Kathleen Ferrier "Alto-Rhapsody" Brahms

[@andrewlewis4274]

Kathleen Ferrier was naturally, modestly magnificent. This performance is radiant perfection, pure artistry. Such a voice, such a life, such a personality should never be forgotten or overlooked.

[@spmoran4703]

She was to my mind the best ever Contralto singer.

[@benedictcowell6547]

A musician told me that they are a called mezzos to day. She was at her best in Brahms which she said was 'in the fat of her voice' Her performance of Kindertoten Lieder of Mahler is bis jezt he finest I have heard, but there there some splendid voices today. Moving performances. This stark work was a wedding present. Krista Ludwig's performance of this work is different but moving.. Kathleen Ferrier has been part of my life for seventy years, but I have given up ordinating musical performances because when I listen I am moved. This is a beautiful performance of a great work, my favourite Brahms.

[@davidradcliffe6209]

A voice not of this earth surely but of heaven!😢

[@liztracy4605]

I fell in love with this recording when I was 15. 50 years later I am still as moved as when I first heard it.

[@somersetuk525]

Of all her works the Alto always makes me cry, am 81 and utterly adore her life.

[@christophersmith551]

Her personal life was not particularly happy in an emotional context. She had admiring and devoted colleagues and friends. However she never found ‘true’ love. Neither did her siblings.

[@AndrewRudin]

You hear this performance and you feel "why should anyone else even try"? It comes as close to definitive as one can imagine.

[@nikname1672]

Её искусство, поистине не преходяще, какое счастье, что остались записи этого красивейшего голоса и непревзойдённого мастерства этой прекрасной певицы.

[@marie-claudebecker291]

Noblesse, beauté, grandeur de l' Interprétation..

[@graemepriestley3403]

What a pity, she didn't live to old age, Breast Cancer, shortened her life!

[@Lindasims733]

She was amazing her performances are so moving and emotional.

[@Alan-co1hu]

I have been listening to this piece for 50 years never ceasing to wonder at the beauty ,clarity and sincerity of her singing ,what a voice what a delight !

[@mikeq7134]

This has to be one of the most beautiful and moving pieces in all of Western music. When she soars above the chorus with that sublime theme, "Ist auf deinem Psalter, Vater der Liebe ..." it just takes your breath away.

[@713davidh42]

+Michael Quick I completely agree. We are fortunate the recording technology was then available and we can hear what Kathleen Ferrier''s untimely death did not take away.

[@carlospoblete5493]

Mi

[@jambones100]

To me it’s the high point of German romanticism.

[@christophersmith551]

Mom

[@mikeq7134]

@@jambones100 As you may know, the text is by Goethe, and of course the music is by the immortal Brahms.

[@somersetuk525]

Dear admirers of perfection, close the doors and windows and have total peace..just listen to Kathleen she has visited us from heaven.

[@brianmurphy8947]

This voice is a gift to us all - delivered with art and feeling- thank you Kathleen- Rest in Peace with your fellow Angels!!!

[@mtierra]

The most sublime composition and performance ever. This work is a thing belonging to eternity.

[@musicloversingable]

Time stands still when listening to this music and performance. Ferrier used her God-given voice to express the deepest longings of the human spirit. It’s unbearably sad that she died so young. But her voice lives through these recordings which make life worth living.

[@toggler6985]

As a mere child listing to blow the wind southerly my mother would play often, now nearly 72 Kathleen still tugs at the heart… I wondered if there is any movie footage taken of her? Thank you for this wonderful post.

[@brianmurphy8947]

Beauty beyond mere words! a voice of sincerity and total ease! Stunning talent. Brahms found an equal to his genius!

[@sedekiman]

Not only a voice out of this world but a beautiful woman with the warmest personality which comes through her singing.

[@Nogah100]

Kathleen Ferrier, one of my most adored musicians.

