{"id":13374,"date":"2023-12-09T14:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=13374"},"modified":"2023-12-09T14:05:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T13:05:08","slug":"episode-227-a-golden-age-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/09\/episode-227-a-golden-age-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 227. A Golden Age Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 227.  A Golden Age Christmas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=956-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul 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size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schumann-and-Doggie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schumann-and-Doggie.jpg 506w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schumann-and-Doggie-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elisabeth Schumann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the midst of our recent move, I came across a stash of old \u201cmixtapes\u201d (actually CDs and much other archival material. One such item which particularly moved me was one entitled \u201cA Golden Age Christmas 2003\u201d which I handed out to my colleagues and friends twenty years ago. Looking over the tracklist, I realized that this was a sort of early iteration of <em>Countermelody<\/em>: me sharing music that I particularly loved with people that I cared about. Today\u2019s podcast uses as its basis that same CD (slightly trimmed in length) and features performances by a glorious group of singers ranging from Olive Fremstad, Charles Gilibert, and Margarete Matzenauer from the early years of the twentieth century to such later favorites as Elly Ameling, Beverly Sills, and Leontyne Price. I can\u2019t guarantee that this episode will put you in the holiday spirit, but I sure hope it does!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lehmann.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lehmann.png 556w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Lehmann-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional: Adeste Fidelis. Lotte Lehmann, Richard Lert, RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Beverly-Sills.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Beverly-Sills.png 885w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Beverly-Sills-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Beverly-Sills-768x736.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adolphe Adam: O Holy Night. Beverly Sills [1955]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Leontyne-Shawl.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Leontyne-Shawl.jpg 780w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Leontyne-Shawl-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Leontyne-Shawl-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Leontyne-Shawl-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert McGimsey: Sweet Little Jesus Boy. Leontyne Price [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seefried-Skunk-661x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seefried-Skunk-661x1024.jpg 661w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seefried-Skunk-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seefried-Skunk-768x1190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seefried-Skunk-992x1536.jpg 992w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Seefried-Skunk.jpg 1322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter Cornelius: Die K\u00f6nige (<em>Weinhachtslieder<\/em>, Op. 8\/3). Irmgard Seefried, Erik Werba [1955]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gilibert.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gilibert.png 528w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gilibert-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexis Contant, Alphonse Daudet: La vierge \u00e0 la cr\u00e8che. Charles Gilibert [1903]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Martinelli.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Martinelli.png 540w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Martinelli-173x300.png 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pietro Yon, Frederick G. Martens: Ges\u00f9 Bambino. Giovanni Martinelli [1926]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sutherland-Bouffant-1024x476.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sutherland-Bouffant-1024x476.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sutherland-Bouffant-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sutherland-Bouffant-768x357.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sutherland-Bouffant-1536x715.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sutherland-Bouffant-1600x744.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sutherland-Bouffant.png 1623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional English, arr. Douglas Gamley: The Twelve Days of Christmas. Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge, New Philharmonia Orchestra [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tebaldi-Scavullo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tebaldi-Scavullo.png 855w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tebaldi-Scavullo-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tebaldi-Scavullo-768x783.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional Italian, arr. Douglas Gamley: Tu scendi dalle stelle. Renata Tebaldi, James McGillivray, Anton Guadagno, New Philharmonia Orchestra [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Crooks.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Crooks.png 841w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Crooks-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Crooks-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Crooks-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louis H. Redner, Phillips Brooks: O little town of Bethlehem. Richard Crooks, Clarence Dickinson [1941]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Matzenauer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13515\" style=\"width:631px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Matzenauer.jpg 383w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Matzenauer-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Frideric Handel: He shall feed his flock (Messiah). Margarete Matzenauer, Orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon [1925]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"883\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elsa-Alsen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elsa-Alsen.png 883w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elsa-Alsen-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elsa-Alsen-768x778.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 883px) 100vw, 883px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional German: O du fr\u00f6hliche. Elsa Alsen, Fred Handel, Robert Hood Bowers, Arthur Bergh [1926]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"331\" height=\"478\" data-id=\"13517\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gerhardt.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gerhardt.jpg 331w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gerhardt-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"13518\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Max-Bloch-669x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Max-Bloch-669x1024.png 669w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Max-Bloch-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Max-Bloch.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional German: O Tannenbaum. Elena Gerhardt, Max Bloch [1917]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schumann-Fur-673x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schumann-Fur-673x1024.png 673w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schumann-Fur-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schumann-Fur-768x1169.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Schumann-Fur.png 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional English: Coventry Carol. Elisabeth Schumann [1938]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elly-Ameling-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elly-Ameling-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elly-Ameling-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elly-Ameling-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elly-Ameling-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elly-Ameling-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Elly-Ameling.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Reger, Martin Boelitz: Mari\u00e4 Wiegenlied, Op. 76\/52. Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maynor-Van-Vechten-796x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maynor-Van-Vechten-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maynor-Van-Vechten-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maynor-Van-Vechten-768x989.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maynor-Van-Vechten-1193x1536.jpg 1193w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maynor-Van-Vechten.jpg 1591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional Spiritual: Rise Up, Shepherd and Follow. Dorothy Maynor, Male Chorus [1941]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"971\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/McCormack.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/McCormack.jpg 760w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/McCormack-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Easthope Martin, Martin Luther [attrributed]: The Holy Child. John McCormack, Orchestra conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret [1926]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Phyllis-Curtin-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Phyllis-Curtin-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Phyllis-Curtin-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Phyllis-Curtin-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Phyllis-Curtin.png 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional English, arr. Eddie Sauer: We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Phyllis Curtin, Andr\u00e9 Kostelanetz and his Orchestra, the St. Kilian Boychoir [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Andre-dArkor-717x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Andre-dArkor-717x1024.png 717w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Andre-dArkor-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Andre-dArkor.png 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C\u00e9sar Franck: Panis Angelicus (Messe Solennelle). Andr\u00e9 d\u2019Arkor [1931]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Leontyne-Blackglama-1970.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Leontyne-Blackglama-1970.png 688w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Leontyne-Blackglama-1970-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Henry Hopkins, Jr.: arr. Wolfgang Meyer: We Three Kings of Orient Are. Leontyne Price, Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Singerein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Fremstad.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Fremstad.png 619w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Fremstad-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht. Olive Fremstad [1911]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 227. A Golden Age Christmas SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM In the midst of our recent move, I came 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Martens<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">George Frideric Handel<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giovanni Martinelli<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Herbert von Karajan<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Irmgard Seefried<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joan Sutherland<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Henry Hopkins Jr.<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John McCormack<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Joseph Mohr<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Leontyne Price<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lotte Lehmann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/voiceless-wonders\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Louis H. 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