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Back to SearchEpisode 232. Janet Williams and Paul Padillo Introduce Maria Ewing (Listeners’ Favorites III)
January 9 is already the second anniversary of the death of the iconoclastic (and iconic) Maria Ewing, who died of cancer in her home outside of her …
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 231. Elliot Levine Introduces Margaret Marshall (Listeners’ Favorites II)
The second of my Listeners’ Favorites episodes for January is introduced by my dear friend Elliot Levine, a founding member of the Western Wind Vocal…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 230. Brian Castles-Onion Introduces Ira Siff: La Gran Scena and Beyond (Listeners’ Favorites I)
Welcome to Season Five of Countermelody! While I indulge in a much-needed break for the month of January (my first in four years!), I have asked a nu…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 229. Happy Birthday, John Wustman
Today, Christmas Day 2023, is also the 93rd birthday of my teacher, the great John Wustman. I can think of no better way to conclude Season Four of C…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 228. Song Cycles for Christmas
For my second holiday episode this year, I turn to the music of my “other” country, Germany, the land of my forebears, where I have lived for the las…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 227. A Golden Age Christmas
In the midst of our recent move, I came across a stash of old “mixtapes” (actually CDs and much other archival material. One such item which particul…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 226. Maria Callas: Singer of the Century
What is there to say about today’s featured artist, Maria Callas, who was born 100 years ago today? So many of my esteemed colleagues are weighing in…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 225. Joya Sherrill
This week’s episode is the first in what I hope will be a series featuring vocalists who performed with Duke Ellington, Today’s artist is the playful…
2 years, 7 months ago
Handel's Deutsche Arien
Season 4 Episode 224
This year for Thanksgiving I bring you Handel’s glorious Neun deutsche Arien composed in the year 1725 to meditative texts by Barthold Heinrich Brock…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 223. Chouxbert vs. Shubertsky (Schubert in French and Russian)
A few weeks ago I finally found a copy of a rare recording by one of my favorite singers, the baryton martin Camille Maurane (1911 – 2010) in which h…
2 years, 7 months ago