최고 Lieder 팟캐스트 (2024)

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Episode 301. Christa Ludwig Sings Lieder 1:13:10

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Since Christa Ludwig’s death more than three and a half years ago, her reputation has only increased. A significant portion of that reputation rests on her prowess as a singer of Lieder, a repertoire she took quite seriously and on which she focused a good deal of her performing career, especially in later years. At the time of her death, I publish…

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Episode 305. Rage and Despair 1:15:21

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Before I traveled to my home state of Wisconsin this week, I had prepared an episode to post this weekend, but in my naïveté, I had not anticipated the catastrophe that happened to my country, and to the world, when the unthinkable occurred this past Tuesday. Since then I have barely had a moment’s rest, feeling gripped by a torrent of negative emo…

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Episode 304. Portia White, Canadian Icon 59:16

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As the United States faces its most momentous and contentious election since at least 1968, let’s turn for today to our neighbors to the North to become acquainted with one of their cultural icons: the African Canadian contralto Portia White (1911-1968), the first internationally renowned Black Canadian classical singer, named a “person of national…

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Episode 303. Everything Must Change 1:35:07

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Something a little outside of the normal scope of Countermelody for today’s episode: Earlier this year I published a bonus episode on the fascinating singer/songwriter Benard Ighner (1945-2017) and his modern-day standard “Everything Must Change,” which I re-present today. The song has had a profound effect on me ever since I heard the version by t…

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RBR #105: "Daredevil" (MARVEL before the MCU) 59:34

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This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind! Get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code RBTR20 at checkout. You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/RBTR20 Daredevil is a 2003 film that offers a dark, brooding take on the Marvel superhero of the same name. As the fifth entry in our “Marvel before the MCU” series…

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Episode 302. The Haunted Opera House, 2024 Edition 1:24:21

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Two years ago for Halloween, I presented the first of my “Haunted Opera House” episodes. At the time, I had such a plethora of creepy musical material that I produced a bonus episode of material that otherwise would have ended up in the dung heap (like the body of Faust at the end of Schnittke’s Faust Cantata, which closes the episode). We also hea…

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Episode 300. Helen Donath Revisited 1:16:10

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Episode 300 of Countermelody is upon us, and I have chosen today to bring you the German-American soprano Helen Donath in all her glory, performing Lieder of both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert, the vast majority accompanied by her husband, German conductor, pianist, and scholar Klaus Donath. With their mutual attention to subtle musica…

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Mark Scatterday, Conductor of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Part 1: A life in conducting and training the next generation of professional musicians 57:26

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Mark Scatterday is the Professor of Conducting at the Eastman School of Music and the esteemed conductor of the legendary Eastman Wind Ensemble. Since taking the baton in 2002 as only the fourth conductor in the ensemble’s storied history, Mark has continued the rich legacy of his predecessors, especially Frederick Fennell and Donald Hunsberger. Un…

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Episode 299. Rogue Tenors

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Remember the summer of 2020? The good old days of lockdown? That was the first summer that I was producing Countermelody, and during that time I tried to inject a little levity into the podcast by doing a long series on crossover. One such episode was devoted to a century of tenors singing crossover, reaching back further than a century from Herman…

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RBR #104: "Spider-Man" (MARVEL before the MCU) 1:19:27

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This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind! Get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code RBTR20 at checkout. You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/RBTR20 Spider-Man is a 2002 superhero origin story that captures the essence of the beloved Marvel character. As the fourth entry in our “Marvel before the MCU” ser…

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Episode 298. Verdi Duets 1:20:01

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Last week, absorbed in preparations for my own birthday, I passed over the birthday of the great Giuseppe Verdi, born 10 October 1813. Two years ago I produced a pair of Verdi episodes, and today I feature the one first published as a bonus episode at that time, which features duets from Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Rigoletto, Otello, a…

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Episode 297. In Pace 1:30:09

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Today I present part two of my “In Memoriam” series, honoring treasured singers who have recently died. This week I focus on male singers, covering the gamut from opera singers (Dominic Cossa, Lando Bartolini, Eric Tappy, Steve Davislim, Siegfried Lorenz) to pop stars (James Darren, Kris Kristofferson); early music singers (Howard Crook) to Broadwa…

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Frederica von Stade & Martin Katz, Part 1: An Opera Icon and Renowned Collaborative Pianist, Reflecting on a Lifetime of Musical Collaboration, Teaching, and Artistic Growth 55:12

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On June 9, 1974, the legendary singer Frederica von Stade and the brilliant pianist Martin Katz performed their first concert together—a partnership that continues to captivate audiences to this day. Few musical collaborations have endured for so many years or produced such iconic work. It was an incredible honor to sit down with both of them to di…

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Episode 296. Dan’s Operatic Picks 1:33:16

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I’m still under the weather, but I can’t let that keep me from posting my usual Tuesday episode! Here is another recycled bonus episode, this one posted two years ago in honor of my birthday, which features some of my favorite singers. At that time I posted a brand new episode entitled “Dan’s Picks,” but many of the best selections ended up on the …

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Episode 295. Requiescat 1:33:32

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Today on Countermelody is the first of two memorial episodes paying tribute to singers that we’ve lost just in the past few months. Applying the completely arbitrary rubric of gender, today I am focusing on sopranos (with two mezzo-soprano interlopers); my next episode will carry the memorial torch for all the male singers who’ve recently died. Tod…

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Principal Director at EPAM, Massimo Buonaiuto | The Leadership Lab | Ep. 41 38:54

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'Be the revolution' In the age of AI, where do the humans fit in? Massimo Buonaiuto has the answers. Find out more in our latest podcast! In this episode of The Leadership Lab, Anthony Kelly is joined by Massimo Buonaiuto, Principal Director of Data Analytics at EPAM, an Author, and a prolific international speaker with over 20 years of experience …

