Podcasts about Christa Ludwig

Sometimes when I look back on past episodes of Countermelody, I surprise myself with how good they were, even in the early days when I was still trying to figure everything out. This episode, first posted as a bonus episode five years ago is a good example of that. Earlier that season I had coined the term “Full-Figured Baroque” to describe the “old-fashioned” style of Baroque performance that I personally prefer to what one currently hears in churches and concert halls around the world and on recordings. This episode was devoted to Baroque music composed specifically for the Christmas season, recorded between 1940 and 1992, and performed in deliciously non-period style, replete with deliberate tempi, judiciously applied vibrato, and stately ritardandi. There is a special focus on the Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah and Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium and assorted cantatas for the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany season. Singers include Janet Baker, Tom Krause, Jerry Hadley, Margaret Marshall, Francisco Araiza, Russell Oberlin, Helen Watts, William Warfield, John Shirley-Quirk, Peter Schreier, Heather Harper, Shirley Verrett, Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Marga Höffgen, Agnes Giebel, Kurt Equiluz, Florence Quivar, Aksel Schiøtz, Kirsten Flagstad, Christa Ludwig, Edith Mathis, Brigitte Fassbaender. Ernst Haefliger, Jennifer Vyvyan, Anna Reynolds, Judith Blegen, Fritz Wunderlich, Elly Ameling, Peter Schreier, and Gundula Janowitz. Conductors include Neville Marriner, Raymond Leppard, Colin Davis, Karl Richter, Lorin Maazel, Helmut Winschermann, Vittorio Negri, Karl Münchinger, Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan, Eugene Ormandy, Adrian Boult, Andrew Davis, and Eugen Jochum, among others. Don't miss out on this full-figured Christmas treat! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly or yearly support at whatever level you can afford.

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 published two episodes in her honor, the second, a bonus one, focusing on her work as a recitalist. That episode, which I reframe and re-present today, includes a full program of Lieder in mostly live performances between 1961 and 1993. She sings songs by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, as well as a selection of German folksongs from a German television 1978 program hosted by the enormously popular Schlagertenor Peter Alexander. She is accompanied by Leonard Bernstein, Erik Werba, Irwin Gage, Geoffrey Parsons, and James Levine. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

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, of composers. I am dividing this episode into two separate segments, the first of which I present here, a group of singers which includes such legendary historical figures as Kathleen Ferrier and Marian Anderson, and Christa Ludwig, as well as such exceptional voices from the Americas as Maureen Forrester and Carol Smith; and, from the continent, Aafje Heynis, Germaine Cernay, Brigitte Fassbaender, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Claudia Hellmann, Marga Höffgen, and Margarethe Bence. These women are joined by a further a group of British contraltos and mezzo-sopranos, each with distinctive and exceptional approaches to the music of Bach, including Helen Watts, Norma Procter, Maureen Lehane (for me, the big discovery of the week), and of course Janet Baker, beloved to all of us. I also pay tribute to a select group of exceptional Kapellmeister including Karl Richter, Helmuth Kahlhöfer, Fritz Werner, Kurt Thomas, and Hans Thamm, who thrived in recordings and live performances from the 1950s and beyond. If certain favorite names of yours are missing from this week's setlist, no worries: they may well appear on next week's episode, which continues to combine Bachian expressive profundity with plummy contralto depths. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

durée : 00:16:02 - Disques de légende du mercredi 12 juin 2024 - « Il m'a montré comment chercher le sens caché de la musique, sa vérité. Cet homme respirait la musique : c'est de lui que j'ai le plus appris, y compris sur le plan personnel. », Voilà comment Crhista Ludwig parlait de Leonard Bernstein.

Diese "Parsifal"-Neueinspielung lohnt sich allein wegen Elīna Garanča: Die Lettin brennt vor Neugierde gegenüber der rätselhaften Bühnengestalt der Kundry, agiert mit unbändiger Energie. Ihre Interpretation erinnert an die vergleichbare Kundry von Christa Ludwig in den 1970er Jahren!

durée : 00:59:28 - Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano de légende - par : Aurélie Moreau - Christa Ludwig apparaît pour la 1ère fois en 1955 à l'Opéra de Vienne, dans le rôle de Chérubin des Noces de Figaro. Cette invitation de Karl Böhm marque le début de son exceptionnelle carrière qu'elle consacre également au lied avec grand succès.

