{"id":5734,"date":"2020-10-04T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T21:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=5734"},"modified":"2022-06-07T19:54:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:54:43","slug":"episode-55-season-two-teaser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/04\/episode-55-season-two-teaser\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 55. 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Season Two Teaser<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=199-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" 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\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-normal-icon-size is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex 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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=\"438\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Robeson-Elzy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Robeson-Elzy.png 438w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Robeson-Elzy-277x300.png 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption>Paul Robeson and Ruby Elzy in a still from the film version of <em>The Emperor Jones <\/em>(1933)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week represents the limbo between the first and second seasons of <em>Countermelody<\/em>. I have been collating ideas for programs and series for the coming year and I have some short snippets representing singers and topics that we\u2019ll be encountering during my second season. We begin the episode with Francisco Araiza, who celebrates his 70th birthday on October 4th. And we conclude the episode celebrating the live of Helen Reddy, whose song \u201cI Am Woman\u201d formed the soundtrack to the burgeoning Women\u2019s Movement in the 1970s. In between I present short clips of some of my favorite singers who will be featured in upcoming episodes, including Anita Cerquetti, Alexander Kipnis, Russell Oberlin, Ruby Elzy, Eid\u00e9 Nor\u00e9na, S\u00e1ndor K\u00f3nya, Heather Harper, Paul Robeson, Cyndi Lauper, Milada \u0160ubrtov\u00e1, Carol Brice, John Reardon, Yi-Kwe Sze, Judith Blegen, Charles Cambon, Dory Previn, Donald Gramm, Pierre Bernac, Irmgard Seefried, Lotte Lenya, Dusty Springfield, and many others. This episode is also a thank you to all listen and support the podcast in whatever ways they are able. I can\u2019t wait to bring you the first episode of Season Two next week!<\/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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Araiza-Schubert.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Araiza-Schubert.jpg 482w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Araiza-Schubert-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd sch\u00f6n (<em>Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em>). Francisco Araiza; Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields [rec. 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Konya-as-Lohengrin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Konya-as-Lohengrin.jpg 279w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Konya-as-Lohengrin-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giacomo Puccini: Guardate, pazzo son (<em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>). S\u00e1ndor K\u00f3nya, Giorgio Giorgetti; Antonino Votto, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino [rec. 1961]<\/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=\"350\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Milada-Subrtova.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Milada-Subrtova.jpg 350w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Milada-Subrtova-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k: Za \u0161t\u00edhlou gazelou [Behind the gazelle] (<em>Armida<\/em>). Milada \u0160ubrtov\u00e1; V\u00e1clav Jir\u00e1\u010dek, Prague Symphony Orchestra [rec. 1956]<\/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=\"568\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cerquetti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cerquetti.jpg 568w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Cerquetti-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Gaspare Spontini: O re dei cieli (<em>Agnese di Hohenstaufen<\/em>). Anita Cerquetti; Arturo Basile, Orchestra di Milano della RAI [Milano 17 December 1956]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"852\" data-id=\"5750\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Blegen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Blegen.jpg 563w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Blegen-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><figcaption>Judith Blegen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"709\" data-id=\"5751\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Heather-Harper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Heather-Harper.jpg 466w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Heather-Harper-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><figcaption>Heather Harper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Canzonetta sull&#8217;aria (<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>). Heather Harper, Judith Blegen; Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra [rec. 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lewis-as-Lizzie-1967.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lewis-as-Lizzie-1967.jpg 828w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lewis-as-Lizzie-1967-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lewis-as-Lizzie-1967-768x950.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><figcaption>Brenda Lewis in the title role of <em>Lizzie Borden<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Beeson, Kenward Elmslie: Lizzie&#8217;s Mad Scene (<em>Lizzie Borden<\/em>). Brenda Lewis; Anton Coppola, New York City Opera Orchestra [rec. 1965]<\/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=\"664\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Elzy-Formal.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Elzy-Formal.png 664w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Elzy-Formal-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Friedrich von Flotow: The Last Rose of Summer (<em>Martha<\/em>). Ruby Elzy [rec. 1937]<\/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=\"300\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Norena.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Norena.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Norena-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel: Care selve (<em>Atalanta<\/em>). Eid\u00e9 Nor\u00e9na; Orchestra conducted by Joseph Messner [rec. 1938]<\/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=\"354\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernac-Poulenc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernac-Poulenc.jpg 354w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernac-Poulenc-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bernac-Poulenc-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><figcaption>Pierre Bernac (L) and Francis Poulenc (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis Poulenc, Guillaume Apollinaire: Sanglots (<em>Banalit\u00e9s<\/em>, No. 5). Pierre Bernac; Francis Poulenc [rec. 1950]<\/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=\"469\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Charles-Cambon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Charles-Cambon.jpg 469w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Charles-Cambon-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jules Massenet: Vision fugitive (<em>H\u00e9rodiade<\/em>). Charles Cambon; Orchestra conducted by Louis Forestier [rec. 1947]<\/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=\"276\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Giorgio-Zancanaro.