Kathleen Ferrier - Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice - Che Puro Ciel

[Douceauroreboreale]

Une vraie magnifique voix de contralto aux inflexions émouvantes .

Superbe !

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[thecubanism]

From someone who won a piano contest and then 2 years later, not the usual 10 for a a trainee, is apearing with Bruno Walter at Glyndbourne, a remarkable woman, and a treasure for people like us who appreciate music, submitted from an ill-educated, council house kid who realised there was more to life and luckily, found it.

[thecubanism]

I live not 15 minutes from Kaths birthplace and her memorial garden, I visit them often, how lucky am I?

[kasha1932]

Both Miss Ferrier and Dame Baker are so out of reach for the listener these days, it's difficult to describe in words how EXTAORDINARY this style of singing is. I am so happy that YOU TUBE is including some of these bi-gone day wonderful singers. Just who do we have today who could come close to this standard of beauty...Where are they? All seem to want to be screeching sopranos! SORRY!

[erika64F]

Malgré les défauts de l'enregistrement , c'est la version d'Orfeo la plus profonde et la plus bouleversante de Kathleen Ferrier. Dommage qu'il manque le reste.

[wefond]

Her singing is so completely without signs of technique. Emotion put to music. I appreciate her dark sound more and more  with each passing decade.

[ardjoena]

@wefond what is so pleasant is the warmth is the darkness, the sound of free throated, tongue relaxed singing with maximum pharyngeal lift.

[tamerlano236]

NIce. Great music. But the best version I've ever heard is countertenor's Nicholas Spanos.

[tetrazzini]

@tamerlano236 I think this version is really MORE than nice...it's Orfeo himself

[tamerlano236]

@tetrazzini This version is very fine. Are you also acquainted with the version by Janet Baker?