{"id":19382,"date":"2025-11-23T22:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=19382"},"modified":"2025-11-23T22:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T21:26:19","slug":"episode-414-sass-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/episode-414-sass-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 414. Sass Returns!"},"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 414. Sass Returns!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1765-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=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Out-of-Doors.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19584\" style=\"width:519px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Out-of-Doors.png 323w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Out-of-Doors-223x300.png 223w\" 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>Every hundred or so episodes, I feel compelled to pay a return visit to beloved Hungarian diva Sylvia Sass, for there\u2019s always something new and delicious to discover! I\u2019ve cleaned up another former bonus episode and expanded it with a half-dozen extra tracks, from Verdi to Mozart, from her definitive <em>Bluebeard\u2019s Castle<\/em> to <em>arie antiche <\/em>topped with a bracing blast of verismo. Then I link up with the previously published bonus episode which samples live excerpts from the two legendary 1976 Verdi performances (Giselda and Violetta) that put Sass on the fast track to operatic superstardom, then pivot to selections from stage works by Offenbach, Respighi, and Gounod that generously flout all of Sylvia\u2019s musical and vocal virtues. Especially treasurable are a number of performances of art song by Liszt, Schumann, Schubert, Strauss, Wagner, and Kod\u00e1ly that explore more deeply her career-long commitment to art song. Plus that, three pop selections recorded between 1983 and 2004, simply irresistible to me and (I hope) to you as well! Sass lovers, you\u2019re in for a feast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Sunglasses.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19587\" style=\"width:583px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Sunglasses.png 426w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Sunglasses-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>All tracks feature Sylvia Sass with other artists as noted below:<\/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=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Bluebeard-1024x685.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Bluebeard-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Bluebeard-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Bluebeard-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Bluebeard-1536x1028.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Bluebeard.png 1551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k, B\u00e9la Bal\u00e1zs: Nedves fal\u00e1t felsz\u00e1ritom (<em>A k\u00e9kszak\u00e1ll\u00fa herceg vara<\/em>). Aage Haugland, Charles Dutoit, Philadelphia Orchestra [live Philadelphia 07.I.86]<\/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=\"690\" height=\"879\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Lady-Macbeth.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Lady-Macbeth.png 690w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Lady-Macbeth-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave, Andrea Maffei [after William Shakespeare]: La luce langue (<em>Macbeth<\/em>). Nello Santi, G\u00fcrzenich-Orchester K\u00f6ln [live K\u00f6ln 24.X.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=\"734\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Befurred-at-the-Opera-House.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Befurred-at-the-Opera-House.png 734w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Befurred-at-the-Opera-House-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Lord Byron]: Ne sulla terra creatura alcuna&#8230; Volea talor del carcere&#8230; Ah conforto \u00e8 sol la speme (<em>Il corsaro<\/em>). Patrick Fournillier, Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatro del Liceu [live N\u00eemes 11.VII.1986]<\/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=\"353\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Award.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19590\" style=\"width:533px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Award.png 353w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Award-243x300.png 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pietro Metastasio: Basta, vincesti&#8230; Ah, non lasciarmi, K. 295a. Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra [1994]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Tosca-Maybe.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19591\" style=\"width:535px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Tosca-Maybe.png 342w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Tosca-Maybe-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Francesco Cilea, Arturo Colautti [after Eug\u00e8ne Scribe, Ernest Legouv\u00e9]: Giusto ciel! (<em>Adriana Lecouvreur<\/em>). Lamberto Gardelli, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo [live Monte-Carlo 02.III.1986]<\/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=\"706\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Curly-Wig.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Curly-Wig.png 706w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Curly-Wig-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alessandro Stradella [falsely attributed]: Piet\u00e0, Signore. Sylvia Sass, Mikl\u00f3s Harazdy [1986]<\/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=\"858\" height=\"872\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Daisy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Daisy.png 858w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Daisy-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Daisy-768x781.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jacques Offenbach, Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy: Invocation \u00e0 V\u00e9nus (<em>La belle H\u00e9l\u00e8ne<\/em>) [sung in Hungarian]. Andr\u00e1s Sebesty\u00e9n, Budapest Symphony Orchestra [1978]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Woman-in-Love-TRIMMED-1024x670.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Woman-in-Love-TRIMMED-1024x670.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Woman-in-Love-TRIMMED-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Woman-in-Love-TRIMMED-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Woman-in-Love-TRIMMED.png 1349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Iv\u00e1n Brad\u00e1nyi, Gy\u00f6rgy G D\u00e9nes (Hungarian words): Szerelmes asszony [Woman in Love]. Arranged and conducted by P\u00e9ter Wolf [1983]<\/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=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Italia.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Italia.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Italia-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Charles Gounod, Jules Barbier, Michel Carr\u00e9 [after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]: Il se fait tard (<em>Faust<\/em>) [sung in Hungarian]. Kolos Kov\u00e1ts, Gy\u00f6rgy Korondi, Ervin Luk\u00e1cs, Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera [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=\"871\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Blonde-Giselda.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Blonde-Giselda.png 871w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Blonde-Giselda-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Blonde-Giselda-768x776.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Temistocle Solera [after Tommaso Grossi]: Salve Maria (<em>I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata<\/em>). Lamberto Gardelli, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [live 09.VI.76]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-as-Violetta-842x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-as-Violetta-842x1024.png 842w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-as-Violetta-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-as-Violetta-768x934.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-as-Violetta.png 888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco Maria Piave [after Alexandre Dumas fils]: Teneste la promessa&#8230; Addio del passato (<em>La traviata<\/em>). Michel Plasson, Orchestre de Capitole du Toulouse [live Aix-en-Provence 22.VII.76]<\/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=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-with-pearls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-with-pearls.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-with-pearls-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ottorino Respighi, Claudio Guastalla [after Ercole Luigi Morselli]: O mamma, mamma, quando dall\u2019altare (<em>Belfagor<\/em>). Lamberto Gardelli, Hungarian State Orchestra [1989]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Pianney.