{"id":15901,"date":"2024-12-19T20:15:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=15901"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:42:32","slug":"episode-317-big-baroque-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/episode-317-big-baroque-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 317. Big Baroque 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-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 317.  Big Baroque Christmas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1362-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\/12\/Bach-Statue-in-Leipzig.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bach-Statue-in-Leipzig.jpg 994w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Bach-Statue-in-Leipzig-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/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>Sometimes when I look back on past episodes of <em>Countermelody<\/em>, I surprise myself with how good they were, even in the early days when I was still trying to figure everything out. This episode, first posted as a bonus episode five years ago is a good example of that. Earlier that season I had coined the term \u201cFull-Figured Baroque\u201d to describe the \u201cold-fashioned\u201d style of Baroque performance that I personally prefer to what one currently hears in churches and concert halls around the world and on recordings. This episode was devoted to Baroque music composed specifically for the Christmas season, recorded between 1940 and 1992, and performed in deliciously non-period style, replete with deliberate tempi, judiciously applied vibrato, and stately <em>ritardandi<\/em>. There is a special focus on the Christmas portion of Handel\u2019s <em>Messiah<\/em> and Bach\u2019s <em>Weihnachts-Oratorium<\/em> and assorted cantatas for the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany season. Singers include Janet Baker, Tom Krause, Jerry Hadley, Margaret Marshall, Francisco Araiza, Russell Oberlin, Helen Watts, William Warfield, John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Schreier, Heather Harper, Shirley Verrett, Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Marga H\u00f6ffgen, Agnes Giebel, Kurt Equiluz, Florence Quivar, Aksel Schi\u00f8tz, Kirsten Flagstad, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Brigitte Fassbaender. Ernst Haefliger, Jennifer Vyvyan, Anna Reynolds, Judith Blegen, Fritz Wunderlich, Elly Ameling, Peter Schreier, and Gundula Janowitz. Conductors include Neville Marriner, Raymond Leppard, Colin Davis, Karl Richter, Lorin Maazel, Helmut Winschermann, Vittorio Negri, Karl M\u00fcnchinger, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Eugene Ormandy, Adrian Boult, Andrew Davis, and Eugen Jochum, among others. Don\u2019t miss out on this full-figured Christmas treat!<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Martha-Angelici-Corsican-garb-800x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Martha-Angelici-Corsican-garb-800x1024.png 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Martha-Angelici-Corsican-garb-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Martha-Angelici-Corsican-garb-768x983.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Martha-Angelici-Corsican-garb.png 844w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Corsican, arr. Fran\u00e7ois Agostini: Campane di Natale. Martha Angelici [1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From <em>Messiah <\/em>(George Frideric Handel):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aksel-Schiotz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16179\" style=\"width:582px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aksel-Schiotz.jpg 402w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aksel-Schiotz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Aksel-Schiotz-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Comfort ye, my people. Aksel Schi\u00f8tz, Mogens W\u00f6ldike, Det Unge Tonekunstnerselskabs Orkester [1940]<\/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=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jerry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jerry.jpg 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jerry-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The voice of him&#8230; Ev\u2019ry valley. Jerry Hadley, Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields [live Dublin 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Baker-cape.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Baker-cape.png 597w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Baker-cape-300x291.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Bereite dich, Zion (<em>Weihnachts-Oratorium<\/em>, BWV 248). Janet Baker, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Margaret-in-suit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16182\" style=\"width:608px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Margaret-in-suit.png 502w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Margaret-in-suit-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Antonio Vivaldi: Et exsultavit (<em>Magnificat<\/em>, R. 611). Margaret Marshall, Vittorio Negri, English Chamber Orchestra [1980]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From <em>Magnificat<\/em>, BWV 243 (Johann Sebastian Bach):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tom-Krause-1965.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16184\" style=\"width:567px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tom-Krause-1965.jpg 330w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tom-Krause-1965-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Quia fecit mihi magna. Tom Krause, Karl M\u00fcnchinger, Stutgarter Kammerorchester [1969]<\/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=\"602\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Araiza.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Araiza.png 602w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Araiza-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Deposuit potentes. Francisco Araiza, Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker [live Silvesterkonzert 1984]<\/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=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Oberlin-1024x679.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Oberlin-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Oberlin-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Oberlin-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Oberlin.png 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Esurientes implevit bonis. Russell Oberlin, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic [1959]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From <em>Messiah <\/em>(George Frideric Handel):<\/strong><\/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=\"733\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quivar.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quivar.png 733w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Quivar-261x300.png 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>O thou that tellest good tidings. Florence Quivar, Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra [1987]<\/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=\"777\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"16189\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/William-Warfield-777x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/William-Warfield-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/William-Warfield-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/William-Warfield-768x1012.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/William-Warfield-1166x1536.jpg 1166w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/William-Warfield.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"462\" height=\"650\" data-id=\"16188\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Helen-Watts1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Helen-Watts1.jpg 462w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Helen-Watts1-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But who may abide the day of his coming. William Warfield, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra [1959]; Helen Watts, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra [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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"809\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/JSQ-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/JSQ-Young.png 593w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/JSQ-Young-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For behold, darkness shall cover the earth. John Shirley-Quirk, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/JSQ-Skunk-Look.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/JSQ-Skunk-Look.png 559w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/JSQ-Skunk-Look-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The people that walked in darkness. John Shirley-Quirk, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra [1976]<\/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=\"723\" height=\"926\" data-id=\"16193\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jennifer-Vyvyan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jennifer-Vyvyan.jpg 723w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jennifer-Vyvyan-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"16192\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Harper-Signed-from-London.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Harper-Signed-from-London.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Harper-Signed-from-London-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"875\" data-id=\"16194\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Blegen-Modest-Glamour.