{"id":20035,"date":"2026-02-03T15:09:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20035"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T16:07:30","slug":"episode-434-inez-matthews-sings-schubert-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/episode-434-inez-matthews-sings-schubert-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 434. Inez Matthews Sings Schubert (and More!)"},"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 434. Inez Matthews Sings Schubert (and More!)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1844-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=\"776\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Musical-America-ad-776x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Musical-America-ad-776x1024.png 776w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Musical-America-ad-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Musical-America-ad-768x1014.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Musical-America-ad.png 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To kick off Black History Month 2026 (which, contrary to the current US administration, is still a thing, and not just on <em>Countermelody<\/em>, either!), I present to you another <em>Zwischenfach <\/em>singer, the (mezzo-)soprano Inez Matthews. She was born in Ossining, NY on 23 August 1917 and died in the Bronx on 28 March 2004. She is probably most famous for singing the role of Serena on the legendary 1951 (nearly) complete recording of Porgy and Bess (as well as lending her voice to the 1959 Otto Preminger film) which was conducted by Lehman Engel and starred icons Lawrence Winters and Camilla Williams. She also created the role of Irina in Kurt Weill\u2019s <em>Lost in the Stars<\/em> (opposite Todd Duncan, who created the role of Porgy in 1935). She also sang in the 1952 revival of Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein\u2019s <em>Four Saints in Three Acts<\/em>, alongside her brother Edward, who created the role of Saint Ignatius in the work\u2019s 1934 premiere. In spite of these impressive credentials, Inez Matthews today is not nearly as well-remembered as, say, either Winters or Williams. In addition to these accomplishments, Matthews also recorded in 1954 Schubert\u2019s two major song cycles <em>Sch\u00f6ne M\u00fcllerin <\/em>and <em>Winterreise <\/em>as well as the posthumous <em>Schwanengesang<\/em> collection. That as early the mid-1950s Inez Matthews was the first Black artist (and only the second woman after Lotte Lehmann) to record those Schubert cycles, is extroardinary; that her performances are so exceptionally good, lends these recordings more than mere historical value. However, until the song cycles were recently reissued by Parnassus Records as part of their \u201cBlack Swans\u201d series, these remained virtually inaccessible to listeners. Today\u2019s episode includes selections from almost all the above-mentioned recordings, as well as an exceptional 1953 recording of spirituals accompanied by Jonathan Brice, brother of the esteemed contralto Carol Brice. And let us also tip our hats to Herr Schubert, who just celebrated his 229th birthday!<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jonathan-Brice-CVV.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jonathan-Brice-CVV.png 627w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jonathan-Brice-CVV-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jonathan Brice (1911 &#8211; ??), as photographed by Carl Van Vechten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Roland Hayes: You Must Come in By and Through the Lamb. Inez Matthews, Jonathan Brice [1953]<\/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=\"400\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomson-Stein.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20260\" style=\"width:570px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomson-Stein.jpg 400w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomson-Stein-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Virgil Thomson, Gertrude Stein: <em>Four Saints in Three Acts<\/em> [two excerpts]. Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Virgil Thomson [1947]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Edward-Matthews-in-4-Saints.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20261\" style=\"width:610px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Edward-Matthews-in-4-Saints.png 458w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Edward-Matthews-in-4-Saints-160x300.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edward Matthews in <em>Four Saints in Three Acts<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pigeons on the grass alas [Vision of the Holy Ghost] Edward Matthews, Charles Holland, Altonell Hines, Abner Dorsey, Randolph Robinson, David Bethea.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Let it be why. Inez Matthews, David Bethea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-and-Ira-1024x698.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-and-Ira-1024x698.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-and-Ira-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-and-Ira-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-and-Ira.png 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ira and George Gershwin, 1937<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: My Man&#8217;s Gone Now (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Inez Matthews, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel [1951]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rosamond-Johnson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rosamond-Johnson.jpg 760w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Rosamond-Johnson-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">J. Rosamond Johnson (1873 &#8211; 1954)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"20270\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Front-Cover-Porgy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Front-Cover-Porgy.jpg 599w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Front-Cover-Porgy-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Front-Cover-Porgy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"20269\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BackCover-Porgy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BackCover-Porgy.jpg 594w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BackCover-Porgy-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Matthews-Lost-in-the-Stars.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20264\" style=\"width:524px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Matthews-Lost-in-the-Stars.jpg 380w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Matthews-Lost-in-the-Stars-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Inez Matthews in <em>Lost in the Stars<\/em>, 1949<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, MaxweIl Anderson [after Alan Paton]: Trouble Man (<em>Lost in the Stars<\/em>). Inez Matthews, Orchestra conducted by Maurice Levine [1949]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Weill-Anderson.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20265\" style=\"width:449px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Weill-Anderson.jpg 293w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Weill-Anderson-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Matthews-Snapshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Matthews-Snapshot.png 777w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Matthews-Snapshot-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Matthews-Snapshot-768x787.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Wilhelm M\u00fcller: from <em>Die sch\u00f6ne M\u00fcllerin<\/em>, D. 795. Inez Matthews, Lowell Farr [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I. Das Wandern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IX. Des M\u00fcllers Blumen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XVII. Die b\u00f6se Farbe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XVIII. Trockne Blumen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Matthews-Schubert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20266\" style=\"width:574px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Matthews-Schubert.jpg 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Matthews-Schubert-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Matthews-Schubert-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Wilhelm M\u00fcller: from <em>Winterreise<\/em>, D. 911. Inez Matthews, Lowell Farr [1954]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>III. Gefrorne Tr\u00e4nen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XIII. Die Post<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XIV. Der greise Kopf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>XV. Die Kr\u00e4he<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=\"856\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Spirituals-Album.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20267\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0439126334837017;width:618px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Spirituals-Album.png 856w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Spirituals-Album-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Inez-Spirituals-Album-768x736.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Spiritual, arr. Roland Hayes: You&#8217;re Tired, Child. Inez Matthews, Jonathan Brice [1953]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 434. Inez Matthews Sings Schubert (and More!) 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