{"id":16840,"date":"2025-03-28T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T15:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=16840"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:37:03","slug":"episode-345-a-lenten-litany-of-bach-contraltos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/episode-345-a-lenten-litany-of-bach-contraltos\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 345. A Lenten Litany of Bach 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-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\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\"><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 345. A Lenten Litany of Bach Contraltos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1482-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=\"870\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAnderson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAnderson.png 870w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAnderson-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MAnderson-768x704.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of the past year, I have done a number of episodes on contraltos singing a wide range of material. Toward the end of last year, I did a program on Bach contraltos, which featured just a few of the best (and my favorite) contraltos in this genre. At the time, I had an overflowing cornucopia of material and today I have reorganized and expanded that material to bring you a set of Bach arias particularly appropriate for the Lenten Season. And thus I present to you today, arias from the Passions sung by Julia Hamari, Marian Anderson (pictured above), and Friedel Beckmann, but also cantata arias by such eminent contraltos as Kathleen Ferrier, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Carol Brice, Jennie Tourel, Carolyn Watkinson, Ria Bollen, Brigitte Fassbaender, Norma Lerer, Alfreda Hodgson, Birgit Finnil\u00e4, Elena Obraztsova (yes, you read correctly!), Anna Reynolds, and Else Brems. Non-contralto guest appearances include Arleen Aug\u00e9r, Peter Schreier, and Aldo Baldin. If you are not a Christian, fear not, for behold, there is much in Bach\u2019s music that draws the listener in on any number of levels, not just (or even primarily) a theological one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All selections composed 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CBrice-CVVechten-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CBrice-CVVechten-1.png 572w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CBrice-CVVechten-1-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Et exultavit (<em>Magnificat<\/em>). Carol Brice, Daniel Saidenberg, Columbia Broadcasting Concert Orchestra [1949]<\/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=\"640\" height=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hunt-Lieberson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hunt-Lieberson.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Hunt-Lieberson-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ich freue mich auf meinem Tod (<em>Ich habe genug<\/em>, BWV 82). Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Craig Smith, The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music [2002]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Fassbaender-Wustman-LP.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Fassbaender-Wustman-LP.jpg 743w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Fassbaender-Wustman-LP-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zwar f\u00fchlt mein schwaches Herz (<em>Liebster Gott, wann werde ich sterben<\/em>, BWV 8). 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=\"821\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ferrier.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ferrier.png 821w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ferrier-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ferrier-768x748.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vergiss mein nicht, BWV 505. Kathleen Ferrier, 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-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tourel-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17202\" style=\"width:600px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tourel-again.jpg 489w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tourel-again-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ach, unaussprechlich ist die Not, (<em>Du Friedef\u00fcrst, Herr Jesu Christ<\/em>, BWV 116a). Jennie Tourel, Robert Bloom, Bernard Greenhouse, Erich Itor Kahn [1950s]<\/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=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ria-Bollen-1024x706.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ria-Bollen-1024x706.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ria-Bollen-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ria-Bollen-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ria-Bollen-1536x1059.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ria-Bollen.png 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ria Bollen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Warum betr\u00fcbst du dich, mein Herz?&#8230; Er kann und will dich lassen nicht&#8230; Ei nun! So will ich auch recht sanfte ruhn (<em>Warum betr\u00fcbst du dich, mein Herz?<\/em>, BWV 138). Ria Bollen, Aldo Baldin, Arleen Aug\u00e9r, Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, G\u00e4chinger Kantorei [1978]<\/p>\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=\"643\" height=\"872\" data-id=\"17204\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aldo-Baldin2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aldo-Baldin2.png 643w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aldo-Baldin2-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aldo Baldin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"854\" data-id=\"17205\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Arleen-Auger.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Arleen-Auger.png 964w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Arleen-Auger-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Arleen-Auger-768x680.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arleen Aug\u00e9r<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Else-Brems.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Else-Brems.png 618w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Else-Brems-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Else Brems<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wie furchtsam wankten meine Schritte (<em>Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ<\/em>, BWV 33). Else Brems, Mogens W\u00f6ldike, Danish Chamber Orchestra [1955]<\/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=\"724\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carolyn-Watkinson2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carolyn-Watkinson2.png 724w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Carolyn-Watkinson2-272x300.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carolyn Watkinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zweig und \u00c4ste (<em>Zerreisset, zersprenget, zertr\u00fcmmert die Gruft<\/em> [<em>Der zufriedengestellte \u00c4olus<\/em>], BWV 205). Carolyn Watkinson, Peter Schreier, Eckhart Haupt, Berlin Kammerorchester [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=\"639\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Alfreda-Hodgson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Alfreda-Hodgson.png 639w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Alfreda-Hodgson-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alfreda Hodgson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben (<em>Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen<\/em>, BWV 11). Alfreda Hodgson, Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra [1981]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Anna-Reynolds2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Anna-Reynolds2.png 773w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Anna-Reynolds2-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Anna-Reynolds2-768x726.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anna Reynolds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ein ungef\u00e4rbt Gem\u00fcte (<em>Ein ungef\u00e4rbt Gem\u00fcte<\/em>, BWV 24). Anna Reynolds, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Orchester [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=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Finnila-1-1024x681.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Finnila-1-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Finnila-1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Finnila-1-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Finnila-1.png 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Birgit Finnil\u00e4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In Jesu Demut kann ich Trost (<em>S\u00fc\u00dfer Trost, mein Jesus k\u00f6mmt<\/em>, BWV 151). Birgit Finnil\u00e4, 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<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"490\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Norma-Lerer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Norma-Lerer.png 490w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Norma-Lerer-184x300.png 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Norma Lerer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jesus schl\u00e4ft, was soll ich hoffen (<em>Jesus schl\u00e4ft, was soll ich hoffen<\/em>, BWV 81). Norma Lerer, Helmuth Rilling, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Julia-Hamari-734x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Julia-Hamari-734x1024.png 734w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Julia-Hamari-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Julia-Hamari.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Julia Hamari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Von den Stricken meiner S\u00fcnden (<em>Johannes-Passion<\/em>, BWV 245). Julia Hamari, Gy\u00f6rgy Lehel, Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra [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=\"782\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Friedel-Beckmann.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Friedel-Beckmann.png 782w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Friedel-Beckmann-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Friedel-Beckmann-768x754.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Friedel Beckmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Du lieber Heiland du&#8230; Buss\u2019 und Reu\u2019 (<em>Matth\u00e4us-Passion<\/em>, BWV 244). Friedel Beckmann, G\u00fcnther Ramin, Gewandhausorchester [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"747\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marian-Anderson-747x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marian-Anderson-747x1024.png 747w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marian-Anderson-219x300.png 219w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marian-Anderson-768x1053.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Marian-Anderson.png 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marian Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Es ist vollbracht [sung in English] (<em>Johannes-Passion<\/em>, BWV 245). 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