[@mickdunn8423]

If there IS just ONE thing that soars above all other events in music it is this piece and this wonderful voice! Just sit there and weep...

[@michaelparker719]

One can only listen to this music and to this gorgeous voice with quiet wonder. And a tear.

[@eyraudpa]

No words can describe such a luminous interpretation of Brahms' masterpiece !! Kathleen Ferrier shall always be the best in these painful pieces !!

[@petergraham8681]

Several singers can match Ferrier vocally in this music but for me, personally, after hearing this recording, since my formative years, no artist in this music quite affects or moves me more emotionally than ˋKlever Kaff´as she is so fondly remembered. She had been smoking since her early years & I am almost certain it contributed to the cancer that took her from those of us who will cherish her artistry & spirit forever.

[@johnmuller4014]

Just breaks your heart. What an incredible voice!

[@marcaurele5092]

Kathleen Ferrier fut une météore dans le ciel du chant. Cette voix est identifiable entre toutes . Elle restera unique par l'exceptionnelle émotion qu'elle dégage . La beauté à l'etat pur , et cette bouleversante simplicité qui l'accompagne . On est au dessus du talent , déjà dans l'au delà qu'elle s' apprêtait à rejoindre .

[@KostasTheLabel]

Stunningly beautiful, expressive voice, with remarkable clarity as well . What a gift for lovers of music these recordings are; thank you for uploading !

[@Francesca6084]

KostasTheLabel Kathleen has always sung into my deepest Being - Francesca W G.

[@Rosangela161]

Welcome Kathleen Ferrier. Wonderful voice. Unforgettable voice. Thank you. Lovely performance. Congrats

[@jairoestupinan9924]

QUE HERMOSURA. TUVE LA EMOCION DE LA PAZ TOTAL. PENSÉ EN EL MOMENTO DE MI MUERTE : DESPEDIRME CON ESTE LIEDER. ❤❤❤❤

[@oldionus]

Wonderful. If you have not heard her recording of Der Abschied from Das Lied von der Erde (Bruno Walter, Vienna Phil./Decca 1953), you owe it to yourself. Simply wondrous.

[@jimshepard7099]

Couldn't agree more with you .

[@tvonmove]

Benjamin Britain took the newly discovered KF to sing for Bruno Walter. She sang from the stalls while Walter listened from the pit as she sung "song of the earth". When she had finished Walter turned to face her and she asked in her Lancastrian accent "was that alright love". The great maestro was speechless, he just cried.

[@DieFlabbergast]

@@tvonmove *Lancashire accent (A Lancastrian accent is peculiar to people from the city of Lancaster.)

[@elizabetharino8091]

@@DieFlabbergast No, not only from the town of Lancaster, from all the county of Lancashire.

[@christianguignard9980]