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RBR #103: "Blade 2" (MARVEL before the MCU) 49:03

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This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind! Get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchases with code RBTR20 at checkout. You can claim it at: https://magicmind.com/RBTR20 Blade 2 is a 2002 sci-fi action-horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro that follows the vampire hunter Blade as he takes on a new and deadlier breed of v…

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Episode 294. Dusty Springfield Revisited 1:03:46

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Armed with happy memories of our sojourn to London, which just ended yesterday, I decided to pay tribute today to another favorite British singer of mine, this time in the pop realm, the indescribably gifted Dusty Springfield. This is a bonus episode that I first published three and a half years ago which explores my favorite period of Dusty’s outp…

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Impromptu Session with Wes Nance of Eastman and Rochester Philharmonic: "Whinnies and Winners: A Trumpeter's Journey Beyond Mahler" 9:48

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In this deeply insightful interview, host Tony Plog chats with Wes Nance, trumpet with the Rochester Philharmonic, about the often-overlooked artistry behind Sleigh Ride's iconic horse whinny. Wes reflects on his time at the Eastman School of Music, his unconventional teaching methods, and the annual Horse Whinny Challenge — a competition as fun as…

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Episode 293. The Mysterious Mara Coleva 1:03:15

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The Bulgarian soprano Mara Coleva (12 March 1922 - 22 October 2014) was a vital and versatile singer, the majority of whose career took place in Italy in the 1950s through the very early sixties. Her most prominent and readily-accessible recordings are all for the RAI (Radio-Televisione Italiana), including the role of Silvana in a 1955 recording f…

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Episode 292. Ian Partridge Revisited 1:29:46

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David and I leave tomorrow on a short jaunt to London, my first visit there in absolute ages. As a result, I have had my favorite British singers very much in mind. In 2023, the quintessential British tenor Ian Partridge celebrated his 80th birthday, and in hono(u)r of that occasion, I produced a pair of Countermelody episodes in tribute to his exq…

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Episode 291. A Bevy of Bachian Contraltos 1:31:00

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This week I pull out all the Baroque stops (appropriately enough), to present you with an episode chock full of contraltos, all singing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. I have chosen 28 different contraltos, active between the late 1930s and the early 2000s, who excelled in the singing and interpretation of this most spiritual, and most genius, …

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RBR #102: “X-Men” (MARVEL before the MCU) 1:08:12

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X-Men is a 2000 superhero film that introduces a world where mutants are feared and struggle for acceptance. As the second entry in our “Marvel before the MCU” series, and the first true blockbuster based on a Marvel comic, the movie blends action with an exploration of prejudice and identity. ----more---- Thank you so much for listening! Please he…

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Episode 290. Ileana Cotrubaș Revisited 1:34:09

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More than four years ago, I published my very first bonus episode on Patreon, which I offer here in a fancy new setting and with a wonderful new coda. When I first published an episode on the great Ileana Cotrubaș in honor of her 81st birthday, I promised a bonus episode which would offer further examples of this treasurable artist’s plangent and p…

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Jeffrey Biegel, Part 1: International Concert Piano Artist and Educator - His thoughts on Music, Innovation, and Overcoming Adversity 1:02:06

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Jeffrey Biegel is a pianist who has dazzled audiences across the globe, performing with major orchestras from a young age. But his contributions go far beyond the concert stage — He's commissioned over 25 new works from living composers, leaving a lasting mark on contemporary piano music. Always pushing the boundaries, Jeffrey has performed weekly …

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Episode 289. Meet Vera Little 1:02:32

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On Monday June 3, 2024, a new memorial plaque commemorating African American mezzo-soprano Vera Little (10 December 1928 – 24 October 2012) was unveiled at her former residence in Berlin’s Charlottenburg neighborhood. Little is remembered today as the first Black singer to appear as Carmen on the stage of Berlin’s Städtische Oper, soon to be rename…

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Episode 288. Teresa Żylis-Gara Revisited 1:24:29

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Today I revisit the life, career, and sumptuous voice of the great Polish soprano Teresa Żylis-Gara, who died three years ago on 28 August 2021 at the age of 91. The soprano was for the most part shockingly under-recorded, so I have scoured the internet for examples of her live in performance, and unearthed examples of her singing Wagner, Massenet,…

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Liebst du um Schönheit: Gustav Mahler & Clara Wieck Schumann 24:25

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In our final episode of our compare and contrast season we discuss Liebst du um Schönheit by Gustav Mahler and Clara Wieck Schumann. With guest performers mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Decker and pianist Samuel Martin. Song Cycle is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about its network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org…

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Episode 287. Meet Hugo Hasslo 51:43

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Unless by some miracle you know him already, the Swedish baritone Hugo Hasslo (1911 – 1994), is almost certainly the greatest baritone you never heard of. I discovered him entirely by accident years ago when Tower Records was going out of business and I, like a jackal picking the carcass of an unfortunate water buffalo, grabbed up scads of opera an…

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RBR #101: “Blade” (MARVEL before the MCU) 56:17

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Blade is a 1998 action-horror film that follows the story of a half-vampire/half-human vampire hunter, played by Wesley Snipes. As the first entry in our “Marvel before the MCU” series, the film blends martial arts, gothic horror, comic book elements, and a dark, stylish atmosphere to become a cult classic and a significant influence on the modern …

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Episode 286. Julia Varady Revisited 1:21:22

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This week, the sublime Julia Varady celebrated her 83rd birthday, and here at Countermelody that is an occasion well worth commemorating and celebrating. I’m newly home in Berlin, but with a huge pile of “welcome home” stuff that I have to attend to, so this episode consists of bonus content that I published a year ago while I was (once again) in t…

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