi, and much more comprise this portrait of an English singer whose "brief candle" still casts a warm glow. "Years after Kathleen Ferrier's death, the voice that sang so eloquently of sadness continues to reveal, in Bruno Walter's words, 'A soul full of joy'…. Ferrier's deep, English contralto voice (Dame Janet Baker talks of its 'dark milk chocolate quality') is unlike anything cultivated today, yet it still invokes powerful reactions in modern listeners and artists. Susan Gritton, the 1994 winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award cites her communicative powers as of most influence for her and her peers. 'It's her extraordinary sound that draws you in, and her direct connection with the words, with the heart of what she's singing, which seems to outlast interpretative changes'."—Gramophone
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