Kathleen réside au coeur de chacun, fraternellement ou en sororité; elle accueille nos joies et nos immenses tristesses, alors que seule sa voix peut épancher nos larmes. C' est une femme qui, à l' amble des saints, peut se prier et auprès de laquelle la confidence est naturelle. Son expression vocale est unique parce qu' elle est identitaire de son être fondamental, libre bien sûr, à nulle autre pareille, mais belle de tant d' amour, un amour qui ruisselle à chaque note et s' épanche avec humanité, simplicité , honnêteté. Il y avait un "avant Kathleen" , il y eut un après, mais à elle seule elle défini un univers des sensibles et ouvre à des portes bien célestes, par lesquelles nous aimerions passer pour trouver la paix et la joie indéfectible de l' âme. La vie de Kathleen était joyeuse et pétillante, une femme exemplaire de charme et de noblesse d' esprit; dès son plus jeune âge, son goût pour la boutade, son talent à se moquer de tout, aiguisait son esprit vif et ample.....Née le 22 avril 1912, c' était une enfant avec la grâce du talent absolu, ce fut une adulte dans la splendeur féminine. Et puis, elle aimait les crevettes mayonnaise ainsi que le "Cockburn" 1912 ! et nous aussi ! Les lettres échangées avec sa soeur Winifred Ferrier sont truculentes et nous ravissent, tout autant que leurs échanges tragiques des derniers instants nous émeuvent au larmes. Ainsi est l' esprit Britannique, forgé des terres à l' herbe tendre autant que du vent glacé du large; cette terre permet la croissance de musiciens et chanteurs merveilleux, complexes et riches intérieurement, mais toujours délicats , dont à mon sens Kathleen Ferrier est la "Grande Dame" par excellence, autant pour son art, que pour sa personnalité...toujours à redécouvrir et accompagner. Une bien belle oeuvre que cette version de la rhapsodie pour contralto donc ! je suis persuadé que Brahms, dans son ciel constellé, est en amour de Kathleen, ainsi que chacun sur terre le fut, ou l' est encore, on peut aisément le comprendre....Il n' y avait pas un compositeur, fût-ce Bach ou Haendel, dans une interprétation de Kathleen, il y avait Kathleen chantant, l' un où l' autre, elle respirait son chant intérieur, elle chantait de son souffle premier, d' avant de naître. Kathleen, pour tout dire, a même accompagné sa propre mort, lui tenant la main, comme une pauvre calamité, montrant que l' être humain tire sa dignité de la vivance , de la vie totale. Les yeux axés vers un ciel qu' elle avait conquis, à l' aube de 1953, elle chantait encore sans vaciller son Eurydice, le corps pourtant foudroyé, dans un Covent Garden effaré. Ses os s' étaient brisés, debout et sans aucun tremblement de voix, elle chantait la vie, la perte de l' amour.....elle revint néanmoins encore pour le final, et reçut longuement les admirateurs dans sa loge. Alors seulement, elle dit à Winifred" maintenant, tu peux commander la civière".... Une certaine idée du mouvement infini dont parlait Samson François, notre Pianiste aux yeux d' enfant !

[@eyraudpa]

magnifique et émouvant message qui correspond bien à notre Kathleen

[@marcaurele5092]

Votre message dit beaucoup de Kathleen Ferrier . Il est érudit , mais surtout émouvant .Rappeler les dernières heures de cette femme qui portait la grâce dit tout de sa vie , sa vie de femme et sa vie d'artiste , d'une seule étoffe , de celles qui parent les madones italiennes ou espagnoles . Ce fut un ange , et c'est pour cela qu'elle nous fut retirée . Les avait on mérités ces instants divins qu'elle nous a donnés ?

[@franz5289]

Merci beaucoup pour vos paroles émouvantes. Bien sûr, elle avait affaire avec l'angélique, et moi j'entends sa voix comme celle d'une maman écoutée par l'enfant. Cela redouble son appartenance et sa familiarité avec les mystères de l'autre monde, les mystères spirituels de l'Amour. Dans les vibrations de sa voix s'exprime l'humilité totale, celle des saints, des saintes. Chaque son, chaque souffle est don, dénué d'intention, ce qui est rarissime dans le cercle des chanteurs et des artistes. Chaque parole qu'elle prononce devient religieuse. Cela nous déplace dans le domaine du sacrifice, du sacré, et cela lui est naturel, elle ne l'a appris de personne ici-bas. Il semble que les voix de contralto induisent plus que d'autres ce que j'essaie de décrire... Quelques exceptions dans d'autres registres... Il y avait aussi du sublime dans la voix "schizophrénique" de Maria Callas, provenant peut-être aussi de sa consécration à son art. Elle incarnait LA voix tragique et par sa vie, également brève, la tragédie. Le véritable Artiste est celui ou celle qui prête son corps et son âme à révéler la beauté, le transcendant. Il y a là une manifestation probablement plus féminine que masculine ! C'est un vaste et complexe sujet ! En tout cas, moi qui n'aime pas beaucoup ma vie ni l'existence en général, je dois tout à la musique, puisqu'elle me donne une notion de l'autre monde. J'ai cru devenir sourd profond pendant plusieurs années et, rescapé avec une perte auditive moyenne, j'ai retrouvé mes joies, mes émotions -ma drogue- dans la musique. Ce fut une sorte de résurrection progressive. Disons les choses simplement : ce qui nous transporte aussi loin et haut que le peut un humain a un lien direct avec la mort. Kathleen a incarné totalement cela, n'est-ce pas, jusqu'à son ultime chant, dans le plus total des paradoxes puisque en Orphée remontant du royaume des morts elle appelait son Eurydice, comme si tout était déjà entrain de s'inverser, car les lois de l'autre monde ne sont pas celles du nôtre.