My friend and fellow opera podcaster Howard Hart introduces the first of this week's Listeners' Favorites episodes, my 2021 tribute to the superb zwischenfach singer Christa Ludwig, who died nearly three years ago. Ludwig was a singer whose repertoire centered around the great German composers but who also sang Verdi and French repertoire with stunning results; a mezzo-soprano who was unparalleled in Wagner, Mahler, and Brahms, but who also sang the great soprano heroines of Richard Strauss; a Lieder singer of great perception and textual acuity whose supple technique nonetheless was centered on legato singing: the greatness of this artist simply cannot be overestimated. I focus on the key composers (Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Wagner) and conductors (Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, and Leonard Bernstein) with whom she was most closely associated, while also examining some roles that might surprise you: Cenerentola, Amneris and Marie in Wozzeck. Vocal guest stars include Gloria Davy, Victoria de los Ángeles, Reri Grist, Gundula Janowitz, Gwyneth Jones, and Ludwig's one-time husband Walter Berry. Thank you, Howard, for lending your enthusiasm and passion to my podcast in your introduction of one of your (and my) favorite singers. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford.

Elina Garanca—2004 | Vivica Genaux—1997 | Marilyn Horne—1983 | Vesselina Kasarova—1998 | Jennifer Larmore—2000 | Isabel Leonard—2019 | José Maria LoMonaco—2015 | Christa Ludwig—1959

A cura di Paolo PellegriniCommento musicale Valerio LopanePresentazione Mascia DionisiVincenzo Bellini NormaNorma, Maria Callas,Pollione, Franco Corelli,Adalgisa, Christa Ludwig,Oroveso, Nicola ZaccariaCoro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di MilanoTullio Serafin, direttore

Un número bien estudiado por Bellini y en cierto modo muy original. Ese trío entre Norma, Poillione y Adalgisa, precedido por el dúo entre las dos sacerdotisas, en el que Norma descubre la relación entre su acólita y el procónsul, es de un melodismo maravilloso y de un dramatismo excepcional. Escuchamos versiones contrastadas protagonizadas por María Callas, Gina Cigna, Ebe Stignani, Christa Ludwig, Giovanni Breviario, Mario del Monaco y Franco Corelli dirigidos por Vtorio Gui y Tulllio Serafin. Escuchar audio

durée : 01:28:24 - « Georg Solti, chef d'orchestre » (4/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Vingt-cinq ans après la disparition de ce musicien de légende, qui fut aussi un pianiste virtuose, retour sur l'exceptionnelle discographie de Solti, où l'on croise Renata Tebaldi, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, Renée Fleming, Régine Crespin, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo...

durée : 01:28:13 - « Georg Solti, chef d'orchestre » (3/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Vingt-cinq ans après la disparition de ce musicien de légende, qui fut aussi un pianiste virtuose, retour sur l'exceptionnelle discographie de Solti, où l'on croise Renata Tebaldi, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, Renée Fleming, Régine Crespin, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo...

durée : 01:28:24 - « Georg Solti, chef d'orchestre » (2/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Vingt-cinq ans après la disparition de ce musicien de légende, qui fut aussi un pianiste virtuose, retour sur l'exceptionnelle discographie de Solti, où l'on croise Renata Tebaldi, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, Renée Fleming, Régine Crespin, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo...

durée : 01:28:41 - « Georg Solti, chef d'orchestre » (1/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Vingt-cinq ans après la disparition de ce musicien de légende, qui fut aussi un pianiste virtuose, retour sur l'exceptionnelle discographie de Solti, où l'on croise Renata Tebaldi, Christa Ludwig, Birgit Nilsson, Renée Fleming, Régine Crespin, Leontyne Price, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo...

