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Kathleen Ferrier Posted by G B Lyon on January 25, 2007, 3:56 pm 212.240.16.4 In the 'Diaries' section of his new book 'Untold Stories' Alan Bennett mentions Ferrier singing Strauss's 'Four Last Songs' but I can find no such recording. Did Ferrier record these songs?  Post a Response

Re: Kathleen Ferrier Posted by R Magri-Overend on January 25, 2007, 8:47 pm, in reply to "Kathleen Ferrier" 211.31.214.38 I can't remember ever seeing a recording of Ferrier singing the Four Last Songs. Maybe young Bennett is confusing it with her singing in Bruno Walter's conducting her in Mahler's Das Liede von der Erde. A postcript on KF however is that whenever I play any of her recordings on my programme on Sydney radio (2MBS 102.5 in case you want to listen every alternative Friday 6-9 am!!!!)I always get someone phoning up to tell me how much they enjoyed the selection. KF is just as loved here in Sydney as she is in the rest of this musical world.  Post a Response

Re: Kathleen Ferrier Posted by Göran Forsling on January 26, 2007, 8:47 am, in reply to "Re: Kathleen Ferrier" 81.229.111.37 In the late 1960s Decca issued an LP with Ferrier singing Mahler's Rückert Lieder, coupled with Lisa Della Casa's famous Vier letzte Lieder. Could it be this coupling that causes this confusion?  Post a Response

Re: Kathleen Ferrier Posted by Chris Howell on January 26, 2007, 8:23 am, in reply to "Re: Kathleen Ferrier" 213.215.159.53 The high-lying soprano range surely makes it impossible?  Post a Response

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