[@mickdunn8423]

Don't want to hear anyone else sing this..it belongs to her.

[@brentmarshall928]

The best Contralto I have heard. Even with the poor technology of the time her recordings are ahead of any others. Listen to her only live recording of Gluck in Amstaredam in 1951. Imagine this voice with today's recording technology.

[@peterjohn1017]

You don't hear much Contralto.

[@genlyai5055]

Technology is not the point. We now have 'the best technology' ever--allowing every kind of cheating and patch-in-one-note-at-a-time 'recording--and recordings are the worst they have ever been, because technique/esthetics/artistry/training are all dead and have been for decades. The sort of lying done by modern recordings is completely unnecessary for a great artist like Ferrier.

[@somersetuk525]

Absolutely sublime beyond comprehenson ....gods contralto.

[@bernadettevansuyt3710]

La plus belle voix contralto du XXe. Quelle perte pour tous tant de beauté, talent et belle âme partie à 41 ans en oct 1953! Prions pour elle qui est au paradis des artistes.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Dieu libère tôt souvent les plus purs de leur vie terrestre ; Lipatti , Tamarkina , Du Pré , Hassid , et Mozart , Schubert .....

[@pilouetmissiou]

Marian Anderson n'était pas mal non plus....

[@juliustilghman861]

Both Ferrier and Anderson are utterly sublime in this music.

[@wynnpiercewheldon2971]

She referred to it as the 'Alto Raspberry'

[@Nogah100]

Voice of an angel.

[@renegadedalek5528]

Her diction and tone control are awesome

[@maxcornise-qh2jk]

Chords and soul hand crafted by the Creator, never to be duplicated!

[@dompapon3167]

Nous sommes au Paradis. Merci Kathleen Ferrier d'avoir tant donné.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Excusez-moi , mais vous vous êtes trompé de porte . Vous êtes en Enfer ici .

[@judith-havas]

Sans pareil, au Paradis comme vous le dites

[@laurentstuderlafontaine8077]

exactement, très juste commentaire

[@schlusnus3806]

The western worlds music critics rave of her recordings with Bruno Walter, Desmond- Shawe Taylor, Philip Hope Wallace, Andrew Porter....after her recording she said to Bruno " Was I alright"....the finest ever of the alto and will live forever as such. Peace.

[@carolfurness992]

simply heavenly

[@ralphberney7768]

Brahms must have had her in mind. Kathleen Ferrier was made for it..music that grows as a plant unfurls in beauty, complexity too, a natural extravagance of growth and celebration with those around.

[@brendapeters1]

Thats true !! moves the whole body.

[@siddounalshaddap8743]

Ralph Berney Search on KZbin for titaruffo2's post of the performance by Sigrid Onegin. A generation earlier you get closer to Brahms' intent.

[@Francesca6084]

Ralph Berney It touches the heart and soul- Francesca W G

[@mickdunn8423]

Pity Brahms never heard it

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Kathleen Ferrier, interpreta maravillosamente, "Alto--Rhapsody"----Brahms.