We welcome the mezzo Susan Platts, who has long been celebrated for her performances of Gustav Mahler's music. Toledo audiences will soon get the chance to hear Susan sing Mahler's monumental symphony in song, Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth). We hear Mahlerian tales as told by Susan, including about her "pandemic project" (hint: it's a cookbook), and the times she spent working with two legends no longer with us: Christa Ludwig and Jessye Norman. Also, taking our cue from Mahler's use of Chinese poems, we offer a Who Said It, Confucius or Li Bai? quiz!

durée : 00:21:21 - Disques de légende du mardi 03 mai 2022 - Aujourd'hui dans Disques de légende, nous écoutons Capriccio de Richard Strauss par l'Orchestre Philharmonia dirigé par Wolfgang Sawallisch, avec les chanteurs Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Eberhard Waechter ou Hans Hotter.

durée : 01:28:45 - Peter Sellars, metteur en scène - par : Priscille Lafitte - Pourquoi avoir tourné le dos au théâtre pour embrasser la forme totale de l'opéra ? Peter Sellars retrace son parcours musical, lui qui a communié avec des junkies sur des cantates de Bach, découvert Wagner par la voix de Christa Ludwig, et convaincu J. Adams et K. Saariaho de travailler avec lui. - réalisé par : Marie Grout

Today in honor of Women's History Month and the people of Ukraine, I present a compendium of eight different Liedersängerinnen singing Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise, set to poems by Wilhelm Müller. When I am in despair, I turn to Schubert, who, even in such a bleak piece as Winterreise, offers incomparable insight and empathy into our shared humanity. Though it is often held that this is a cycle that should sung exclusively by men, these eight women put the lie to that faulty premise. Featured singers are Lois Marshall, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lotte Lehmann, Elena Gerhardt, Christa Ludwig, Margaret Price, Mitsuko Shirai, and Alice Coote. Pianists are Paul Ulanowsky, Erik Werba, James Levine, Hartmut Höll, Julius Drake, Coenraad Bos, Aribert Reimann, Wolfram Rieger, Anton Kuerti, and Thomas Dewey. This is an episode that I have been planning for some time, and with so many people forced to take precarious and life-threatening winter journeys, there was no time like the present than to share this music, and these singers, with you. Warning: This is at least a six-hanky episode! Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

The great African American coloratura Reri Grist was born on leap year 1932. We celebrate her upcoming 90th birthday with a tribute featuring many of her greatest roles and recordings. After appearing as Consuelo in the 1957 Broadway premiere of West Side Story, and encouraged by Leonard Bernstein, Grist began a career in opera that took her around the world to all of the greatest opera houses. Reri Grist was the perfect exemplar of the so-called “-ina” roles: soubrette parts in Mozart and Strauss operas (Blondchen, Susanna, Despina, Zerlina, Zerbinetta, and Sophie), as well as the comic operas of Donizetti and Rossini (including Adina, Norina, and Rosina). This episode features her in most of these roles and concludes with the glorious finale of the second act of Richard Strauss's 1935 comedy Die schweigsame Frau, one of her most notable successes. Vocal guest stars today include Christa Ludwig, Luciano Pavarotti, Sena Jurinac, Nicolai Gedda, Gwyneth Jones, Luigi Alva, Judith Raskin, Donald Grobe, and Richard Lewis. Whether you are celebrating 90 years or 22-and-a-half leap years, we celebrate you, Frau Grist, and offer heartfelt thanks for the joys that you have offered us. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Part Two of my “Auld Acquaintance” mini-series on Countermelody continues the exploitation of even more artists who have already been featured on the podcast, but in rare recordings that have only recently come into my collection. Today's episode begins with a tribute to the German-based African American mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Killebrew, who died on Christmas Eve at the age of 80. Featured artists in the main episode include Paul Robeson, Magda Olivero, Edda Moser, Ileana Cotrubas, Carol Brice, Margaret Price, Igor Gorin, Josephine Baker, Eidé Noréna, Alberta Hunter, Thomas Carey, Christa Ludwig, Sylvia Sass, Francisco Araiza, William Warfield, and many, many more singing everything from reggae to Rigoletto. 2021 gets a better send-off than it deserves, what with these singers and this music that will certainly help us all to approach the upcoming New Year “keeping the song in our hearts!” Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel's lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” At Countermelody's core is the celebration of great singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. By clicking on the following link (https://linktr.ee/CountermelodyPodcast) you can find the dedicated Countermelody website which contains additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. The link will also take you to Countermelody's Patreon page, where you can pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available exclusively to Patreon supporters are currently available and further bonus content including interviews and livestreams is planned for the upcoming season.

