Alto rhapsody brahms kathleen ferrier biography
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Kathleen Ferrier sings Chausson, Bach and Brahms
Record and Artist Details
Composer or Director:(Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms
Label: Decca
Magazine Review Date: 5/1985
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Catalogue Number: 414 095-4DH
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| Composition | Artist Credit | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Poème de l'amour et de la mer | (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson, Composer Hallé Orchestra John Barbirolli, Conductor Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Musikalisches Gesang-Buch von G. C. Schemelli, Movement: Vergiss mein nicht, mein allerliebster Gott, BWV505 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) Millicent Silver, Harpsichord | |||||||||||||||||||
| Musicalisches Gesang-Buch G. C. Schemelli, Movement: Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde, BWV439 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer Kathleen Ferrier, Contralto (Female alto) Millicent Silver, Harpsichord | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53, is a composition for contralto, male chorus, and orchestra by Johannes Brahms, a setting of verses from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Harzreise im Winter. It was written in 1869, as a wedding gift for Robert and Clara Schumann's daughter, Julie. Brahms scholars have long speculated that the composer may have had romantic feelings for Julie, which he may have integrated into the text and music of the Alto Rhapsody. The text, with its metaphysical portrayal of a misanthropic soul who is urged to find spiritual sustenance and throw off the shackles of his suffering, has powerful parallels in Brahms's life and character. The work is in three sections: the first two, in a chromatically dense and wandering C minor, are for the soloist and orchestra and describe the pain of the misanthropic wanderer. The second section is an aria in all but name. The third section, in | |||||||||||||||||||