{"id":15111,"date":"2024-09-22T15:31:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T13:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=15111"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:37:40","slug":"episode-291-a-bevy-of-bachian-contraltos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/22\/episode-291-a-bevy-of-bachian-contraltos\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 291. A Bevy of Bachian Contraltos"},"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 291. A Bevy of Bachian Contraltos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1261-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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"994\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bach-Statue-in-Leipzig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bach-Statue-in-Leipzig.jpg 994w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bach-Statue-in-Leipzig-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bach-Statue-in-Leipzig-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week I pull out all the Baroque stops (appropriately enough), to present you with an episode chock full of contraltos, all singing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. I have chosen 28 different contraltos, active between the late 1930s and the early 2000s, who excelled in the singing and interpretation of this most spiritual, and most genius, of composers. I am dividing this episode into two separate segments, the first of which I present here, a group of singers which includes such legendary historical figures as Kathleen Ferrier and Marian Anderson, and Christa Ludwig, as well as such exceptional voices from the Americas as Maureen Forrester and Carol Smith; and, from the continent, Aafje Heynis, Germaine Cernay, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hilde R\u00f6ssel-Majdan, Claudia Hellmann, Marga H\u00f6ffgen, and Margarethe Bence. These women are joined by a further a group of British contraltos and mezzo-sopranos, each with distinctive and exceptional approaches to the music of Bach, including Helen Watts, Norma Procter, Maureen Lehane (for me, the big discovery of the week), and of course Janet Baker, beloved to all of us. I also pay tribute to a select group of exceptional <em>Kapellmeister <\/em>including Karl Richter, Helmuth Kahlh\u00f6fer, Fritz Werner, Kurt Thomas, and Hans Thamm, who thrived in recordings and live performances from the 1950s and beyond. If certain favorite names of yours are missing from this week\u2019s setlist, no worries: they may well appear on next week\u2019s episode, which continues to combine Bachian expressive profundity with plummy contralto depths.<\/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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JSB.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JSB.png 585w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JSB-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All selections by Johann Sebastian Bach<\/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=\"849\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ferrier-in-Jacket-849x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ferrier-in-Jacket-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ferrier-in-Jacket-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ferrier-in-Jacket-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ferrier-in-Jacket-1274x1536.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ferrier-in-Jacket-1600x1930.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Ferrier-in-Jacket.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde, BWV 439. Kathleen Ferrier, Millicent Silver [live BBC 26.XII.49]; John Newmark [live NYC Town Hall 08.I.50]<\/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=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Marian-Anderson-by-Karsh-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Marian-Anderson-by-Karsh-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Marian-Anderson-by-Karsh-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Marian-Anderson-by-Karsh-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Marian-Anderson-by-Karsh.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marian Anderson by Yousuf Karsh (1945)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Du Herr, du kr\u00f6nst allein das Jahr (<em>Es wartet alles auf dich<\/em>, BWV 187). Marian Anderson, Robert Bloom, Bernard Greenhouse, Erich Itor Kahn, William Jensen, Choral Art Society Orchestra [live NYC Town Hall 03.XII.51]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Robert-Bloom-oboe-817x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Robert-Bloom-oboe-817x1024.jpg 817w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Robert-Bloom-oboe-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Robert-Bloom-oboe-768x963.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Robert-Bloom-oboe.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robert Bloom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"989\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"15317\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Martha-Angelici-989x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Martha-Angelici-989x1024.png 989w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Martha-Angelici-290x300.png 290w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Martha-Angelici-768x795.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Martha-Angelici.png 1017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"801\" data-id=\"15316\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Germaine-Cernay.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Germaine-Cernay.png 603w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Germaine-Cernay-226x300.png 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wir eilen mit schwachen doch emsigen Schritten [sung in French] (<em>Jesu, der du meine Seele<\/em>, BWV 78). Germaine Cernay, Martha Angelici, No\u00e9lie Pierront [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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"483\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hilde-Roessel-Majdan.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hilde-Roessel-Majdan.png 483w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hilde-Roessel-Majdan-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jesu, deine Liebeswunden, BWV 471. Hilde R\u00f6ssel-Majdan, Richard Harand, Franz Holetschek [1958]<\/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=\"621\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Fassbaender-signed-postcard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Fassbaender-signed-postcard.png 621w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Fassbaender-signed-postcard-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Die Schlange, so im Paradies (<em>Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes<\/em>, BWV 40). Brigitte Fassbaender, Diethard Hellmann, Bachorchester Mainz [ca. 1970]<\/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=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carol-Smith.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carol-Smith.png 619w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Carol-Smith-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christi Glieder, ach, bedenket (<em>Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn!<\/em>, BWV 132). Carol Smith, Maurice Wilk, Bernard Greenhouse, Erich Itor Kahn [1954]<\/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-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"500\" data-id=\"15321\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kurt-Thomas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kurt-Thomas.jpg 358w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kurt-Thomas-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"831\" data-id=\"15322\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Marga-Hoeffgen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Marga-Hoeffgen.png 635w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Marga-Hoeffgen-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nur durch Lieb und durch Erbarmen (<em>Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet<\/em>, BWV 164). Marga H\u00f6ffgen, Kurt Thomas, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig [1960]<\/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=\"305\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Claudia-Hellmann.