Analizamos y damos la vuelta a la gran aria de Lady Macbeth, Una macchia e qui tuttora de Macbeth de Verdi. Escuchamos a grandes sopranos: Maria Callas, Leyla Gencer, Christa Ludwig, Règine Crespin y Anna Netrebko. Escuchar audio

We welcome the mezzo Susan Platts, who has long been celebrated for her performances of Gustav Mahler's music. Toledo audiences will soon get the chance to hear Susan sing Mahler's monumental symphony in song, Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth). We hear Mahlerian tales as told by Susan, including about her "pandemic project" (hint: it's a cookbook), and the times she spent working with two legends no longer with us: Christa Ludwig and Jessye Norman. Also, taking our cue from Mahler's use of Chinese poems, we offer a Who Said It, Confucius or Li Bai? quiz!

durée : 01:57:18 - Été Classique Après-midi du lundi 02 août 2021 - par : Aliette de Laleu - Qu'est-ce qui réchauffe nos cœurs ? Est-ce le piano enflammé de Nina Simone ? Le brillant saxophone de Jess Gillam ou les voix chaudes de Gaëlle Arquez, de Christa Ludwig ou d'Esma Redzepova ? Et si c'était tout cela à la fois ? Bienvenue dans un été classique tout feu tout flamme. - réalisé par : Emmanuel Benito

By turns regal and opulent, rich and astounding, the operatic diva has the ability to move you with performances that you will remember for the rest of your life. In the final episode of our four-part series, we're joined by lecturer Ira Siff as he discusses the lives and careers of the great divas Christa Ludwig, Aprile Millo, Krassmira Stoyanova, Teresa Stratas, and, of course, Jessye Norman.

Completamos nuestro homenaje de despedida a la gran mezzosoprano-soprano desaparecida hace unos meses a los 91 años. Espigando entre decenas y decenas de testimonios sonoros escuchamos algunas de sus interpretaciones más señaladas: dúo de Octavian y Sophie (Hilde de Groot), el de la entrega de la rosa, de El caballero de la rosa de Strauss; dúo de Isolda (Birgit Nilsson) y Brangania del primer acto de Tristán e Isolda de Wagner; aria de Fidelio de Beethoven; Habanera de Carmen de Bizet; dúo de Norma (Maria Callas) y Adalgisa de Norma de Bellini (Mira o Norma) y final de El crepúsculo de los dioses de Wagner. Escuchar audio

durée : 01:58:20 - Relax ! du mardi 01 juin 2021 - par : Lionel Esparza - Au sommaire du dernier Diapason, un hommage à Christa Ludwig, un entretien avec le chef Alexandre Bloch, un dossier spécial consacré à l'histoire musicale de Venise, la Symphonie "Jupiter" de Mozart en œuvre du mois... Et à 16h notre légende du jour est empruntée à la playlist de Vincent Dumestre ! - réalisé par : Antoine Courtin

En 2008 dedicábamos espacio a esta mezzosoprano (también soprano) alemana con motivo de su 80 cumpleaños. Volvemos sobre su figura en el momento de su desaparición a los 91. Una de las voces y de las artistas líricas más importantes de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Dueña de un inmenso y variadísimo repertorio en las dos cuerdas, grabó mucho y bien, de lo que nos aprovechamos ahora para escucharla en un ramillete amplísimo de piezas operísticas y liederísticas: salida del beodo Príncipe Orlofsky de El Murciélago de Johann Strauss hijo, Dúo de Così fan tutte con su marido de entonces, Walter Berry, Non so più cosa son cosa faccio de Las bodas de Fígaro, ambas de Mozart; Entrada del Compositor en Ariana en Naxos de Richard Strauss; Dúo de Barak y su mujer de La mujer sin sombra del mismo músico, también con Berry. Y cuatro lieder: Auch kleine Dinge y Mignon II de Wolf, con Barenboim y Werba, respectivamente, al piano, y Waldergespräch e Im Walde de Schumann, con el segundo de ellos como acompañante. Escuchar audio