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Blegen-Modest-Glamour.png 542w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Blegen-Modest-Glamour-186x300.png 186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion. Jennifer Vyvyan, Adrian Boult, London Phlharmonic Orchestra [1954]; Heather Harper, Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra [1966]; Judith Blegen, Richard Westenburg, Musica Sacra [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=\"559\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Flagstad-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Flagstad-Young.png 559w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Flagstad-Young-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He shall feed his flock&#8230; Come unto him. Kirsten Flagstad, Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra [1957]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From various Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany Cantatas (Johann Sebastian Bach):<\/strong><\/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=\"543\" height=\"817\" data-id=\"16196\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ileana-in-White.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ileana-in-White.png 543w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ileana-in-White-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"783\" data-id=\"16197\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Equiluz-1024x783.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Equiluz-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Equiluz-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Equiluz-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Equiluz.png 1131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gloria Patri et Filio (<em>Gloria in excelsis Deo<\/em>, BWV 191). Ileana Cotrubas, Kurt Equiluz; Helmut Winschermann, Deutsche Bachsolisten [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=\"607\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Edith-Mathis.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Edith-Mathis.png 607w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Edith-Mathis-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Herr, der du stark und m\u00e4chtig bist (<em>Meine Seel\u2019 erhebt den Herren<\/em>, BWV 10). Edith Mathis, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Solisten [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=\"1024\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Haefliger-1024x638.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Haefliger-1024x638.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Haefliger-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Haefliger-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Haefliger.png 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Nimm mich dir (<em>Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen<\/em>, BWV 65). Ernst Haefliger, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Solisten [1968]<\/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=\"832\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Giebel.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Giebel.png 832w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Giebel-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Giebel-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>S\u00fc\u00dfer Trost (<em>S\u00fc\u00dfer Trost, mein Jesus k\u00f6mmt<\/em>, BWV 151). Agnes Giebel, Helmut Winschermann, Deutsche Bachsolisten [1968]<\/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-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"819\" data-id=\"16201\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Prey-Dianes-Birthday.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Prey-Dianes-Birthday.png 556w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Prey-Dianes-Birthday-204x300.png 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"913\" data-id=\"16202\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Elly.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Elly.png 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Elly-196x300.png 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nun verschwinden alle Plagen (<em>Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen<\/em>, BWV 32). Elly Ameling, Hermann Prey, Helmut Winschermann, Deutsche Bachsolisten [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=\"739\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Anna-Reynolds.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Anna-Reynolds.png 739w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Anna-Reynolds-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Anna-Reynolds-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ruft und fleht den Himmel an (<em>Christen, \u00e4tzet diesen Tag<\/em>, BWV 63). Anna Reynolds, Peter Schreier, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Solisten [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From <em>Weihnachts-Oratorium<\/em>, BWV 248 (Johann Sebastian Bach):<\/strong><\/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=\"664\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-Hynninen-Handsome-Autograph-Blue-Removed-664x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-Hynninen-Handsome-Autograph-Blue-Removed-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-Hynninen-Handsome-Autograph-Blue-Removed-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-Hynninen-Handsome-Autograph-Blue-Removed-768x1185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Young-Hynninen-Handsome-Autograph-Blue-Removed.jpg 966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gro\u00dfer Herr und starker K\u00f6nig. Jorma Hynninen, Carole Dawn Reinhart, Marinus Voorberg, Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra [1982]<\/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-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"831\" data-id=\"16206\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Marga-Hoeffgen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Marga-Hoeffgen.png 635w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Marga-Hoeffgen-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"16205\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Verrett-Young-Formal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Verrett-Young-Formal.jpg 665w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Verrett-Young-Formal-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"850\" data-id=\"16207\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brigitte-and-Kitty.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brigitte-and-Kitty.png 945w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brigitte-and-Kitty-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Brigitte-and-Kitty-768x691.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Schlafe, mein Liebster. Marga H\u00f6ffgen, Kurt Thomas, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig [1959]; Shirley Verrett, Lorin Maazel [live Rome, 1968]; Brigitte Fassbaender, Eugen Jochum, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [1973]<\/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=\"548\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fritz-Happy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fritz-Happy.png 548w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Fritz-Happy-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet. Fritz Wunderlich, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Solisten [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=\"526\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ludwig-Shoulder-Heavy-Eye-Liner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ludwig-Shoulder-Heavy-Eye-Liner.png 526w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Ludwig-Shoulder-Heavy-Eye-Liner-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Schliesse, mein Herze. Christa Ludwig, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Solisten [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gundula-Janowitz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16210\" style=\"width:534px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gundula-Janowitz.jpg 365w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Gundula-Janowitz-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fl\u00f6\u00dft, mein Heiland. Gundula Janowitz, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Solisten [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=\"586\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Karl-Richter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Karl-Richter.png 586w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/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<p>Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen. Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Solisten [1965]<\/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-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"671\" height=\"837\" data-id=\"16212\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Baker-at-the-window.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Baker-at-the-window.png 671w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Baker-at-the-window-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"769\" data-id=\"16213\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leppard-77-Autograph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leppard-77-Autograph.png 567w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Leppard-77-Autograph-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alessandro Scarlatti: Tocc\u00f2 la prima sorte (<em>Cantata pastorale per la nascit\u00e0 di Nostro Signore<\/em>). Janet Baker, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra [1969]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 317. 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