“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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The Fourth was Karajan’s favourite Schumann symphony. This is quite unusual. The “Spring Symphony” and the “Rhenish” are generally much more popular. More than that: the Fourth...
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Karajan’s approach to Edvard Grieg was an “economical” one and took place almost completely in the studio...
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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 conducted many works whose interpretations were considered to be milestones. But even in his repertoire there are few pieces...
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It was the second symphony that Karajan ever recorded and the second-ever recording he made with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1940...
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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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Today, Karajan may not be widely seen as a specialist for Bach’s music but Karajan admired his oeuvre deeply and worked on it throughout his career...
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Karajan’s approach to Mahler was a lengthy business. It may have taken so long not only for repertoire reasons but also because of a resemblance between the two men’s biographies...
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