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Giorgio-Zancanaro.jpg 276w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Giorgio-Zancanaro-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Giuseppe Verdi: Io morr\u00f2 (<em>Don Carlo<\/em>). Giorgio Zancanaro; Bernard Haitink, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [live April 1985]<\/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=\"326\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/John-Reardon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/John-Reardon.png 326w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/John-Reardon-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green: I Know about Love (<em>Do Re Mi<\/em>). John Reardon; Orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel [rec. 1961]<\/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=\"572\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Carol-Brice.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Carol-Brice.png 572w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Carol-Brice-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Burton Lane, Yip Harburg: Necessity (<em>Finian&#8217;s Rainbow<\/em>). Carol Brice; Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Max Meth [rec. 1960]<\/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=\"755\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gramm-755x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gramm-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gramm-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gramm-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Gramm.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>John Duke, Edwin Arlington Robinson: Luke Havergal. Donald Gramm; Donald Hassard [rec. 1977]<\/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=\"600\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Robeson.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Robeson.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Robeson-235x300.jpeg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Traditional Russian, arr. Rosa Newmarch: Black Eyes. Paul Robeson [rec. 1939]<\/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=\"320\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kipnis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kipnis.jpg 320w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kipnis-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>George Frideric Handel: Al sen ti stringo e parto (<em>Ariodante<\/em>). Alexander Kipnis; Arthur Bergh [rec. 1930]<\/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=\"343\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Yi-Kwe-Sze.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Yi-Kwe-Sze.jpg 343w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Yi-Kwe-Sze-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Sergei Rachmaninov, Alexis Tolstoy: Uzh ty, niva moja [The Harvest of Sorrow], Op. 4\/5. Yi-Kwe Sze; Victor Rabin [live Cleveland 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Oberlin-709x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Oberlin-709x1024.jpg 709w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Oberlin-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Oberlin-768x1109.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Oberlin-1064x1536.jpg 1064w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Russell-Oberlin.jpg 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Robert Schumann, Nicholas Lenau: Meine Rose, Op. 90, No. 2. Russell Oberlin; Douglas Williams [1961 recording]<\/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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Patricia-Brooks-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Patricia-Brooks-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Patricia-Brooks-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Patricia-Brooks.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Felix Mendelssohn, Heinrich Heine: Neue Liebe, Op. 19a, No. 4. Patricia Brooks; Harriet Wingreen [live New York 28 February 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Seefried-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Seefried-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Seefried-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Seefried.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>German Folk Song, arr. Johannes Brahms: In stiller Nacht. Irmgard Seefried; Erik Werba [radio recording Bayerischer Rundfunk 28 April 1951]<\/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=\"380\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fassbaender.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fassbaender.png 380w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Fassbaender-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Franz Schubert, Heinrich Heine: Ihr Bild, D. 957\/9. Brigitte Fassbaender; Aribert Reimann [rec. 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Roberta-Alexander.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Roberta-Alexander.png 452w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Roberta-Alexander-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Roberta-Alexander-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Alec Wilder, Loonis McGlohon: Blackberry Winter. Roberta Alexander; David Triestram [rec. 1996]<\/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=\"589\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lenya.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lenya.jpg 589w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Lenya-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Kurt Weill, Franz Werfel; Ludwig Lewisohn [English lyrics]: Song of Ruth (<em>The Eternal Road<\/em>). Lotte Lenya; Orchestra conducted by Maurice Levine [rec. 1958]<\/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=\"316\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Marlene-Dietrich.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Marlene-Dietrich.jpg 316w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Marlene-Dietrich-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II; Lothar Metzl [German lyrics]: The Surrey with the Fringe on Top. Marlene Dietrich; Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll [rec. 1951]<\/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=\"518\" height=\"651\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Neblett.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Neblett.jpg 518w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Neblett-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stephen Sondheim: One More Kiss (<em>Follies<\/em>). Carol Neblett, Leah Horowitz [live Los Angeles May 2012]<\/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=\"480\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Dory-Langdon-Previn.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Dory-Langdon-Previn.png 480w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Dory-Langdon-Previn-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dory Langdon Previn: I Dance and Dance and Sing and Sing. Dory Langdon Previn [live Carnegie Hall 18 April 1973]<\/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=\"722\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Dusty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Dusty.jpg 722w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Dusty-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Scherrie Payne, Edith Wayne, Ronald Dunbar: Crumbs off the Table. Dusty Springfield; Orchestra conducted by Derek Wadsworth [rec. 1970]<\/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=\"563\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CyndI-Lauper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CyndI-Lauper.jpg 563w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/CyndI-Lauper-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Michel Berger, Luc Plamondon; Tim Rice [English lyrics]: The World Is Stone (<em>Starmania<\/em>). Cyndi Lauper [rec. 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-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"651\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helen-Reddy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helen-Reddy.png 651w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Helen-Reddy-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Helen Reddy, Ray Burton: I Am Woman. Helen Reddy [rec. 1971]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode 55. 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