Contrast is part of life. We experience difference constantly: tension and release, light and shadow, movement and stillness. Music works in the same way. Differences in tempo, dynamics, register, texture and orchestration define musical form. Fast and slow, loud and soft, major and minor, solo and tutti — these oppositions…
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In 1973 and 1974 Herbert von Karajan took on one of the most unusual projects of his career: recording Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern with the Berlin Philharmonic. He said it had taken 15 years with the orchestra to reach the precision needed for this music, which often makes almost impossible…
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Karajan naturally interpreted Arnold Schoenberg’s “Verklärte Nacht” not in its original form as a string sextet but in the version for string orchestra...
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The interpretation of Arnold Schoenberg’s “Variations for Orchestra” op. 31 was one of Karajan’s most ambitious and consistent recording projects ever. Richard Osborne called it no less than...
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Here you can download the full curriculum vitae of Herbert von Karajan!