The Appendix to Winifred Ferrier's The Life of Kathleen Ferrier contains "taken from her own notebook, a list of what she sang" (pp. 185-91); under Folk Songs arrangers of some of the songs are recorded, e.g. Whittaker for "Blow the wind southerly".

A collection of some of Kathleen Ferrier’s repertoire from British composers. The earliest recording from1947, is of Benjamin Britten’s ‘The Flower Song’ from The Rape of Lucretia, the latest, from 1953 (both BBC recitals) includes Howard Ferguson’s lovely five part Discovery, three songs by William Wordsworth and Edmund Rubbra’s Three Psalms, specially written for Ferrier. 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, & Blyth, Alan (2007). "Ferrier, Kathleen (Mary)". Oxford Music Online . Retrieved 2 June 2011. (subscription required) Fifield, Christopher, ed. (2003). Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. ISBN 1-84383-012-4.Ferrier was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 1951. In between periods of hospitalisation and convalescence she continued to perform and record; her final public appearance was as Orfeo, at the Royal Opera House in February 1953, eight months before her death. Among her many memorials, the Kathleen Ferrier Cancer Research Fund was launched in May 1954. The Kathleen Ferrier Scholarship Fund, administered by the Royal Philharmonic Society, has since 1956 made annual awards to aspiring young professional singers. In 2012 Decca issued a 14-CD + 1-DVD boxed set (Kathleen Ferrier: Centenary Edition - The Complete Decca Recordings) which comprises all recordings published by that company, including several important 'off-air' recordings to which they had the rights. Kathleen’s career began to take off. She made records and became well known on the concert platform and in all the great oratorio works, particularly the Messiah and Elgar’s masterpiece The Dream of Gerontius. The composer Benjamin Britten wrote his second opera, The Rape of Lucretia, with Kathleen in mind for the title role. Pergolesi, Stabat Mater, with R Henderson, J Taylor & BNSO 1946 (Dutton 2CDAX 2005)
Schubert, Brahms, Mahler, Wolf, Stanford, Parry, Jacobson & Rubbra Lieder and songs (1947-1952): previously unissued recordings from BBC Archives and the National Sound Archive in 2017. Kathleen Ferrier Remembered (SOMM CD264) To Daniel R. Melamed] I believe the Hans Kindler collection in the Washington D. C. Main Public Library had this recording among the extensive 78 collection as late as 1960. They were stored in the basement for listening.

The Life of Kathleen Ferrier, by Winifred FerrierThe Life of Kathleen Ferrier, by Winifred Ferrier, Hamish Hamilton (1955) – The first authoritative biography, a very well written and affectionate tribute by the family member closest to Kathleen Ferrier. Extensively illustrated. Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde, with B Walter, J Patzak & VPO Extracts from the Salzburg Festival performance in 1949, including a brief interview with Ferrier for Austrian Radio. (Tahra TAH 725) a b c d e "Kathleen Ferrier Edition Vol 5". ArkivMusic. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012 . Retrieved 19 May 2011.Winifred Ferrier says of this letter: "Kathleen dictated her reply and signed it herself". [103] All subsequently dated letters in Fifield's Letters and Diaries are written and signed by Bernadine Hammond, Ferrier's assistant. [104] Winifred Ferrier gives the fee as one guinea. [19] Leonard suggests that Ferrier received the lower sum of seven shillings and sixpence. [18]

The Kathleen Ferrier Awards: Winners". The Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 . Retrieved 7 June 2011. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) These recordings are from two sources. Several are from the BBC’s own archives and include Ferrier’s first broadcast of Rubbra’s Three Psalms Op. 61, of which she was the dedicatee, five Schubert Lieder, four by Brahms and Parry’s Love is a Bable, recorded at the 1948 Edinburgh Festival, which makes a delightful conclusion to the CD. The other source is the remarkable collection of Kenneth Leech, a composer and engineer who, from the 1930s to the 1950s, recorded numerous broadcasts, mainly using Bakelite and metal discs – the usual way for an enthusiast to preserve radio programmes at that time. This collection is stored at the National Sound Archive in the British Library. On 1 January 1948, Ferrier left for a four-week tour of North America, the first of three transatlantic trips she would make during the next three years. In New York City, she sang two performances of Das Lied von der Erde, with Bruno Walter and the New York Philharmonic. Alma Mahler, the composer's widow, was present at the first of these, on 15 January. [n 3] In a letter written the following day, Ferrier told her sister: "Some of the critics are enthusiastic, others unimpressed". [56] After the second performance, which was broadcast from coast to coast, Ferrier gave recitals in Ottawa and Chicago before returning to New York and embarking for home on 4 February. [57] Roger Parker (1997). Leonora's Last Act. Princeton University Press. p.168. ISBN 978-0-691-01557-6. Ferrier – A Career Recorded, by Paul CampionFerrier – A Career Recorded, by Paul Campion, Thames Publishing/Music Sales (2005) – An annotated discography that considers Ferrier’s recordings in the context of her short, busy career; it includes details of dates, recording venues and issue numbers. All of Ferrier’s recordings known at the time of writing are discussed, including a number ‘re-discovered’ shortly before the book’s publication; includes a section about Ferrier on film and DVD. Extensively illustrated. Selective Errata and Addenda

Kathleen Ferrier, Joan Taylor, The Nottingham Oriana Choir, The Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Roy Henderson Kathleen Ferrier Edition Vol 2- Bach: St Matthew Passion". ArkivMusic. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012 . Retrieved 19 May 2011. Ferrier met Albert Wilson in 1933, probably through dancing, which they both loved. When she announced that they were to marry, her family and friends had strong reservations, on the grounds that she was young and inexperienced, and that she and Wilson shared few serious interests. [9] Nevertheless, the marriage took place on 19 November 1935. Shortly afterwards the couple moved to Silloth, a small port town in Cumberland, where Wilson had been appointed as manager of his bank's branch. The marriage was not successful; the honeymoon had revealed problems of sexual incompatibility, and the union remained unconsummated. [15] Outward appearances were maintained for a few years, until Wilson's departure for military service in 1940 effectively ended the marriage. The couple divorced in 1947, though they remained on good terms. Wilson subsequently married a friend of Ferrier's, Wyn Hetherington; he died in 1969. [16] Early singing career [ edit ]