Spotlight Beethoven: The solo concertos
Karajan conducted Beethoven’s works almost a thousand times(!) in concert. Of course, he included the solo concertos although he may not have been as dedicated to them as he was to the symphonies...
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Spotlights
Karajan artists: Plácido Domingo – Karajan’s ultimate tenor
“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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Spotlight Schumann: The Fourth Symphony
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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Spotlight Grieg: Suites and the piano concerto
Karajan’s approach to Edvard Grieg was an “economical” one and took place almost completely in the studio...
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Karajan artists: Katia Ricciarelli – the perfect legato
Legato. This was one of Karajan’s main themes in his aesthetic credo. And the tenderest pianississimo. This singer...
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Spotlight Puccini: “La Bohème”
Karajan conducted many works whose interpretations were considered to be milestones. But even in his repertoire there are few pieces...
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Spotlight Dvořák: Symphony “From the New World”
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 artists: Gidon Kremer – recording instead of rehearsing
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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Karajan artists: José van Dam – the marathon man
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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Spotlight Bach: The St Matthew Passion
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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