{"id":14638,"date":"2024-08-04T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T11:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=14638"},"modified":"2024-08-04T13:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T11:14:37","slug":"episode-277-benjamin-luxon-in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/04\/episode-277-benjamin-luxon-in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 277. Benjamin Luxon In Memoriam"},"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-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\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\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><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 277.  Benjamin Luxon In Memoriam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1204-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-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><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\"><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-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wonder-Wander-4-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wonder-Wander-4-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wonder-Wander-4-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wonder-Wander-4-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wonder-Wander-4.png 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week on July 25th, the music world was saddened by the death of the Cornish baritone Benjamin Luxon at the age of 87. I began collecting recordings of this exceptional artist a few years ago with the intention of producing an episode in his honor at some point. Here is that episode, albeit a posthumous effort now. In an episode I produced in the first few months of <em>Countermelody<\/em> in 2019, I featured the French baritone G\u00e9rard Souzay and called him \u201ca modern troubadour.\u201d There are very few singers of recent years to whom one could accurately apply that appellation, but Ben Luxon is emphatically one of them. Music and words simply flowed out of him, and he sang with equal aplomb in an extraordinary number of different styles: opera, oratorio, art song, Broadway, crossover, and, perhaps most immediately and delectably, folk. In opera alone his range was exceptional, covering key roles in Mozart, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Berg, and Britten, who wrote the title role of his television opera <em>Owen Wingrave<\/em> expressly for Luxon. In song as well he covered a vast array of repertoires, including Russian, German, and British (including Victorian ballads), including, again, many contemporary composers. Luxon\u2019s career hit a snag in the late 1980s, when he first began experiencing hearing loss which eventually resulted in him putting a stop to his singing career. But he hardly retired: moving to the Berkshires, he became actively involved in the artistic life of the region, and founded a theatre troupe, the Sandisfield Players, while continuing to give poetry readings and spoken word performances. The program today attempts to recreate his profound versatility, and range from folk song to pop song; from orchestral song cycles to world premiere creations; art songs by Hugo Wolf, Mussorgsky, George Butterworth, Schubert, and John Ireland; to late career narration and poetry projects. Collaborators include artists such as Benjamin Britten, Bill Crofut, Galina Vishnevskaya, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Tear, Janet Baker, Seiji Ozawa, Ileana Cotruba\u0219, Jill Gomez, Klaus Tennstedt, Mstislav Rostropovich, and his most frequent recital collaborator, pianist David Willison.<\/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\" 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\n<p>All tracks feature Benjamin Luxon, baritone.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Loch-Lomond-2-1024x901.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Loch-Lomond-2-1024x901.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Loch-Lomond-2-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Loch-Lomond-2-768x676.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Loch-Lomond-2.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Scots: Loch Lomond [live Tanglewood ca. 1986]<\/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=\"750\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot-750x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot-750x1024.png 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot-768x1049.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Seventies-Headshot.png 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel, anonymous [probably Moses Mendes]: What though I trace each herb and flow\u2019r (<em>Solomon<\/em>). John Poole, Orchestre de l\u2019ORTF [live La Besnardi\u00e8re 22.IX.79]<\/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=\"596\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Late-Sixties-Headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Late-Sixties-Headshot.png 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Late-Sixties-Headshot-183x300.png 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, William Blake: The Tyger (<em>Songs and Proverbs of William Blake<\/em>, Op. 74). David Willison [1987]<\/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=\"480\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Crofut.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14877\" style=\"width:617px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Crofut.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Crofut-294x300.jpeg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional American, arr. Bill Crofut, Benjamin Luxon: The Fox. Bill Crofut, John Guth, Roger Limb, Harry Swartz, Maggie Holtzberg, Jim Cowdery, David Johnson [1981]<\/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=\"642\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Victorian.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Victorian.png 642w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Victorian-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>William H. Penn, Harry B. Smith: Pansy Faces. Andr\u00e9 Previn [1976]<\/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=\"833\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Tear.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Tear.png 833w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Tear-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Tear-768x569.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Parry: Flow gently, Deva. Robert Tear, Andr\u00e9 Previn [1976]<\/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=\"923\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Smiling.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Smiling.png 923w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Smiling-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Smiling-768x587.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The Pennycandystore Beyond the El (<em>Songfest<\/em>). Benjamin Luxon, Leonard Bernstein, Orchestre National de France [live Paris 21.IX.79]<\/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=\"750\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Craggy-750x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Craggy-750x1024.png 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Craggy-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Craggy-768x1049.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Craggy.png 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arthur Sullivan, W.S. Gilbert: My name is John Wellington Wells (<em>The Sorceror<\/em>). Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia of England [1985]<\/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=\"996\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-RVW-1024x996.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-RVW-1024x996.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-RVW-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-RVW-768x747.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-RVW.jpg 1083w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Heart\u2019s Haven (<em>The House of Life<\/em>). David Willison [1986]<\/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=\"463\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/John-Ireland.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14849\" style=\"width:527px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/John-Ireland.jpg 463w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/John-Ireland-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Ireland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Ireland, anonymous text: Friendship in Misfortune. Alan Rowlands [1975]<\/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=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Willison-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Willison-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Willison-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Willison-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Willison.png 1343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Willison and Benjamin Luxon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Butterworth, A.E. Housman: The lads in their hundreds (<em>Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad<\/em>). David Willison [1976]<\/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=\"689\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Britten-snapshot-689x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Britten-snapshot-689x1024.png 689w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Britten-snapshot-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Britten-snapshot.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Wilhelm M\u00fcller: Am Feierabend (<em>Die sch\u00f6ne M\u00fcllerin<\/em>, D.795\/5). Frederick Moyer [live Tanglewood 30.07.86]<\/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=\"1002\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1002x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-1002x1024.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy-768x785.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-Copy.jpg 1252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hugo Wolf, Eduard M\u00f6rike: Fu\u00dfreise (<em>M\u00f6rike-Lieder<\/em>). David Willison [1972]<\/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=\"792\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Mahler-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Mahler-3.png 792w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Mahler-3-266x300.png 266w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Mahler-3-768x865.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, Friederich R\u00fcckert: Oft denk\u2019 ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen (<em>Kindertotenlieder<\/em>). Klaus Tennstedt, Philadelphia Orchestra [live Philadelphia 04.III.81]<\/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=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14853\" style=\"width:638px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Modest Mussorgsky, Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov: Trepak (<em>Songs and Dances of Death<\/em>). David Willison [1972]<\/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=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Vishnevskaya-Onegin-1024x767.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Vishnevskaya-Onegin-1024x767.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Vishnevskaya-Onegin-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Vishnevskaya-Onegin-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Vishnevskaya-Onegin.png 1441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Pyotr Il\u2019yich Tchaikovsky [after Alexander Pushkin]: Final Scene [excerpt] (<em>Yevgeny Onegin<\/em>). Galina Vishnevskaya, Mstislav Rostropovich, Orchestre de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra National de Paris [live Paris 1982]<\/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=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Cotrubas-1024x789.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Cotrubas-1024x789.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Cotrubas-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Cotrubas-768x592.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Cotrubas.png 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo da Ponte [after Pierre Beaumarchais]: Crudel, perch\u00e8 finora (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Ileana Cotruba\u0219, John Pritchard, London Philharmonic Orchestra [live Glyndebourne 1973]<\/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=\"962\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-JBaker-Ulisse.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-JBaker-Ulisse.png 962w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-JBaker-Ulisse-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-JBaker-Ulisse-768x655.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Britten, Myfanwy Piper [after Henry James]: You\u2019re wrong, ev\u2019ryone knows it (<em>Owen Wingrave<\/em>). Janet Baker, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestera [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Owen-Luxon-1024x583.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Owen-Luxon-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Owen-Luxon-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Owen-Luxon-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Owen-Luxon.png 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"787\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wozzeck-787x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wozzeck-787x1024.png 787w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wozzeck-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wozzeck-768x999.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Wozzeck.png 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alban Berg, Eberhard B\u00fcchner: Er hat ein Kind ohne den Segen der Kirche&#8230; Wir arme Leut&#8217;! (<em>Wozzeck<\/em>). Francis Egerton, Alexander Gibson, Members of the Scottish National Symphony [live 1980]<\/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=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gomez-1024x785.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gomez-1024x785.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gomez-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gomez-768x589.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gomez.png 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jill Gomez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>William Alwyn [after August Strindberg]: If only I had enough money (<em>Miss Julie<\/em>). Jill Gomez, Vilem Tausky, Philharmonia Orchestra [1983]<\/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=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-as-Falstaff-1024x837.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-as-Falstaff-1024x837.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-as-Falstaff-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-as-Falstaff-768x627.