Parlem d'Òpera 440: "Homenatge a Christa Ludwig"

-Musica delle ragnatele..-un ascolto per Christa Ludwig..-Maurizio Pollini a Milano Musica, di Luca Chierici..-Igor Stravinsky a proposito della Sagra della Primavera..-Chailly e Schiavi: la Sagra alla Scala..-Igor Stravinsky inventore di musica: la Sagra della Primavera, di Massimiliano Caldi..-annunci & ascolti da Como, Mantova, Parigi, Milano..-alla Scala: Etienne Reymond direttore artistico della Filarmonica e niente Italiana in Algeri causa virus

-Musica delle ragnatele..-un ascolto per Christa Ludwig..-Maurizio Pollini a Milano Musica, di Luca Chierici..-Igor Stravinsky a proposito della Sagra della Primavera..-Chailly e Schiavi: la Sagra alla Scala..-Igor Stravinsky inventore di musica: la Sagra della Primavera, di Massimiliano Caldi..-annunci & ascolti da Como, Mantova, Parigi, Milano..-alla Scala: Etienne Reymond direttore artistico della Filarmonica e niente Italiana in Algeri causa virus

Christa Ludwig, celebrated two weeks ago, is not the only great singer and musician to have departed this earthly realm in recent months. This episode presents a wide cross-section of great musicians we have lost, not just singers, and not just classical musicians. Included are many opera singers who today are less well-known, including Sándor Sólyom Nagy, Libuše Domanínská, Margherita Roberti, Tamara Sorokina, Angelo Mori, Marcella Reale, Biserka Cvejić, and Michel Trempont. A wide range of composers including Ennio Morricone, Elias Rahbani, and Harold Budd, also receive a nod, as do instrumentalists Leon Fleisher, Osian Ellis, and Julian Bream, and non-classical artists such as Anne Feeney, Charley Pride, Gerry Marsden, Jimmie Rodgers, and SOPHIE. Only once before on the podcast have I presented such a kaleidoscopic memorial episode; it is good to be reminded of the full range of expression pursued by great musicians of all stripes. Guest stars today include Barbara Hendricks, Muriel Smith, and John Shirley-Quirk. The tributes continue next week. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. And please head to my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available. Pictured: Biserka Cvejić as Amneris

durée : 01:28:19 - Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (5/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Christa Ludwig nous a quittés le 24 avril dernier. Pour rendre hommage à l'une des plus grandes musiciennes de son temps, nous clôturerons nos Arabesques en explorant plusieurs répertoires, et en compagnie de Leonard Bernstein qui fut le plus important de ses compagnonnages. - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

durée : 01:28:16 - Arabesques - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Christa Ludwig nous a quittés le 24 avril dernier. Pour rendre hommage à l'une des plus grandes musiciennes de son temps, nous lui consacrons nos Arabesques toute cette semaine. Elle-même considérée comme une "institution viennoise" nous l'écouterons aujourd'hui dans Brahms, Mahler et Strauss. - réalisé par : Emmanuel Benito

durée : 01:27:58 - Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (3/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Christa Ludwig nous a quittés le 24 avril dernier. Pour rendre hommage à l'une des plus grandes musiciennes de son temps, nous lui consacrons nos Arabesques toute cette semaine. Egalement à l'aise dans tous les répertoires, nous l'entendrons aujourd'hui dans l'opéra italien. - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

