{"id":16491,"date":"2025-02-14T15:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16491"},"modified":"2025-02-15T02:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T01:46:53","slug":"episode-333-leontyne-price-sings-richard-strauss-lieder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/14\/episode-333-leontyne-price-sings-richard-strauss-lieder\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 333. Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss Lieder"},"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 333.  Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss Lieder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1434-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=\"800\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-I-Dream-a-World.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-I-Dream-a-World.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-I-Dream-a-World-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-I-Dream-a-World-768x625.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 10th, our beloved diva Leontyne Price celebrated her 98th birthday. Of course she is recognized for her performances of the operas of Verdi, but in my opinion, she was even more suited, uniquely so, to the music of Richard Strauss. Sadly, she only sang one operatic role by Strauss, but we can be grateful that she consistently programmed his Lieder over the course of her long career. I offer you as complete a selection of Leontyne Price (assisted by her able collaborative pianist David Garvey) singing Strauss as you are likely to find anywhere, including live performances from Salzburg, St. Paul, and Carnegie Hall from between 1975 and 1991, as well as excerpts from two of her most beautifully-sung studio recordings, one from 1959, the other from 1979. The episode is capped with two of her earliest (and finest) performances of two songs from the <em>Vier letzte Lieder<\/em>, both from March 1971, one in Chicago with Carlo Maria Giulini, and the other from Carnegie Hall with Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-at-90.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-at-90.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-at-90-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-at-90-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"516\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Queen-Leontyne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Queen-Leontyne.jpg 516w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Queen-Leontyne-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All songs are composed by Richard Strauss and performed by Leontyne Price and, unless otherwise noted, David Garvey.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/David-Garvey.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/David-Garvey.png 574w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/David-Garvey-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Garvey<\/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=\"549\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Afro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Afro.jpg 549w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Afro-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Breit\u2019 \u00fcber mein Haupt, Op. 19\/2 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [live Salzburg 02.VIII.77]<\/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=\"503\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-in-Fur.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-in-Fur.jpg 503w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-in-Fur-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zueignung, Op. 10\/1 (poem by Hermann von Gilm) [live St. Paul, 08.I.85]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Young-Leontyne.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Young-Leontyne.jpg 780w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Young-Leontyne-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Young-Leontyne-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Young-Leontyne-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Allerseelen, Op. 10\/3 (poem by Hermann von Gilm) [1959]<\/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=\"500\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Carl-Van-Vechten-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Carl-Van-Vechten-6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Carl-Van-Vechten-6-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Schlagende Herzen, Op. 29\/2 (poem by Otto Julius Bierbaum) [1959]<\/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=\"644\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Early-Mink.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Early-Mink.jpg 644w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Early-Mink-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Freundliche Vision, Op. 48\/1 (poem by Otto Julius Bierbaum) [1959]<\/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=\"600\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Radiant-Leontyne-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Radiant-Leontyne-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Radiant-Leontyne-1-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten, Op. 19\/4 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [1959]<\/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=\"518\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prima-Donna-Volume-Five-Photoshoot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prima-Donna-Volume-Five-Photoshoot.jpg 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Prima-Donna-Volume-Five-Photoshoot-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Der Stern, Op. 69\/1 (poem by Achim von Arnim) [live St. Paul, 08.I.85]<\/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=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Severe-Turban-Action-803x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Severe-Turban-Action-803x1024.png 803w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Severe-Turban-Action-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Severe-Turban-Action-768x979.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Severe-Turban-Action.png 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ich liebe dich, Op. 37\/2 (poem by Detlev von Liliencron) [live St. Paul, 08.I.85]<\/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=\"432\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Angel-Photoshoot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Angel-Photoshoot.png 432w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Angel-Photoshoot-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Die Nacht, Op. 10\/3 (poem by Hermann von Gilm) [live St. Paul, 08.I.85]<\/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=\"500\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Afro-and-Fur.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Afro-and-Fur.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Afro-and-Fur-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>St\u00e4ndchen, Op. 17\/2 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [live, St. Paul, 08.I.85]<\/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\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-at-the-Airport-1024x680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-at-the-Airport-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-at-the-Airport-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-at-the-Airport-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-at-the-Airport.png 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heimkehr, Op. 15\/5 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [live Salzburg 28.VII.75]<\/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=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Folded-Hands.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Folded-Hands.png 679w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Folded-Hands-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Seitdem dein Aug&#8217;, Op. 17\/1 (poem by Adolf Friedrich von Schack) [live Salzburg 28.VII.75]<\/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=\"403\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Wide-Eyed-in-Munich.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Wide-Eyed-in-Munich.png 403w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Wide-Eyed-in-Munich-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69\/5 (poem by Heinrich Heine) [live Salzburg 28.VII.75]<\/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=\"377\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Singing-Gesture.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16796\" style=\"width:435px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Singing-Gesture.png 377w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Singing-Gesture-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27\/3 (poem by John Henry Mackay) [live Salzburg 02.VIII.77]<\/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=\"1015\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Angel-Schubert-Strauss-1015x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Angel-Schubert-Strauss-1015x1024.png 1015w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Angel-Schubert-Strauss-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Angel-Schubert-Strauss-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Angel-Schubert-Strauss-768x774.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Angel-Schubert-Strauss.png 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Morgen, Op. 27\/4 (poem by John Henry Mackay) [1979]<\/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=\"571\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Young-Singing-Bliss.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Young-Singing-Bliss.png 571w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Leontyne-Young-Singing-Bliss-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wasserrose (<em>M\u00e4dchenblumen<\/em>, Op. 22\/4) (poem by Felix Dahn) [1979]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div 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