{"id":21402,"date":"2026-06-23T09:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=21402"},"modified":"2026-06-23T09:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T07:49:10","slug":"episode-474-brigitte-fassbaender-sings-brahms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/23\/episode-474-brigitte-fassbaender-sings-brahms\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 474. Brigitte Fassbaender Sings Brahms"},"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-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\">\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\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home 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-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-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 474. Brigitte Fassbaender Sings Brahms<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=2018-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 wp-block-paragraph\"><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-8f761849 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-39697d9b 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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-signed-postcard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-signed-postcard.png 621w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-signed-postcard-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pride 2026 at <em>Countermelody <\/em>continues with an episode devoted to the towering German mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender, not only one of the great opera stars of the late twentieth century (her Octavian, for instance, was, is, and remains, <em>hors concours<\/em>), but also one of the greatest <em>Lieder<\/em> singers of all time. Today I choose to focus on her performance of the songs of Johannes Brahms, whose music is ideally suited to her dark-timbred, urgently projected voice and artistry. She\u2019s heard in these selections with four of the primary pianists with whom she collaborated and recorded in the songs of Brahms: Erik Werba, Irwin Gage, Karl Engel, and the great Georgian pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja, with whom she made her final recordings in the early 1990s, just before her sudden departure from the opera and concert stage. Fassbaender has always lived her life openly and matter-of-factly, never foregrounding her sexuality while also never denying or hiding it. For her, music and the theater have always been the focal points in her public life, and her unique artistry has placed her at the forefront of the great musical artists of our time. There are few vocal artists I esteem as highly.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Johannes_Brahms_1866.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Johannes_Brahms_1866.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Johannes_Brahms_1866-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size wp-block-paragraph\" 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=\"825\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-in-recording-studio-1024x825.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-in-recording-studio-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-in-recording-studio-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-in-recording-studio-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-in-recording-studio-1536x1237.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-in-recording-studio-1600x1289.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-in-recording-studio.jpg 1953w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All tracks composed by Johannes Brahms and sung by mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender. Poets, pianists, and other collaborators as listed.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brahms-Young.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brahms-Young.png 939w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brahms-Young-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brahms-Young-768x481.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/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=\"720\" height=\"952\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Gage-outdoors.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Gage-outdoors.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Gage-outdoors-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adolf Frey: Meine Lieder, Op. 106\/4. Irwin Gage [1982]<\/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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Werba-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21571\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.527229340075566;width:758px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Werba-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Werba-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Werba-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Werba-1536x1006.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Werba-1600x1048.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Werba.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gottfried Keller: Therese, Op. 86\/1. Erik Werba [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=\"720\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-EL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-EL.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-EL-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional German: Vergebliches St\u00e4ndchen, Op. 84\/4. Elisabeth Leonskaja [1992]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Leonskaja.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Leonskaja.png 840w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Leonskaja-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Leonskaja-768x537.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Purple-Schubert-539x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21573\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5263620386643234;width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Purple-Schubert-539x1024.jpg 539w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Purple-Schubert-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-Purple-Schubert.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional German: In stiller nacht (<em>Deutsche Volkslieder<\/em>, WoO. 33\/42). verse 1: Erik Werba [1976]; both verses: Irwin Gage [1982]<\/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=\"243\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-Zigeuner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21574\" style=\"width:614px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-Zigeuner.jpg 243w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-Zigeuner-174x300.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traditional Hungarian text adapted by Hugo Conrat [n\u00e9 Hugo Cohn]: Hochget\u00fcrmte Rimaflut (<em>Zigeunerlieder<\/em>, Op. 103\/2). Karl Engel [1973]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karl-Engel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21594\" style=\"width:495px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karl-Engel.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Karl-Engel-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-cemetery.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21575\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-cemetery.jpg 553w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-cemetery-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin Luther [translation of 1 Corinthians, 13]: Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelszungen redete (<em>Vier ernste Ges\u00e4nge<\/em>, Op. 121\/4). Wolfram Rieger [live Prague 29.V.1991]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rieger.