{"id":20176,"date":"2026-02-24T02:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20176"},"modified":"2026-02-24T06:07:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:07:57","slug":"episode-440-black-expat-baritones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/episode-440-black-expat-baritones\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 440. Black Expat Baritones"},"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 440. Black Expat Baritones<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1873-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=\"364\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Owen-Williams.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20398\" style=\"width:516px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Owen-Williams.jpg 364w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Owen-Williams-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As the penultimate episode in my 2026 Black History Month series, I revisit the stories of African American performers who, for a variety of reasons, including seeking to improve their increase their opportunities as artists of color, made their way to Europe in the 1950s and 1960s. Today the focus is on the low-voiced males, baritones, bass-baritones, and basses, in a variety of musical genres, who found success overseas. Surely the most famous of these is the great operatic baritone Lawrence Winters, who leads off the episode, but there were many others as well, some in opera, some in pop music, and some in that magical and confusing world in between, who also experienced life in its fullness, not just in Germany, but in Austria, Italy, and Norway as well. A few of these singers, among them Kenneth Spencer and Thomas Carey, are still somewhat remembered today. Far too many others are virtually forgotten. Among those we also discuss William Ray, Owen Williams, Henry Wright, William Pearson, George Goodman, and Allan Evans. The musical selections are primarily focused on pop music and crossover, with some fascinating exceptions. Even within this somewhat circumscribed musical palette, however, there is much variety to be experienced, and celebrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Cow-Boy-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Cow-Boy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Cow-Boy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Cow-Boy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Cow-Boy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Cow-Boy-1600x900.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Cow-Boy.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hans Arno Simon: Einsamer Seemann. Lawrence Winters, Begleitorchester [late 1950s]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Show-Boaat-1024x737.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Show-Boaat-1024x737.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Show-Boaat-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Show-Boaat-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Winters-Show-Boaat.png 1145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hans Arno Simon: Du wei\u00dfes Schiff der gro\u00dfen Sehnsucht. Lawrence Winters, Begleitorchester [late 1950s]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Weathers-and-Ray.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Weathers-and-Ray.png 661w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Weathers-and-Ray-266x300.png 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II: Shall We Dance (<em>The King and I<\/em>). William Ray, Felicia Weathers, Richard M\u00fcller-Lampertz, Musical Studio Orchestra [1969]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Ray2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Ray2.png 636w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Ray2-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson: September Song (<em>Knickerbocker Holiday<\/em>) [sung in German]. William Ray, Orchester Harry Pleva, arrangements by Ernst Simon [ca. 1969]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Ray.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Ray.png 535w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Ray-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II; Edelweiss (<em>The Sound of Music<\/em>) [sung in German]. William Ray, Orchester Harry Pleva, Arrangements by Ernst Simon [late 1960s]<\/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=\"560\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henry-Yugoslavian-TRIMMED.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henry-Yugoslavian-TRIMMED.png 560w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henry-Yugoslavian-TRIMMED-220x300.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Danpa [Dante Panzuti], Reg Fulton: Paris in the Rain. Henry Wright, Orchestra Augusto Martelli [1962]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"808\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henry-Wright-Spring-in-December-1024x808.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henry-Wright-Spring-in-December-1024x808.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henry-Wright-Spring-in-December-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henry-Wright-Spring-in-December-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Henry-Wright-Spring-in-December.jpg 1495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler: Stormy Weather. Henry Wright, Len Mercer Orchestra [1959]<\/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=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Pearson-Fayer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Pearson-Fayer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Pearson-Fayer-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: A Woman Is a Sometime Thing (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). William Pearson, Franz Allers, N\u00fcrnberger-Symphoniker, Knabenchor des D\u00fcrer-Gymnasiums N\u00fcrnberg [mid-1960s]<\/p>\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\/2026\/02\/William-Pearson-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Pearson-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Pearson-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Pearson-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/William-Pearson.