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August 19, 2025
SV25 | Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
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Song of the week: Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (G. Mahler) - K. Ferrier, Wiener Philharmoniker (B. Walter)
Some recordings become not only reference points, but legends. The transition from one to the other always carries a strong emotional component, which in this case is the premature death of the singer Kathleen Ferrier. The great contralto, with a brilliant career, died in 1953 at just forty-one years old. We can imagine the impact her passing had.