[@notaire2]

Tiefempfundene Interpretation dieser perfekt komponierten Rhapsodie mit tiefer Stimme dieser unvergleichlichen Solistin, gut harmonisierten Stimmen des ganzen Chors und perfekt kontrollierten Töne des ganzen Orchesters. Der erfahrene Dirigent leitet alles im stabilen Tempo mit zurückgehaltener Dynamik. Danke fürs wertvolle Hochladen mit möglichst hoher Tonqualität!

[@laurentstuderlafontaine8077]

Voix et profondeur unique . Merci au ciel de nous avoir fait avoir Kathleen

[@renatekl]

Einer der tiefsten Worte von Goethe / genial vertont von Brahms. Stimme, Chor und Orchester top.

[@bradycall1889]

Wow a genuine contralto

[@Reinhard_G.1965]

Eine der großartigsten Stimmen, die je auf Erden zu hören waren - und dank Aufnahmetechnik noch lange erhalten bleiben werden! * One of the greatest voices ever been heard on earth - and thanks to recording technology will also be conservated for the furure!

[@jbut1208]

This is Kathleen Ferrier! She is without peer!

[@davidarnold380]

Sublime!

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

This is burning the heart . This is painful . I should say : only one or two auditions in a year . This is so destructive , but of such a Beauty . Great , great Brahms . And Ferrier .... tragic , sinister and macabre .... and ... and .... and suddenly 4:33 ! Ah this 4:33 , every time my little heart breaks , no more air , fatum and despair .... Every time at this 4:33 I have to think at the exact second of everyone who committs suicide . This loneliness ....

[@robertlight3396]

Ferrier was dying of cancer when she made this recording. Brahms wrote the piece to recover from the rejection by the daughter of the Schuberts. The piece saved the writer Tom Tyron from killing himself when in a severe depression. The music helped him feel again. It is the resolve to go on despite all odds.

[@Francesca6084]

Fritz Maisenbacher Dear Frtz, please hear my concern and care for you and your departed Brother: There is always a NEW LIFE for you both to return! There is such a wonder as REBIRTH! Francesca W G 75years of age.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

@113820404944010593537 THANK YOU Francesca , thank you .... I am very moved that someone like you , coming from nowhere , sends me now your affection and tenderness ... .... but you are right , my life of today has a wonderful tone and harmony , but your message maked me return to this 4:33 .... not your fault .... thank you , thank you , we'll see us in the other world ...

[@Francesca6084]

Fritz Maisenbacher Dear Fritz Maisenbacher, I am moved also by your reply to my encouraging message! Please take heart and do NOT despair . You Tube is visited by Thousands if not Millions of Music Afficionados and I trust they too will read our messages, to encourage sooo many others to do the same! Please take my best and kind wishes for your life here and now, Kind Regards - Francesca W G.

[@oldionus]

+Fritz Maisenbacher (GA4N) That is exactly how I feel about her recording of Der Abschied from Das Lied von der Erde. I simply cannot listen to it more often than once a year or so, for fear of losing its spell. As it is, it brings tears to my eyes EVERY time, and I am not usually all that emotional.

[@Sunflowers159]

Beautiful voice. She was taken from us too soon.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

Why am I always coming back to this 4:33 ? ..... This is a fatal moment ....

[@loxat]

Because it's the best! Me, too!

[@randysills4418]

Fritz Maisenbacher Me too!

[@vladimirorivas7020]

Esta es la versión suprema, insuperable, de la Rapsodia de Brahms. ¡Qué bella y consoladora obra es! La voz de Ferrier era única, una contralto sin par, perfecta para la obra. La dirección de Krauss, magistral: su tempo es justo, sobre todo en la sublime entrada del coro en la tercera estrofa, con las cuerdas en pizzicato.

[@freddiecallahan2583]

Amazing 👼

[@sylviaperezlillo1658]

Maravillosos intérpretes Es un deleite escucharlos.