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hans Werner Henze, Hans Magnus Enzensberger [after Esteban Montajo]: Die Welt [excerpt] (<em>El Cimarr\u00f3n<\/em>). William Pearson, Karlheinz Z\u00f6ller, Leo Brouwer, Stomu Yamash\u2019ta, Hans Werner Henze [1971]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spencer-1955.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spencer-1955.jpg 557w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spencer-1955-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional German: Du, du liegst mir im Herzen. Kenneth Spencer, Orchester unter der Leitung von Adalbert Lutter [early 1960s]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spencer-In-Memoriam.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spencer-In-Memoriam.png 733w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spencer-In-Memoriam-255x300.png 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Manuel \u00c1lvarez Maciste, Andr\u00e9s Eloy Blanco: Angelitos negros [sung in German as Schwarze Engel]. Kenneth Spencer, Eduard Martini [live 1960s]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spencer-Situation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spencer-Situation.jpg 578w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Spencer-Situation-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Horst Roos, Joe Glazer: Automation. Kenneth Spencer, Trio Hans J\u00fcrgens [1964]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kenneth-Spencer-Cowboy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20417\" style=\"width:522px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kenneth-Spencer-Cowboy.png 484w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kenneth-Spencer-Cowboy-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fred Gordoni [Otto Demler], Joachim Relin [Hans Joachim Balke]: Auf dem Weg nach Haus. Kenneth Spencer, mit Chor und Orchester [1963]<\/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=\"448\" height=\"923\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-Foster.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-Foster.jpg 448w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-Foster-146x300.jpg 146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair. George Goodman [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-Goodman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-Goodman.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-Goodman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/George-Goodman-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Agust\u00edn Lara, Dorothy Dodd: Granada. George Goodman mit Orchesterbegleitung [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Goodman-Portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20418\" style=\"width:512px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Goodman-Portrait.jpg 304w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Goodman-Portrait-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy, arr. Bert Loska [Heribert Thusek], Stefan Laube [Horst Ackermann]: Midnight in Moscow. George Goodman, Alexej Michailow and His Original-Balalaika-Orchester [1968]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Glory-Glory-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Glory-Glory-cover.jpg 568w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Glory-Glory-cover-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse [German version by Mischa Mleinek]: Was f\u00fcr ein Narr ich bin [What Kind of Fool Am I?] (<em>Stop the World &#8211; I Want to Get Off<\/em>). Owen Williams, Panorama-Sound-Orchester [1966]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Owen-Williams-Welt-Clowns.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20421\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Owen-Williams-Welt-Clowns.jpg 419w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Owen-Williams-Welt-Clowns-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart: Falling in Love with Love (<em>The Boys from Syracuse<\/em>). Owen Williams [released 1969]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Verzeih-Mir-Cover-1024x506.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Verzeih-Mir-Cover-1024x506.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Verzeih-Mir-Cover-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Verzeih-Mir-Cover-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Verzeih-Mir-Cover-1536x759.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Verzeih-Mir-Cover-1600x791.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Williams-Verzeih-Mir-Cover.png 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alex North, Hy Zaret [German words by Ralph Maria Siegel]: Komm\u2019 ins Land der Liebe [Unchained Melody]. 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Allan Evans [1976]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Allan-Evans.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Allan-Evans.png 850w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Allan-Evans-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Allan-Evans-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Allan-Evans-768x773.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Werner Scharfenberger, Joachim Relin: Diese Stadt hat tausend Augen. 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Thomas Carey, Urs Schneider, N\u00fcrnberger Symphoniker [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomas-Carey-Singing.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomas-Carey-Singing.png 624w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomas-Carey-Singing-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Heyward: Summertime (<em>Porgy and Bess<\/em>). Thomas Carey, Benson Sound Musicians [1982]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomas-Carey-Headshot.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomas-Carey-Headshot.png 651w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomas-Carey-Headshot-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alexander Gretchaninov, Mikhail Lermontov: Sleep, My Darling [Lullaby], Op. 1\/5 [sung in English]. Thomas Carey, Blane Smith, Robert McCanne [1982]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 440. 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