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15324\" style=\"width:544px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Claudia-Hellmann.jpg 305w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Claudia-Hellmann-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wohl euch, ihr auserw\u00e4hlten Seelen (<em>O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe<\/em>, BWV 34). Claudia Hellmann, Fritz Werner, S\u00fcdwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim [1961]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"815\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Fritz-Werner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Fritz-Werner.png 890w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Fritz-Werner-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Fritz-Werner-768x703.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fritz Werner<\/figcaption><\/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=\"632\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Margarethe-Bence.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Margarethe-Bence.png 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Margarethe-Bence-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Reis von Habsburgs hohen Stamme (<em>Schleicht, spielende Wellen<\/em>, BWV 206). Margarethe Bence, Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium-Stuttgart [1966]<\/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\/09\/Christa-Ludwig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15327\" style=\"width:586px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Christa-Ludwig.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Christa-Ludwig-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Christa-Ludwig-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Schlie\u00dfe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder (<em>Weihnachtsoratorium<\/em>, BWV 248). Christa Ludwig, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Orchester [1965]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Karl-Richter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Karl-Richter.png 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Karl-Richter-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl Richter<\/figcaption><\/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=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Aafje-Heynis-718x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Aafje-Heynis-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Aafje-Heynis-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Aafje-Heynis.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Komm du s\u00fc\u00dfe Todesstunde (<em>Komm du s\u00fc\u00dfe Todesstunde<\/em>, BWV 161). Aafje Heynis, Hans Heintze, Bremer Bachorchester [live Bremen 24.IX.61]<\/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=\"866\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Maureen-Forrester.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Maureen-Forrester.png 866w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Maureen-Forrester-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Maureen-Forrester-768x785.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stirb in mir (<em>Gott soll allein mein Herze haben<\/em>, BWV 169). Maureen Forrester, Antonio Janigro, I Solisti di Zagreb [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=\"567\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bernadette-Greevy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bernadette-Greevy.png 567w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Bernadette-Greevy-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, ihr angefocht\u2019nen S\u00fcnder (<em>Freue dich, erl\u00f6ste Schar<\/em>, BWV 30). Bernadette Greevy, Madeleine Berkeley, John O\u2019Sullivan, The New Irish Chamber 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-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"787\" data-id=\"15332\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norma-Procter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norma-Procter.png 724w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Norma-Procter-276x300.png 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"877\" data-id=\"15333\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Elly-with-a-twist.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Elly-with-a-twist.png 842w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Elly-with-a-twist-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Elly-with-a-twist-768x800.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (<em>Schwingt freudig euch empor<\/em>, BWV 36). Norma Procter, Elly Ameling, Helmut Hucke, Kurt Thomas, Collegium musicum des WDR [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=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Helen-Watts-haloed-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Helen-Watts-haloed-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Helen-Watts-haloed-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Helen-Watts-haloed-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Helen-Watts-haloed.png 1421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ach, es bleibt in meiner Liebe (<em>Du sollst Gott deinen Herren lieben<\/em>, BWV 77). Helen Watts, Hermann Sauter, Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart [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=\"533\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Maureen-Lehane.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Maureen-Lehane.png 533w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Maureen-Lehane-182x300.png 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christen m\u00fcssen auf der Erden (<em>Sie werden euch in den Bann tun,<\/em> BWV 44). Maureen Lehane, Helmuth Kahlh\u00f6fer, Hans Thamm [in da capo], Collegium musicum des WDR [1966 &amp; 1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"816\" data-id=\"15337\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kahlhoefer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kahlhoefer.png 607w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Kahlhoefer-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Helmuth Kahlh\u00f6fer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"334\" data-id=\"15336\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hans-Thamm.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hans-Thamm.png 236w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Hans-Thamm-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hans Thamm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Janet-Baker-matching-ring-and-earrings-1024x804.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Janet-Baker-matching-ring-and-earrings-1024x804.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Janet-Baker-matching-ring-and-earrings-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Janet-Baker-matching-ring-and-earrings-768x603.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Janet-Baker-matching-ring-and-earrings.png 1053w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ich w\u00fcnsche nur bei Gott zu leben (<em>Geist und Seele wird verwirret<\/em>, BWV 35). Janet Baker, unknown organist, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra [live Aldeburgh 12.VI.69]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Yousuf-Karsh-Benjamin-Britten-1954-813x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Yousuf-Karsh-Benjamin-Britten-1954-813x1024.jpg 813w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Yousuf-Karsh-Benjamin-Britten-1954-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Yousuf-Karsh-Benjamin-Britten-1954-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Yousuf-Karsh-Benjamin-Britten-1954-1219x1536.jpg 1219w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Yousuf-Karsh-Benjamin-Britten-1954.jpg 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Benjamin Britten by Yousuf Karsh (1954)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 291. 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