durée : 01:27:37 - Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (2/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Christa Ludwig nous a quittés le 24 avril dernier. Pour rendre hommage à l'une des plus grandes musiciennes de son temps, nous lui consacrons nos Arabesques. Aujourd'hui nous l'écouterons entre autres, dans des lieder de Schubert et Schumann, un répertoire auquel elle consacra 40 ans de sa carrière. - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

durée : 01:28:19 - Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (1/5) - par : François-Xavier Szymczak - Christa Ludwig nous a quittés le 24 avril dernier. Pour rendre hommage à l'une des plus grandes musiciennes de son temps, nous lui consacrons nos Arabesques. Alors qu'elle fit ses débuts à Vienne dans le rôle de Chérubin, nous écouterons aujourd'hui cette voix somptueuse dans Mozart et Beethoven. - réalisé par : Céline Parfenoff

In this episode, Jay begins with some playing by Maxim Lando, a teenage pianist. There is also a solo-violin piece by John Corigliano: “Stomp.” At the end, Jay pays tribute to Christa Ludwig, one of the greatest singers of all time, who has passed away at 93. In a life of interviewing, he has been starstruck very few times, he says. He was by Christa Ludwig. Sibelius, Piano Sonata in F, Op. 12 Led Zeppelin / Maxim Lando, “Stairway to Heaven” Glazunov, finale, Symphony No. 5, “Heroic” Corigliano, “Stomp” Mancini, Theme to “Peter Gunn” Brahms, “Wie Melodien zieht es mir”

In this episode, Jay begins with some playing by Maxim Lando, a teenage pianist. There is also a solo-violin piece by John Corigliano: “Stomp.” At the end, Jay pays tribute to Christa Ludwig, one of the greatest singers of all time, who has passed away at 93. In a life of interviewing, he has been starstruck very few times, he says. He was by Christa Ludwig. Sibelius, Piano Sonata in F, Op. 12 Led Zeppelin / Maxim Lando, “Stairway to Heaven” Glazunov, finale, Symphony No. 5, “Heroic” Corigliano, “Stomp” Mancini, Theme to “Peter Gunn” Brahms, “Wie Melodien zieht es mir”

Jennifer Johnston has just appeared, as Waltraute, on the new BR-Klassik recording of Wagner's Die Walküre conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. She talks to James Jolly about her decade-long association with the Bavarian State Opera and its Generalmusikdirektor, Kirill Petrenko; about music in her home city of Liverpool; and memories of Christa Ludwig with whom she studied as a student. Gramophone Podcasts are presented in association with Wigmore Hall.

In this episode, Jay begins with some playing by Maxim Lando, a teenage pianist. There is also a solo-violin piece by John Corigliano: “Stomp.” At the end, Jay pays tribute to Christa Ludwig, one of the greatest singers of all time, who has passed away at 93. In a life of interviewing, he has been […]

While we must recognize the celebration of Cinco de Mayo, we must also remember the passing of Christa Ludwig just a week ago on April, 24. She was one of the great ones and we take a moment to remember her.

The world of singing sustained an enormous loss a week ago: the death of the great German singer Christa Ludwig on April 24 at the age of 93. A singer whose repertoire centered around the great German composers but who also sang Verdi and French repertoire with often stunning results; a mezzo-soprano who was unparalleled in Wagner, Mahler, and Brahms, but who also sang the great soprano heroines of Richard Strauss; a Lieder singer of great perception and textual acuity whose supple technique nonetheless centered on legato singing: the greatness of this artist simply cannot be overestimated. In this, the first of several episodes that, over the next few months, I will devote to one of my favorite singers, I focus on the key composers (Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Wagner) and conductors (Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, and Leonard Bernstein) with whom she was most closely associated, while also examining some roles that might surprise you: Cenerentola, Amneris and Marie in Wozzeck. Vocal guest stars include Gloria Davy, Victoria de los Ángeles, Reri Grist, Gundula Janowitz, Gwyneth Jones, and Ludwig’s one-time husband Walter Berry. A bonus Patreon episode published concurrently with this one explores Ludwig’s mastery in the field of Lieder. Countermelody is a podcast devoted to the glory and the power of the human voice raised in song. Singer and vocal aficionado Daniel Gundlach explores great singers of the past and present focusing in particular on those who are less well-remembered today than they should be. Daniel’s lifetime in music as a professional countertenor, pianist, vocal coach, voice teacher, and journalist yields an exciting array of anecdotes, impressions, and “inside stories.” Occasional guests from the “business” (singers, conductors, composers, coaches, and teachers) lend their distinctive insights. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. At Countermelody’s core is the interaction between singers of all stripes, their instruments, and the connection they make to the words they sing. Please visit the Countermelody website (www.countermelodypodcast.com) for additional content including artist photos and episode setlists. And please head to my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/countermelody to pledge your monthly support at whatever level you can afford. Bonus episodes available only to Patreon supporters are currently available.

