A selection of Kathleen Ferrier’s recordings, showing composer, title of the work(s), conductor, pianist, orchestra and other principal artists; original year of recording; and (in brackets) the CD/LP number. Not all recordings may be currently available.

Full details of all Kathleen Ferrier’s known recordings may be found in Paul Campion’s annotated and illustrated discography Ferrier – A Career Recorded, which was published by Thames Elkin in May 2005 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards.

Bach, Mass in B Minor, with G Enescu, P Pears, S Danco, B Boyce, N Walker & BNO 1951 (BBCL 4008-7)
Bach, Mass in B Minor, with H vKarajan, E Schwarzkopf, W Ludwig, P Schoffler & VSO 1950 (Foyer 2-CF 2022)
Bach, St Matthew Passion, with R Jacques, E Greene, E Suddaby, W Parsons & JO 1947/8 (Dutton 2CDAX 2005)
Bach, St Matthew Passion, with H vKarajan, I Seefried, W Ludwig, P Schoeffler & VSO 1950 (Andante AND1170)
Bach, Gluck, Handel, Mendelssohn, Arias (including What is Life?) with M Sargent, R Jacques, NSO, & LSO 1946/ 1947 (Decca 433470-2)
Bach, Handel, Arias with A Boult & LPO 1952 (Decca 475 6411-DM)
Beethoven, Symphony no 9, with B Walter, I Baillie, H Nash, W Parsons & LPO 1947 (Music & Arts CD 733)
Berkeley L, Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, with A Goldsborough & SO 1948 (33rpm LP REGL 368)
Berkeley L, Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, with J Barbirolli & HO 1949 (Pearl GEM 0229)
Brahms, Schubert, & Schumann Lieder and two Christmas Carols, with P Spurr, J Newmark, & B Britten 1947/9/1950/2 (Decca 433471-2)
Brahms, Schubert, Schumann, Lieder, with B Walter at the Edinburgh Festival 1949 (Decca 433476-2)
Brahms, Four Serious Songs, with M Sargent & BBCSO 1949 (Decca 433472-2)
Brahms, Vier ernste Gesänge, with J Newmark 1950 (Naxos 8.111009)
Brahms, Alto Rhapsody, with C Krauss & LPO 1947 (Naxos 8.111009)
Brahms, Alto Rhapsody, with F Busch & DRSO + Brahms songs 1949 (DACO CD 301)
Brahms, Alto Rhapsody, with E Tuxen & OPO 1949 (APR 5579)
Brahms, Liebeslieder Waltzes, with C Curzon, H Gal, I Seefried, J Patzak, & H Günter 1952 (Decca 425995-2)
Brahms, Three Vocal Quartets, with H Gal, I Seefried, J Patzak & H Günter + Lieder 1952 (Pearl GEM 0229)
Britten, The Rape of Lucretia, with H Oppenheim, P Pears, J Cross & CE 1946 [Amsterdam] (Gala GL 100560)
Britten, The Rape of Lucretia, with R Goodall, P Pears, J Cross & CE 1946 [London] (Pearl GEMS 0231)
Britten, Spring Symphony, with E van Beinum, P Pears, J Vincent & CO 1949 (Decca 440063-2)
Chausson, Poeme de l'amour et de la mer, with J Barbirolli & HO 1951 (Decca 433472-2)
Ferguson, Rubbra, & Wordsworth, English Songs, with E Lush 1953 (Decca 433472-2)
Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice (complete) with C Bruck, N Duval, G Koeman & ONO 1951 (EMI CD 5 86194-2)
Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice (abridged), with F Stiedry, A Ayars, Z Vlachopoulos & SPO 1947 (Dutton CDEA 5015)
Greene & Handel Arias, together with four EMI test recordings from 1944, with G Moore 1944/5 (APR 5544)
Handel, Purcell, Wolf inter alia, Arias & Lieder, with P Spurr 1949 (Decca 433473-2)
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, with B Walter, J Patzak & VPO 1952 (Naxos 8.110871)
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, with B Walter, S Svanholm & NYPO 1948 (Naxos 8.110029)
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, with B Walter, J Patzak & VPO 1952 (Tahra Tah 482)
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, with J Barbirolli, R Lewis & HO 1952 (APR 5579)
Mahler, Symphony no 2, with O Klemperer, J Vincent & CO 1951 (Decca 425970-2)
Mahler, Kindertotenlieder, with O Klemperer & CO 1951 (Decca 425995-2)
Mahler, Kindertotenlieder, with B Walter & VPO 1949 (EMI CDH 7610032)
Mahler, Three Rückert Lieder, with B Walter & VPO 1952 (Naxos 8.11087)
Mendelssohn & Purcell, Duets, with G Moore & I Baillie 1945 (APR 5544)
Parry, Stanford, Warlock inter alia, Songs, with F Stone 1952 (Decca 433473-2)
Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, with R Henderson, J Taylor & BNSO 1946 (Dutton 2CDAX 2005)
Schumann, Frauenliebe und –leben, with J Newmark 1950 (Naxos 8.111009)
Telemann, Kleine Kantate von Wald und Au, with J Francis, M Silver & G Roth 1949 (Pearl GEM 0229)
Traditional, Quilter etc, British Folk Songs (inc Blow the wind Southerly), with P Spurr, J Newmark 1949/51 (Naxos 8.111081)
Italian Recital including Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Lotti, Gluck, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Parry & Stanford etc 1951 (Tahra Tah 462)
Kathleen Ferrier at a Party c 1949 - light-hearted songs - (Pearl GEM 0229)
Radio talk What the Edinburgh Festival has meant to me 1949 (Decca 433476-2)
DVD Kathleen Ferrier – An Ordinary Diva with bonus CD 2003 (Decca 074 3067 DX2)