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rieger.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rieger-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rieger-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/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=\"994\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Schreier-velvet-tie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Schreier-velvet-tie.jpg 994w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Schreier-velvet-tie-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Schreier-velvet-tie-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anonymous Scots Ballad, translated and adapted Johann Gottfried Herder: Edward, Op. 75\/1. Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier, Karl Engel [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/edith-mathis-1024x635.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/edith-mathis-1024x635.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/edith-mathis-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/edith-mathis-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/edith-mathis-1536x952.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/edith-mathis-2048x1269.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/edith-mathis-1600x992.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilhelm H\u00e4ring: Walpurgisnacht, Op. 75\/4. Edith Mathis, Karl Engel [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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-3-1024x823.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-3-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-3-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-3-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-3.jpg 1054w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Klaus Groth: O w\u00fc\u00dft ich doch den Weg zur\u00fcck [Heimweh II], Op. 63\/8. Erik Werba [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=\"659\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-Erik.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-Erik.jpg 659w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-Erik-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Theodor Storm: \u00dcber die Heide, Op. 86\/4. Erik Werba [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 is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/young-fassbaender-necklace.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21580\" style=\"width:559px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/young-fassbaender-necklace.png 468w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/young-fassbaender-necklace-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heinrich Heine: Der Tod, das ist die k\u00fchle Nacht, Op. 96\/1. Erik Werba [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=\"721\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-black-n-white.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-black-n-white.jpg 721w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-black-n-white-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friedrich R\u00fcckert: Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91\/1. Thomas Riebl, Irwin Gage [1982]<\/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=\"720\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gage-Fassbaender-studio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gage-Fassbaender-studio.jpg 720w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Gage-Fassbaender-studio-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clemens Brentano: O k\u00fchler Wald, Op. 72\/3. Irwin Gage [1982]<\/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=\"283\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-Rakish-Gentleman.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21584\" style=\"width:577px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-Rakish-Gentleman.jpg 283w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-Rakish-Gentleman-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karl von Lemcke: Verzagen, Op. 72\/4. Irwin Gage [1982]<\/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=\"482\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21585\" style=\"width:678px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-4.jpg 482w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-4-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August von Platen: Wehe, so willst du mich wieder, Op. 32\/5. Irwin Gage [1982]<\/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=\"719\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-couch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-couch.jpg 719w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-couch-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Klaus Groth: Dein blaues Auge, Op. 59\/8. Elisabeth Leonskaja [1992]<\/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=\"442\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-Brick-Wall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21587\" style=\"width:681px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-Brick-Wall.jpg 442w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-Brick-Wall-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Klaus Groth: Komm bald, Op. 97\/4. Elisabeth Leonskaja [1992]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-Parents-674x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-Parents-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-Parents-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BF-Parents.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Brigitte Fassbaender&#8217;s parents, Sabine Peters and Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender<\/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=\"698\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-2.jpg 698w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BrigitteElectrola-Volume-2-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christian Reinhold: Nachtigall, Op. 97\/1. Elisabeth Leonskaja [1992]<\/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=\"600\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-leonskaja-magelone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21590\" style=\"width:637px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-leonskaja-magelone.jpg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-leonskaja-magelone-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Fassbaender-leonskaja-magelone-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ludwig Tieck: Der Sultan hatte eine Tochter&#8230; Sulima. Geliebter, wo zaudert&#8230; Peter erschrak am Herzen&#8230; Wie froh und frisch (<em>Die sch\u00f6ne Magelone<\/em>, Op. 33\/13,14). Brigitte Fassbaender, Elisabeth Leonskaja [1993]<\/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=\"605\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-outdoors.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-outdoors.jpg 605w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte-outdoors-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karl August Candidus: Alte Liebe, Op. 72\/1. Elisabeth Leonskaja [1992]<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brahms-Bear.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21592\" style=\"width:507px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brahms-Bear.png 412w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brahms-Bear-216x300.png 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte_Fassbaender_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte_Fassbaender_2025.jpg 500w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Brigitte_Fassbaender_2025-181x300.jpg 181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Brigitte Fassbaender (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 474. 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