{"id":16056,"date":"2025-01-10T19:38:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T18:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16056"},"modified":"2025-01-14T17:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:19:25","slug":"episode-323-baritonal-schwanengesang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/10\/episode-323-baritonal-schwanengesang\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 323. Baritonal Schwanengesang"},"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 323.  Baritonal Schwanengesang<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1391-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=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schubert-Sketch-1024x754.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schubert-Sketch-1024x754.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schubert-Sketch-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schubert-Sketch-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schubert-Sketch.png 1170w\" 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>The New Year is off to a predictably challenging start. Everywhere we look (California, Canada, New Orleans, and beyond) dreadful things are happening. I am offering in the spirit of solace and condolence a freshly refurbished and expanded bonus episode that I first published three and a half years ago as a pendant to another all-Schubert episode. This one presents all of the songs collected in the posthumously-published song collection <em>Schwanengesang<\/em>, that includes settings of poems by Ludwig Rellstab, Heinrich Heine, and Johann Gabriel Seidl. Many of Schubert\u2019s late Seidl settings were not included in that collection but they number among Schubert\u2019s most inspired and moving creations. I have included six of those settings at the beginning of the episode. These magnificent and transcendent songs are performed by exceptional baritones and bass-baritones in recordings spanning the course much of the twentieth century. Singers include Alexander Kipnis, Hans Hotter, Mark Reizen, Hermann Prey, Heinrich Schlusnus, Charles Panz\u00e9ra, Andrzej Hiolski, Walter Berry, Heinrich Rehkemper, Benjamin Luxon, George London, Tom Krause, John Shirley-Quirk, G\u00e9rard Souzay [of course!], and many others. May these singers, voicing the divine utterances of Franz Schubert, provide a certain respite for those that are currently suffering.<\/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=\"454\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hunky-Franz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hunky-Franz.jpg 454w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hunky-Franz-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All songs are by Franz Schubert, and, unless otherwise noted, are from the posthumous collection published under the title <em>Schwanengesang<\/em>, D.957.<\/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=\"972\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Krause-Schubert-1024x972.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Krause-Schubert-1024x972.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Krause-Schubert-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Krause-Schubert-768x729.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Krause-Schubert.jpg 1078w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Gabriel Seidl: Die Taubenpost, D. 957\/14 [D. 965A]. Tom Krause, Irwin Gage [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=\"552\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Erland-Mutton-Chops.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Erland-Mutton-Chops.png 552w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Erland-Mutton-Chops-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Gabriel Seidl: Sehnsucht, D. 879. Erland Hageg\u00e5rd, Jan Eyron [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=\"914\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/McDaniel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/McDaniel.jpg 914w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/McDaniel-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/McDaniel-768x803.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Gabriel Seidl: Der Wanderer an den Mond D. 870. Barry McDaniel, Ernest Lush [BBC 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=\"574\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Boje-Skovhus.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Boje-Skovhus.png 574w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Boje-Skovhus-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Gabriel Seidl: Am Fenster, D. 878. Bo Skovhus, Helmut Deutsch [1995]<\/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=\"1023\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Olaf-Bar.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Olaf-Bar.png 1023w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Olaf-Bar-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Olaf-Bar-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Gabriel Seidl: Im Freien, D. 880. Olaf B\u00e4r, Geoffrey Parsons [1989]<\/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=\"808\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Holzmair.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Holzmair.png 808w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Holzmair-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Holzmair-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Holzmair-768x771.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Gabriel Seidl: Wiegenlied, D. 867. Wolfgang Holzmair, Imogen Cooper [1994]<\/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=\"330\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schlusnus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16473\" style=\"width:587px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schlusnus.jpg 330w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Schlusnus-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Rellstab: Liebesbotchaft, D.957\/1. Heinrich Schlusnus, Sebastian Peschko [1941]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JSQ-Skunk-Look.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JSQ-Skunk-Look.png 559w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JSQ-Skunk-Look-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Rellstab: Kriegers Ahnung, D.957\/2, John Shirley-Quirk, Steuart Bedford [1977]<\/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=\"842\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gerard-Souzay-scaled-1-842x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gerard-Souzay-scaled-1-842x1024.jpg 842w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gerard-Souzay-scaled-1-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gerard-Souzay-scaled-1-768x934.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gerard-Souzay-scaled-1-1262x1536.jpg 1262w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gerard-Souzay-scaled-1-1683x2048.jpg 1683w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gerard-Souzay-scaled-1-1600x1947.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Rellstab: Fr\u00fchlingssehnsucht, D.957\/3. G\u00e9rard Souzay, Dalton Baldwin [1962]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"763\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hermann-Prey-763x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hermann-Prey-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hermann-Prey-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hermann-Prey-768x1031.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hermann-Prey-1145x1536.jpg 1145w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hermann-Prey.jpg 1526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Rellstab: St\u00e4ndchen, D.957\/4. Hermann Prey, Leonard Hokanson [live Hohenems 1978]<\/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=\"890\" height=\"922\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Reizen.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Reizen.png 890w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Reizen-290x300.png 290w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Reizen-768x796.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Rellstab: Aufenthalt, D.957\/5 [sung in Russian]. Mark Reizen, Abram Makarov [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=\"596\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hans-Hotter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hans-Hotter.png 596w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hans-Hotter-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Rellstab: In der Ferne, D.957\/6. Hans Hotter, Gerald Moore [1954]<\/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=\"757\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rehkemper-chin-in-hand-757x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rehkemper-chin-in-hand-757x1024.png 757w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rehkemper-chin-in-hand-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rehkemper-chin-in-hand-768x1039.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Rehkemper-chin-in-hand.png 798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ludwig Rellstab: Abschied, D.957\/7. Heinrich Rehkemper, Manfred Gurlitt [1928]<\/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=\"679\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/George-London.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/George-London.jpg 679w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/George-London-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heinrich Heine: Der Atlas, D.957\/8. George London, Erik Werba [live Wien 1963]<\/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=\"189\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hiolski.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16481\" style=\"width:623px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heinrich Heine: Ihr Bild, D.957\/9. Andrzej Hiolski, Jerzy Marchwi\u0144ski [1967]<\/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=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Luxon-Willison-1024x625-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Luxon-Willison-1024x625-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Luxon-Willison-1024x625-1-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Luxon-Willison-1024x625-1-768x469.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heinrich Heine: Das Fischerm\u00e4dchen, D.957\/10. Benjamin Luxon, David Willison [1989]<\/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=\"599\" height=\"885\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Walter-Berry.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Walter-Berry.png 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Walter-Berry-203x300.png 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heinrich Heine: Die Stadt, D.957\/11. 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