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Table of Contents:

• Sound the trumpet (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary) / Purcell
• The Indian Queen. Let us wander, not unseen / Purcell ; arr. Moffat
• King Arthur. Act II. Shepperd, shepherd, cease decoying / Purcell
• Spring is coming (Ottone, Rè di Germania) (Haym) / Handel
• Come to me, soothing sleep (Ottone, Rè di Germania) (Haym) / Handel
• Orfeo ed Euridice (Calzabigi). Chiamo il mio ben così ; Deh! placatevi con me (Act II) ; Che puro ciel! (Act II) ; Che feci mai? ... Che farò senza Euridice? (Act III) / Gluck
• O praise the Lord (from anthem 'Praise the Lord, O my soul') / Green
• I will lay me down in peace (from anthem 'O God of my righteousness') / Green
• I would that my love Op. 63 No. 1 (Heine) : Greeting Op. 63 No. 2 [i.e. no. 3] (Eichendorff) / Mendelssohn
• Kindertotenlieder (Rückert). Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n ; Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen ; Wenn dein Mütterlein, tritt zur Tür herein ; Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen! ; In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus / Mahler.

Author/Creator:

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911

Contributors:

Baillie, Isobel, 1895-1983 , singer

Bruck, Charles , conductor

Ferrier, Kathleen, 1912-1953 , singer

Moore, Gerald, 1899-1987 , instrumentalist

Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962 , conductor

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787

Greene, Maurice, 1696-1755

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

Nederlandse Opera , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Wiener Philharmoniker , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English
German
Italian

Language Notes:

Sung in English, Italian, and German.

Main Work:

Kindertotenlieder [by Mahler, G.]

Included Works:

Orfeo ed Euridice [by Gluck, C.W.] (Selections)

Select anthems [by Greene, M.] > O God of my righteousness > I will lay me down in peace

Select anthems [by Greene, M.] > Praise the Lord, O my soul > O praise the Lord, ye angels of his

Ottone [by Handel, G.F.] > Speranza è giunta in porto

Ottone [by Handel, G.F.] > Vieni, o figlio!

Lieder, voices (2), piano [by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, F.] > Op. 63 > Ich wollt' meine Lieb'

Indian queen [by Purcell, H.] > We, the spirits of the air

King Arthur [by Purcell, H.] > Shepherd, leave decoying

Sound the trumpet, beat the drum [by Purcell, H.]

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts, Arranged

Operas — Excerpts

Song cycles

Songs (Low voice) with orchestra

Songs (Low voice) with piano

Vocal duets with piano

Operas

Genres:

Sound recordings

Excerpts

Operas

Excerpts, Arranged

Performers:

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto; Gerald Moore, piano (all except Gluck and Mahler); Isobel Baillie, soprano (Purcell and Mendelssohn); Orchestra and Chorus of the Netherlands Opera, Charles Bruck, conductor (Gluck); Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter, conductor (Mahler).

Performance Medium:

3 performers: voices (2); piano

General Notes:

In part opera excerpts; the Mahler work is a song cycle.
Previously released as a compact disc.
Recorded 1944-1949, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, and Kingsway Hall, London (principally), and Jan. 1951, Municipal Theatre, Amsterdam (Gluck).
Description based on: Online resource; title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file)

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

OCLC Numbers:

840465632

Other Control Numbers:

958898 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP958898/clmu