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-as-Falstaff.png 1158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito [after William Shakespeare]: Pu\u00f2 l\u2019onore riempirvi la pancia? (<em>Falstaff<\/em>). Seiji Ozawa, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper [live Wien 1993]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"951\" height=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Falstaff-horned.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Falstaff-horned.png 951w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Falstaff-horned-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Falstaff-horned-768x737.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"558\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-in-2015-Interview.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-in-2015-Interview.png 558w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-in-2015-Interview-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>William Walton, Edith Sitwell: Polka (<em>Fa\u00e7ade<\/em>). Benjamin Luxon, Peter Gilbert-Dyson, The Belmont Ensemble of London [1992]<\/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=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Older-Headshot-1024x680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Older-Headshot-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Older-Headshot-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Older-Headshot-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Older-Headshot.png 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, Alfred, Lord Tennyson: But if my children care to see me dead, Who hardly saw me living (<em>Enoch Arden<\/em>, Op. 38). Frederick Moyer [2002]<\/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=\"947\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-1-1024x947.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-1-1024x947.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-1-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-1-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-1.jpg 1246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Some Enchanted Evening (<em>South Pacific<\/em>). Owain Arwell Hughes, National Philharmonic Orchestra [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"887\" height=\"914\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Something.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Something.png 887w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Something-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Something-768x791.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris de Burgh: Something Else Again. Arranged and conducted by David Cullen [1983]<\/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=\"582\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14865\" style=\"width:644px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-2.jpg 582w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AlbumArtSmall-2-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Herman Hupfeld: As Time Goes By (as heard in <em>Casablanca<\/em>). Owain Arwel Hughes, National Philharmonic Orchestra [1981]<\/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=\"481\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Crofut-Luxon.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14870\" style=\"width:605px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Crofut-Luxon.jpeg 481w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Crofut-Luxon-296x300.jpeg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional American: Johnny, I Hardly Knew You. Bill Crofut [live Tanglewood 28.VII.1986]<\/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\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Histoire-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Histoire-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Histoire-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Histoire-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Histoire-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Histoire-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Histoire.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Igor Stravinsky, Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz [English version by Michael Flanders, Kitty Black]: But the devil is not finished (<em>The Soldier\u2019s Tale<\/em>) [live Parlance Chamber Concerts, Ridgewood, NJ 15.XII.2019]<\/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=\"978\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BLuxon-snapshot-978x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BLuxon-snapshot-978x1024.png 978w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BLuxon-snapshot-286x300.png 286w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BLuxon-snapshot-768x805.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BLuxon-snapshot.png 1031w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 978px) 100vw, 978px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christina Rossetti: When I Am Dead, My Dearest [posted 20.V.2021]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"841\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Bushy-Beard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Bushy-Beard.png 841w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Bushy-Beard-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Luxon-Bushy-Beard-768x680.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 841px) 100vw, 841px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 277. Benjamin Luxon In Memoriam SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Last week on July 25th, the music world was 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Gilbert<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wilhelm M\u00fcller<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Alwyn<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Blake<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Shakespeare<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">William Walton<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Wozzeck<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/twentieth-century-opera\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Yevgeny Onegin<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">A Shropshire Lad<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">A.E. Housman<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alan Rowlands<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alban Berg<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexander Gibson<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alexander Pushkin<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Alfred Lord Tennyson<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Andre Previn<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arrigo Boito<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arthur Sullivan<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">August Strindberg<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Benjamin Beilman<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Benjamin Britten<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Benjamin Luxon<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Bill Crofut<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Chris Coletti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Chris de Burgh<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Christina Rossetti<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">David Cullen<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">David J. 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