[@jogroe]

English translation But who is that apart? His path disappears in the bushes; behind him the branches spring together; the grass stands up again; the wasteland engulfs him. Ah, who heals the pains of him for whom balsam turned to poison? Who drank hatred of man from the abundance of love? First scorned, now a scorner, he secretly feeds on his own merit, in unsatisfying egotism. If there is on your psaltery,[3] Father of love, one note his ear can hear, then refresh his heart! Open his clouded gaze to the thousand springs next to him who thirsts in the wilderness!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Magnifica interpretación

[@franz5289]

Fritz Maisenbacher, I can understand your words. They move me too, deeply, as this music and the voice of this dark star. Not any singer as Kathleen Ferrier never expressed the mystery of pain and compassion. She sang with all her soul. Her last song on stage was in 1953, as she featured "Orphée". She supported a high pain till the end of the opera.... May light and hope come in your heart, Fritz ! You can nevertheless recognize here the beauty of a voice, of a soul. Is'n it the most important ?

[@KarineCORBEL]

Sublime Madame...Personne aussi le tout...

[@nickwright6034]

Simply outstanding.

[@joseluizfrancis-cresciment6747]

Comovente! / Heart Touching

[@christineconstable8508]

Fills the soul 😊

[@leonardogiacobbe5422]

LA VOCE SACRA

[@jogroe]

But who is that apart? In the underbrush his path loses itself. Behind him The shrubs clap together, The grass stands up again, The wasteland engulfs him. Ah, who heals the pains Of him, for whom balsam became poison? Who drank hatred of Man Out of the fullness of love? First despised, now a despiser, He furtively consumes His own merit In unsatisfying egotism. If there is in Thy Psalter, Father of love, one note To his ear audible, Then refresh his heart! Open his clouded gaze To the thousand springs Next to the thirsting one In the desert!

[@beanelissen6518]

Prachtige muziek door k ferrier

[@alexisvassiliev4372]

C'est une meilleure version pour le moment.. Et éternelle! Merci !

[@federicosaguattisagu5230]

Una perla 💎

[@babsclark8572]

thankyou SO MUCH. DIvine.

[@theophilus749]

Ferrier's rendition wipes away all cynical doubt of God.

[@Grumster1000]

I’m an atheist and no cynic. So where does that leave your statement?

[@theophilus749]

​@@Grumster1000 Greetings: My statement doesn't rule out the possibility of _all_ doubts about God, only cynical ones, which you, apparently, do not entertain. I am delighted to learn that.

[@theophilus749]

@@Grumster1000 Greetings, I would say that being an atheist and not being a cynic is far preferable to being a cynic and not being an atheist (or being both). Atheism, I believe, is simply a mistake; cynicism (at least as here intended) is closer to being a disease (of the soul, that is). I would want to make clear, though, that having a love for Ferrier transcends all merely philosophical complications.

[@martinoconserva9718]

what a stupid comment...

[@francoisdesjours2151]

la + belle voix

[@maritzapaz7288]

es hermosa voz me encanta..sueño cantar como ella¡¡¡

[@luismanueldias8809]

Melodia bela, comovedora, quanto sombria e triste. Foi, pelo compositor, adequadamente entregue ao 'registo' por excelência duma cantora - o 'alto' !!! Dá-lhe um tom lúgubre, negro, irónica e paradoxalmente fogoso porém. Sublime obra, das saídas da pena arrebatada e soturnamente apaixonada de Johannes Brahms.

[@화이팅-b1g]

41살 너무나 짧게 살다가신 케슬린 페리어, 그러나 그의 음악예술은 영원히 기억될것입니다 절절히 노래하는 그녀의 예술은 작곡가의 심정을 이토록 심오한 표현으로 노래 할 예술가는 없씁니다 영원히 우리의 마음을 위로하는 케슬린 페리어, 영원히 사랑합니다

[@ThePepperh]

People will always argue over which is the better performance of this. Personally I like the more robust treatment by Christa Ludwig. But I'd rather listen to ANY decent performance of it than ANY pop music - even the graduate recital of an MFA candidate where I first encountered it. Now, on to give the Janet Baker a listen.