Tom Service talks to two world-class conductors of today, Sir Antonio Pappano and Sir Simon Rattle, as they swap roles at the London Symphony Orchestra, and looks back at one of music history's first great conductors, Richard Wagner. Four weeks ago, Sir Antonio Pappano was announced as the new Chief Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra - he will leave his current role of Music Director at the Royal Opera at Covent Garden in 2024. Pappano also has a continuing role at the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - and it’s from the Orchestra’s home in Rome that he speaks to Tom about his early life growing up in London, his plans for the LSO, and his thoughts on conducting during lockdown. Richard Wagner was one of the great conductors of his day, and he wrote extensively about the about the philosophy as well as the technique of conducting. Chris Walton has made a new translation of Wagner's Essays on Conducting - writings which influenced generations of conductors for the next hundred years, and that still resonate with conductors today. Wagner's orchestral players used to say that they felt he was watching them all the time - Chris will be revealing why he thinks this might be so. Sir Simon Rattle shocked the musical world in January when he announced that he would be graduating his role as Music Director at the London Symphony Orchestra to take a lifetime position as their Conductor Emeritus, and joining the Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra. He speaks to Tom about his relationship with the two ensembles, reflects on Wagner’s conducting legacy, and discusses the struggles of musicians during lockdown as well as the LSO’s recent special concert with and in support of freelance musicians.,He reveals who his number one composer is. Tom pays tribute, too, to the German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, who died last weekend at the age of 93, He introduces a highlight from his visit to her for Music Matters in 2016, where she made a fascinating comparison between some of the great conductors she had worked with.

durée : 00:05:59 - Classic & Co - par : Anna Sigalevitch - L'immense mezzo allemande, morte le 24 avril dernier à 93 ans, était une des plus grandes mezzo de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle et sans doute la plus grande de son temps.

durée : 01:59:04 - Hommage à Christa Ludwig - par : Philippe Cassard - La cantatrice allemande Christa Ludwig, qui s'est produite sur les scènes les plus prestigieuses du monde pendant près d'un demi-siècle, s'est éteinte samedi dernier à l'âge de 93 ans. Philippe Cassard lui consacre un hommage personnel, avec la diffusion de quelques enregistrements inédits. - réalisé par : Pierre Willer

durée : 00:27:45 - Hommage à Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (5/5) - La mezzo-soprano allemande Christa Ludwig nous a quittés samedi 24 avril à l’âge de 93 ans. Considérée comme une des plus grandes chanteuses lyriques du XXe siècle, elle avait fait ses adieux à la scène en 1994. Hommage à cette voix légendaire toute cette semaine dans En Pistes.

durée : 00:28:47 - Hommage à Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano (4/5) - La mezzo-soprano allemande Christa Ludwig nous a quittés samedi 24 avril à l’âge de 93 ans. Considérée comme une des plus grandes chanteuses lyriques du XXe siècle, elle avait fait ses adieux à la scène en 1994. Hommage à cette voix légendaire toute cette semaine dans En Pistes.

Christa Ludwig, Martti Talvela, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bernd Weikl and Wieslaw Ochman.

    On this day in 1928, Christa Ludwig, the great German mezzo-soprano, was born. On today's "A Classical Day in the Life", listen to Ludwig perform everything from Bach to Mahler and Beethoven to Brahms.