{"id":18193,"date":"2025-07-28T22:30:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=18193"},"modified":"2025-07-29T10:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:36:13","slug":"episode-380-hermann-prey-sings-bach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/episode-380-hermann-prey-sings-bach\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 380. Hermann Prey Sings Bach"},"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 380. Hermann Prey Sings Bach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1627-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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schwetzingen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18447\" style=\"width:487px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schwetzingen.jpg 323w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schwetzingen-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The esteemed, indeed beloved, German baritone Hermann Prey died seventeen years ago already on July 22, 1998. I want to remember him today by celebrating a cornerstone of his repertoire: the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. I\u2019ve been playing a lot of Bach recently on the podcast, as his music is one of the few lifelines that I can rely upon in the chaos of today\u2019s world. But I\u2019ve been focusing in large part on contraltos performing his music which leaves an entire repertoire insufficiently explored. I\u2019m not sure why (although I could hazard a guess) why Prey\u2019s significance has been downplayed as certain other historical German baritones (IYKYK!) are overvalued and over-represented. Prey had a voice of profound beauty and power, a technical security that is sometimes mind-boggling, a mellifluous legato combined with a refined connection to the supremacy of the word (even \u2013 and especially \u2013 in Bach), but above all, a humanity and humility that make his performances and recordings of this repertoire unmatched (and possibly unmatchable). Represented are individual arias from the cantatas and Passions as well as a complete late-career performance of <em>Ich habe genug<\/em>, my favorite among Bach\u2019s supreme masterpieces.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Statue-Portrait-Size.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Statue-Portrait-Size.jpg 662w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Statue-Portrait-Size-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-1-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-in-Leipzig-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All selections are by Johann Sebastian Bach and are sung by Hermann Prey.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"969\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Fayer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Fayer.jpg 750w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Fayer-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/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=\"1003\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Friede-Performance.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Friede-Performance.png 1003w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Friede-Performance-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Friede-Performance-768x539.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Recitative. Die Friede sei mit dir (<em>Die Friede sei mit dir<\/em>, BWV 158). Friedrich-Wilhelm Tebbe, Mitglieder des Nieders\u00e4chsischen Staatsorchesters [live 17.II.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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Teeth.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18459\" style=\"width:579px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Teeth.png 401w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Teeth-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Aria. Auf, auf, mit hellem Schall (<em>Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein<\/em>, BWV 128). Maurice Andr\u00e9, Helmut Winschermann, Deutsche Bachsolisten [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andre-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andre-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andre-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andre-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Andre.png 1478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maurice Andr\u00e9<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hermann-wistful.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18460\" style=\"width:570px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hermann-wistful.jpg 433w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hermann-wistful-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cantata <em>Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen<\/em>, BWV 56.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Richter-Prey-1024x762.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Richter-Prey-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Richter-Prey-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Richter-Prey-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Richter-Prey.png 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hermann Prey, Karl Richter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aria. Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen. Karl Richter, Wiener Symphoniker [live Wien 03.VI.1970]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recitative. Ich stehe fertig und bereit&#8230; Chorale. Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder. Yehudi Menuhin, Menuhin Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers [1967]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Prey-Menuhin-Cover-TRIMMED-832x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Prey-Menuhin-Cover-TRIMMED-832x1024.png 832w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Prey-Menuhin-Cover-TRIMMED-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Prey-Menuhin-Cover-TRIMMED-768x945.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Prey-Menuhin-Cover-TRIMMED.png 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/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=\"591\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-in-Front-of-House.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-in-Front-of-House.png 591w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-in-Front-of-House-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Recit. Was ist&#8217;s, da\u00df du mich gesuchet&#8230; Aria. Hier, in meines Vaters St\u00e4tte (<em>Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen<\/em>, BWV 32). Saschko Gawriloff, Helmut Winschermann, Deutsche Bachsolisten [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gawriloff-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gawriloff-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gawriloff-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gawriloff-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gawriloff-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gawriloff-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gawriloff.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saschko Gawriloff<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"499\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schubert-Covr-Trimmed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18455\" style=\"width:597px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schubert-Covr-Trimmed.png 499w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schubert-Covr-Trimmed-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arioso. Betrachte, meine Seel&#8217; (<em>Johannes-Passion<\/em>, BWV 245\/19). Konrad Ragossnig, Karl M\u00fcnchinger, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester [1974]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"592\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Munchinger-and-friend.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Munchinger-and-friend.png 592w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Munchinger-and-friend-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl M\u00fcnchinger and friend<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Lapels.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18468\" style=\"width:621px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Lapels.png 575w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Lapels-300x293.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Aria. Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen (<em>Weihnachtsoratorium<\/em>, BWV 248\/47). Kurt Kalmus, Eugen Jochum, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [1972]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jochum.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18476\" style=\"width:461px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jochum.jpg 351w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jochum-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eugen Jochum<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schubert-Trilogy-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18466\" style=\"width:434px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schubert-Trilogy-Cover.jpg 348w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schubert-Trilogy-Cover-177x300.jpg 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cantata <em>Ich habe genug<\/em>, BWV 82. Liviu Varcol, Helmut Winschermann, Deutsche Bachsolisten [1987]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Winschermann-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Winschermann-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Winschermann-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Winschermann-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Winschermann.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Helmut Winschermann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aria. Ich habe genug.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recitative. Ich habe genug<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aria. Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recitative. Mein Gott! wann kommt das sch\u00f6ne: Nun!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aria. Ich freue mich auf meinem Tod. Willy Gerlach, Kurt Thomas, Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig [1961]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"882\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kurt-Thomas.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kurt-Thomas.jpg 615w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kurt-Thomas-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kurt Thomas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"997\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jelly-and-Herm-997x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jelly-and-Herm-997x1024.jpg 997w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jelly-and-Herm-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jelly-and-Herm-768x789.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jelly-and-Herm-1495x1536.jpg 1495w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jelly-and-Herm-1600x1644.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jelly-and-Herm.jpg 1993w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Recit (Duet). Ich reiche dir die Hand&#8230; Aria. Ja, ja, ich kann die Feinde schlagen (<em>Selig ist der Mann<\/em>, BWV 57). Elly Ameling, 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=\"769\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schwanengesang-cover-trimmed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schwanengesang-cover-trimmed.png 769w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prey-Schwanengesang-cover-trimmed-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Recitative. Am Abend, das es k\u00fchle war&#8230; Aria. Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (<em>Matth\u00e4us-Passion<\/em>, BWV 244\/64, 65). Wolfgang G\u00f6nnenwein, Consortium Musicum [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gonnenwein.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gonnenwein.png 512w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gonnenwein-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wolfgang G\u00f6nnenwein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Statue-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Statue-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Statue-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Statue-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Bach-Statue.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 380. 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