[@ThePepperh]

Gospel music and blues both evolved from black slave singing in the 19th century - Talk about music with personal significance! - but I would hardly say that gospel gave birth to the blues. If anything, they are twin children. Such music in the middle of the 20th century was already derivative and formalized by the children and grandchildren of the originals.

[@ThePepperh]

You're talking the organized commercial forms, I'm talking folk or grassroots origins. And no, that doesn't mean the black folks were more talented, just more motivated. Give white gospel a listen. And Gerswin. And the ragtimers that influenced him. I have studied folk music in depth, and having grown up in the 50s, am quite familiar with the music of the period.

[@keithhulks7049]

Comparisons are totally inappropriate in this instance. Ferrier and Baker are magnificent each in their own way. These two are my personal favourites; others. of course, will have theirs. Go with the version that speaks to your soul!

[@화이팅입니다인용하기]

우리세대의 최고의 예술가 케슬린 페리어를 한없이 사랑합니다. 영원히 잊지못할 그녀의 레파토리는 누구도 감히 견줄수 없는 성악의 예술입니다 하나님은 그녀를 너무빨리 대려가셔서 천상의 노래를 하나님 앞에서 공연 하라고 일찍 대려가셨나봅니다

[@stanbattle7436]

Could this music have been composed in the 21st century?? I think not,, The critics would pan it and call it pretentious and that stifles an artist. How much music have we lost due to the cruelty of criticism??

[@zahrasi-youcef8593]

Exactly.It's not the music which is pretentious, but the critics.

[@dejanstevanic5408]

TY

[@renepaulvillard7867]

inoubliable

[@franckieparis16]

on a text by Goethe a masterwork

[@jogroe]

after the German (Deutsch) Maar ter zijde, wie ‘s daar? In ’t struweel verliest zich zijn pad. Achter hem sluiten De struiken zich samen, Het gras richt zich weer op, De ruigte verzwelgt hem. Ach, wie heelt hém van pijnen, Voor wie balsem vergif werd? Die zich mensenhaat Uit de volheid der liefde dronk? Eerst geminacht, nu zelf verachter, Put hij heim’lijk uit Slechts zijn eigen kracht In frustrerende zelfzucht. Is wel op uw psalter, Vader der liefde, één toon Voor zijn oren verstaanbaar? O, verkwik dan zijn hart! Open zijn bewolkte blik Boven de duizend bronnen Vlak bij de dorstende In de zandzee!

[@krystingrant6292]

The story behind this song😢😢😢popr Brahms

[@jean-noelgiroix8268]

I tt 14:03

[@verachtetmirdiemeisternich6569]

Mahler "Das Lied von der Erde" Lewis/Ferrier/Barbirolli

[@thomasborgsmidt304]

Now it is 64 years since she died.......

[@Reinhard_G.1965]

… but she‘s unforgotten and will be so in all eternity …

[@חנהציזלינג]

קולה של קתלין פרייר הוא שמיימי. הרפסודיה של ברהמס עם קתלין תמיד מעתיקות את נשימתי. תודה- חנה ציזלינג

[@sylviepierre1942]

version encore plus bouleversante par Kathleen Ferrier que celle de l'autre grande contralto Aafje Heynis. Merci !

[@johnwatson8323]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️😇😇😇😇😇👏👏👏👏👏

[@radiogremar]

Faltó indicar..... with London Philharmonic orchestra and male chorus

[@jambones100]

A gorgeous voice. I do find the pace funereal, but that is the conductor’s choice.

[@maxcornise-qh2jk]

To show off that voice of pure Godsbreath that’s why!

