Since you are interested in MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor / Kindertotenlieder (plus CBC interview with Kathleen Ferrier), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JOHANNES BRAHMS / ROBERT SCHUMANN
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody; 4 ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 / Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben (Rec 1947-1950) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with Phyllis Spurr (piano) Phyllis Spurr (piano) John Newark (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos Historic Great Singers / CD - released 24/Oct/2004 ] Kathleen Ferrier was the most significant British singer to emerge following the end of the Second World War in 1945. Although her professional singing career spanned only a single decade (1942-1953) she achieved international recognition in a... |
GLUCK / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / PURCELL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 13/Jul/2003 ] One of the most celebrated English singers, Kathleen Ferrier brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her tragically short life. Born in Lancashire in the north of England on 22 April 1912 she... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Lost Concerts (Rec 1947) [two CD set] Alfred Blumen (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Strauss [ Testament / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "This London account communicates... fervently his tender and passionate belief in the piece." Gramophone Magazine, April 2009 |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony no 1 in D minor "The Gothic" Hpnor Sheppard (soprano) Shirley Minty (contralto) Ronald Dowd (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Choral Society, etc / Sir Adrian Boult [ Testament / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2009 ] "Long available in a pirated recording of the broadcast, this live performance of the mighty Gothic has at last 'gone legit'." BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 *** |
DVORAK
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 (with Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488) Babette Hierholzer (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker, Klaus Tennstedt [ Testament / CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] In October 1980 Klaus Tennstedt conducted three evenings of classical and romantic music. The opening work was Hans Pfitzner's rarely-heard overture to Heinrich von Kleist's play Das Käthchen von Heilbron. |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' Ilona Steingruber & Hilde Rössl-Majdan / Akademie Kammerchor & Wiener Symphoniker, Otto Klemperer [ Testament / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] Klemperer once called Mahler his creator spiritus. But he told his biographer Peter Heyworth, "I'm not a silly, enthusiastic boy: I don't like everything he wrote". |