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Pianney.png 740w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Pianney-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Liszt, Johann Rumpelmeyer: Kling leise, mein Lied, S.301\/1. Andr\u00e1s Schiff [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=\"321\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Pensive.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19600\" style=\"width:528px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Pensive.png 321w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Pensive-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert Schumann, Adalbert von Chamisso: Du Ring an meinem Finger (<em>Frauenliebe und -leben<\/em>, Op. 42\/4). Andr\u00e1s Schiff [live Budapest 15.VI.76]<\/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=\"811\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Teddy-Bear.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Teddy-Bear.png 811w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Teddy-Bear-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Teddy-Bear-768x423.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Josef Kenner: Ballade, D. 134. Andr\u00e1s Schiff [live Budapest 15.VI.76] As promised, here is a link to the text of this ballad: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lieder.net\/lieder\/get_text.html?TextId=9262\">https:\/\/www.lieder.net\/lieder\/get_text.html?TextId=9262<\/a><\/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=\"632\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Young-Sylvia-Snapshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Young-Sylvia-Snapshot.png 632w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Young-Sylvia-Snapshot-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zolt\u00e1n Kod\u00e1ly, Endre Ady: Sappho szerelmes \u00e9neke [Sappho\u2019s Love Song] (<em>Five Songs<\/em>, Op. 9\/2). Lor\u00e1nt Sz\u00fccs [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=\"778\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Painting.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Painting.png 778w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Painting-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Painting-768x435.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Wagner, Mathilde Wesendonck: Im Treibhaus (<em>Wesendonck-Lieder<\/em>, No. 3). unknown pianist [live Bayreuth 10.VIII.80]<\/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=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-over-Coffee-1024x599.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-over-Coffee-1024x599.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-over-Coffee-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-over-Coffee-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-over-Coffee.jpg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Strauss, John Henry Mackay: Verf\u00fchrung, Op. 33\/1. unidentified conductor and orchestra [live Budapest ]08.XI.82]<\/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=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-1024x703.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Guitar-1536x1054.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-with-Guitar.png 1574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>P\u00e9ter Wolf, Dus\u00e1n Sztevanovity: T\u00e1ncolj, t\u00e1ncolj [Dance, Dance]. P\u00e9ter Wolf, Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra [2004]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"970\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Self-Portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Self-Portrait.jpg 950w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Self-Portrait-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sass-Self-Portrait-768x784.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/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=\"700\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Zsuzsa-Koncz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Zsuzsa-Koncz.png 700w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Zsuzsa-Koncz-300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tibor Bornai, J\u00e1nos Br\u00f3dy: Szabads\u00e1g, szerelem [Freedom, Love]. Zsuzsa Koncz [1988]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zsuzsa-Koncz.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zsuzsa-Koncz.png 1025w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zsuzsa-Koncz-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Zsuzsa-Koncz-768x331.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zsuzsa Koncz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Older-Sass-Screensht-1024x737.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Older-Sass-Screensht-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Older-Sass-Screensht-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Older-Sass-Screensht-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Older-Sass-Screensht.png 1211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Older-Gorgeous-1024x687.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Older-Gorgeous-1024x687.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Older-Gorgeous-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Older-Gorgeous-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Older-Gorgeous-1536x1031.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Older-Gorgeous-1600x1074.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sylvia-Sass-Older-Gorgeous.png 1609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 414. Sass Returns! SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Every hundred or so episodes, I feel compelled to pay a 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class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Charles Gounod<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Claudio Guastalla<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Dus\u00e1n Sztevanovity<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Endre Ady<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ercole Luigi Morselli<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ernest Legouv\u00e9<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ervin Luk\u00e1cs<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Eug\u00e8ne Scribe<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Faust<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Cilea<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Francesco Maria Piave<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Franz Liszt<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Frauenliebe und -leben<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Giuseppe Verdi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gy\u00f6rgy G D\u00e9nes<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Gy\u00f6rgy Korondi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Henri Meilhac<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Il Corsaro<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Iv\u00e1n Brad\u00e1nyi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jacques Offenbach<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">J\u00e1nos Br\u00f3dy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Rumpelmeyer<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">John Henry Mackay<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Josef Kenner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Jules Barbier<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Kolos Kov\u00e1ts<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Belle Helene<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">La Traviata<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lamberto Gardelli<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lor\u00e1nt Sz\u00fccs<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Lord Byron<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Macbeth<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mathilde Wesendonck<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Michel Carr\u00e9<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Michel Plasson<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Mikl\u00f3s Harazdy<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Nello Santi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Ottorino Respighi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Patrick Fournillier<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">P\u00e9ter Wolf<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pietro Metastasio<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Strauss<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Richard Wagner<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robert Schumann<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Robin Gibb<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Sylvia Sass<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Temistocle Solera<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tibor Bornai<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tommaso Grossi<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/category\/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart\/\" 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