[@sirenedudanube9190]

9:43 - La musique s'est éteinte. Tout est consommé... Non, une voix céleste s'élève, soutenue par l'espérance et le choeur des frères humains. Une si belle leçon de vie !

[@lesdouzilles]

V. Aber abseits wer ist’s? In’s Gebüsch verliert sich sein Pfad, Hinter ihm schlagen Die Sträuche zusammen, Das Gras steht wieder auf, Die Öde verschlingt ihn. VI. Ach wer heilet die Schmerzen Des, dem Balsam zu Gift ward? Der sich Menschenhaß Aus der Fülle der Liebe trank! Erst verachtet, nun ein Verächter, Zehrt er heimlich auf Seinen eignen Wert In ung’nügender Selbstsucht. VII. Ist auf deinem Psalter, Vater der Liebe, ein Ton Seinem Ohre vernehmlich, So erquicke sein Herz! Öffne den umwölkten Blick Über die tausend Quellen Neben dem Durstenden In der Wüste. Aus: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Harzreise im Winter 1777

[@bertvaniperen3470]

Wonderschoon

[@horselord23]

Why are there no film records of Ferrier singing liv? . One of the great losses to Mankind. Apart from being a great singer, she was a great comedienne. It is said that after singing a deep soulful song, she would gag and have the orchestra falling about. Heck - did I fancy that girl. When she was a telephone operator, guys used to groove her sexy voice and get dirty. She would switch to her most unsexy Lancashire voice and cut them off.

[@gyulaugron3379]

Kathleen Ferrier a legszebb, alt hangú, énekesnő volt. Nagy kár, hogy rövid ideig élt.

[@radiogremar]

Sorry, and Clemens Krauss conductor

[@VivaRenata]

You definitely have a point there! It does not diminish the grandeur of Ferrier's performance though.

[@danilorainone406]

just listened to robt shaw choral & jessye norman perform this,kathlles is better I think

[@camerong5513]

beautiful voice wasted on this dischordant and non-rhythmic stuff

[@cmcull987]

The singer is Marian Anderson here.

[@TedWms521]

If you can't tel the difference in how they sound, you might at least take into account that Marian Anderson's version (also quite beautiful) is about four minutes shorter.

[@ThePepperh]

Marian Anderson was a black contralto of rare perfection. The depth and richness of her voice was quite different from any mezzo.

[@jbut1208]

No! Kathleen Ferrier

[@mr76big]

A voice that will live ...in .......Infamy

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

why ?

[@sedekiman824]

@@Fritz_Maisenbacher Because he is a Philistine.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

@@sedekiman824 Who is a Philistine ??

[@sedekiman824]

@@Fritz_Maisenbacher mr76big

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

@@sedekiman824 I found his comment interesting. I would like to have the details of his judgment about "infamy".

[@russellparratt9859]

Whatever nice things are said about Kathleen Ferrier, I'm not arguing about, but she had horrible vibrato. It's always ON, like a guitarist's floor pedal. It makes her voice unlistenable for me. I bought a box set of her recordings a while ago, but can't get any pleasure out of it. That vibrato is machine-like, always on. It's an ugly sound, reminding me a bit of Arthur Grumiaux' overdone violin vibrato. I know certain Japanese pop singers, whose vibrato is way more controlled, intelligent and musical than Ferrier's. For all the sanctimonious platitudes written about Kathleen Ferrier, where is some more honest appraisal? Yes, she had good range and tone, but that vibrato was woeful. Have a good listen next time.

[@lawrencebrown3677]

Have you ever listened to Conchita Supervia, a Spanish mezzo? She is a favourite singer of mine.

[@russellparratt9859]

@@lawrencebrown3677 I just listened to her singing Habanera, from Carmen. Certainly an amazing voice. The vibrato is amazing, and so controlled, but it might annoy me. No criticism, just personal choice. Also, I prefer the German/Austrian repertoire.

[@lawrencebrown3677]

@@russellparratt9859 That's what I thought.