{"id":18734,"date":"2025-09-26T21:16:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=18734"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:16:22","slug":"episode-397-anna-reynolds-sings-bach-and-mahler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/episode-397-anna-reynolds-sings-bach-and-mahler\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 397. Anna Reynolds Sings Bach and Mahler"},"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 397. Anna Reynolds Sings Bach and Mahler<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1695-https-countermelody-blubrry-net-feed-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=\"705\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Staff-Autograph-1-705x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Staff-Autograph-1-705x1024.png 705w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Staff-Autograph-1-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Staff-Autograph-1.png 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As many of you know, my beloved mother died this past week. I\u2019ve been trying for two days now to put together a memorial episode that would do justice to the many divergent aspects of the woman that she was. Alas, I have not yet been able to rise to the challenge, so instead, I offer a recently published bonus episode devoted to the exceptional English contralto Anna Reynolds (05 June 1930 \u2013 24 February 2014), a true servant of her art. She was an extraordinarily eclectic interpreter, blessed with a caramel voice and a vivid interpretive sense. I have chosen music by Bach and Mahler to highlight the qualities that made her so special, and which served the ethos of both of these composers remarkably well. These are among the finest interpretations of the vocal music of either Bach or Mahler that you will ever encounter. Today\u2019s guest artists include soprano Helen Donath and tenor Peter Schreier, pianist Geoffrey Parsons, and conductors Hermann Scherchen, Josef Krips, Lorin Maazel, Benjamin Britten, Wyn Morris, Rudolf Kempe, and Karl Richter. May this exceptional artist and her colleagues bring a sense of peace, grace, and repose to all of us who so desperately need it.<\/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<p>All selections feature mezzo-soprano Anna Reynolds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-portrait70-697x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-portrait70-697x1024.jpg 697w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-portrait70-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-portrait70.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, Richard Leander [n\u00e9 Richard Volkmann]: Fr\u00fchlingsmorgen (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). Geoffrey Parsons [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=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Plants-and-Flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Plants-and-Flowers.jpg 620w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Plants-and-Flowers-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: O sel\u2019ger Tag (<em>Christen, \u00e4tzet diesen Tag<\/em>, BWV 63). Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Orchester [1972]<\/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=\"569\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-1.jpg 569w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-1-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, folk text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>, collected and adapted by Achim von Arnim, Clemens Brentano: Ich ging mit Lust durch einen gr\u00fcnen Wald (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). Geoffrey Parsons [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/La-Reynolds-at-the-Keyboard-742x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/La-Reynolds-at-the-Keyboard-742x1024.png 742w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/La-Reynolds-at-the-Keyboard-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/La-Reynolds-at-the-Keyboard-768x1059.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/La-Reynolds-at-the-Keyboard.png 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Esurientes (<em>Magnificat in D Major<\/em>, BWV 243). Hermann Scherchen, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Milano [live Milano 14.IX.63]<\/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=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-sprightly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-sprightly.jpg 780w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-sprightly-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-sprightly-768x945.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, Tirso de Molina: Phantasie (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). Geoffrey Parsons [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-fricka70-716x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-fricka70-716x1024.jpg 716w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-fricka70-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-fricka70.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, folk text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>: Starke Einbildungskraft (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). Geoffrey Parsons [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Dramatic-Dido-940x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Dramatic-Dido-940x1024.jpg 940w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Dramatic-Dido-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Dramatic-Dido-768x837.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Dramatic-Dido.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Hochgelobter Gottessohn (<em>Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden<\/em>, BWV 6). Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Orchester [1975]<\/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=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-as-Rhine-Maiden.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-as-Rhine-Maiden.jpg 640w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-as-Rhine-Maiden-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler: Ging heut\u2019 morgen \u00fcbers Feld (<em>Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen<\/em>). Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra [live Aldeburgh 19.VI.72]<\/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=\"420\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Anna-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19088\" style=\"width:567px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Anna-02.jpg 420w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Anna-02-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Christen m\u00fcssen auf der Erden (<em>Sie werden euch in den Bann tun<\/em>, BWV 44). Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Orchester [1975]<\/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=\"709\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-magdalene73-709x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-magdalene73-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-magdalene73-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-magdalene73.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, folk text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>: Scheiden und Meiden (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). Geoffrey Parsons [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=\"960\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-and-Jean-Cox.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-and-Jean-Cox.jpg 960w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-and-Jean-Cox-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-and-Jean-Cox-768x541.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anna Reynolds and Jean Cox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, folk text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>: Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). Geoffrey Parsons [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler: Hans und Grethe (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). Geoffrey Parsons [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=\"814\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Peter-Schreier.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Peter-Schreier.png 814w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Peter-Schreier-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Peter-Schreier-768x776.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Schreier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Ruft und fleht den Himmel an (<em>Christen, \u00e4tzet diesen Tag<\/em>, BWV 63). Peter Schreier, Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Orchester [1972]<\/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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Fricka.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Fricka.png 602w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Reynolds-Fricka-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, folk text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>: Urlicht (<em>Symphony No. 2<\/em>) Rudolf Kempe, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra [live London IX.72]<\/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=\"910\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Helen-Donath-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Helen-Donath-1.jpg 910w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Helen-Donath-1-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Helen-Donath-1-768x731.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Indessen seufzen wir&#8230; Saget, saget mir geschwinde (<em>Oster-Oratorium<\/em>, BWV 249). Helen Donath, Lorin Maazel, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin [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=\"630\" height=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Teresa-Zylis-G.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Teresa-Zylis-G.png 630w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Teresa-Zylis-G-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Teresa \u017bylis-Gara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler: Der Spielmann setzt die Fl\u00f6te an&#8230; Ach, Spielmann, lieber Spielmann mein! (<em>Das klagende Lied<\/em>). Teresa \u017bylis-Gara, Andor Kaposy, Wyn Morris, New Philharmonia Orchestra [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-in-the-Bushes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19097\" style=\"width:596px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-in-the-Bushes.jpg 367w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-in-the-Bushes-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, Richard Leander [n\u00e9 Richard Volkmann]: Erinnerung (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). Geoffrey Parsons [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-waltraute70-709x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-waltraute70-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-waltraute70-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reynolds-waltraute70.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben (<em>Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen<\/em> [<em>Himmelfahrts-Oratorium<\/em>], BWV 11). Karl Richter, M\u00fcnchener Bach-Orchester [1975]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, folk text from <em>Des Knaben Wunderhorn<\/em>: Nicht Wiedersehen (<em>Lieder und Ges\u00e4nge aus der Jugendzeit<\/em>). Geoffrey Parsons [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johann Sebastian Bach: Vergib, o Vater, unsre Schuld (<em>Bisher habt iht nichts gebeten in meinem Namen<\/em>, BWV 87). 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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-Portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-Portrait.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Anna-Reynolds-Portrait-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gustav Mahler, Hans Bethge [after Li-Tai-Po]: Von der Sch\u00f6nheit (<em>Das Lied von der Erde<\/em>). Josef Krips, Wiener Symphoniker [live Wien 24.VI.1972]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 397. 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