“I arrived at 10 and took my place. All of a sudden, I saw the red light next to Karajan go on. He began to conduct, and in fifty-five minutes we had finished recording the first act. ‘Maestro,’ I said... ”
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Legato. This was one of Karajan’s main themes in his aesthetic credo. And the tenderest pianississimo. This singer...
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Karajan was a conductor with an incomparable sense of what it takes to record music. Sometimes, for a more spontaneous and relaxed result, he would use the rehearsal tape for the final publication...
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If he was fond of a singer, Karajan was capable of great loyalty and fidelity. This was obviously the case with the Belgian bass-baritone José van Dam, now 83 years old...
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Here you can download the full curriculum vitae of Herbert von Karajan!