Spotlight Hindemith: Symphony “Mathis der Maler”
Hindemith was a universal master of German music in the 20th century. He was able to play almost every orchestral instrument and invented a unique tonal system of his own...
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Spotlight Debussy: Three masterworks
Although Karajan conducted “Nocturnes” and “Trois chansons de Charles d’ Orléans” in a few concerts in 1953, his commitment to the oeuvre of Claude Debussy focused on three works...
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Franz Welser-Möst – protégé and successor
The conductor Franz Welser-Möst was a protégé of Karajan’s and - as a young man – “one of the few people who...”
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Spotlight Saint-Saëns: The “Organ Symphony”
Saint-Saëns was one of the most important French composers in the second half of the 19th century. Many of his compositions are still in the repertoire today, above all the 3rd symphony...
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Karajan artists: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – the allrounder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a superlative artist. There was certainly no singer in the 20th century who had a broader repertoire in Lied, opera and oratorio. Karajan worked with him...
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Spotlight Schubert: The symphonies
Franz Schubert’s symphonic oeuvre has often been neglected in comparison with his chamber and piano works and his six hundred Lieder. Today, his symphonies are generally held to be an important link between Beethoven and Bruckner.
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Karajan artists: Luciano Pavarotti – the tenor “assoluto”
Luciano Pavarotti was quite simply the most famous opera singer of his time. His first encounter with Karajan...
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Karajan artists: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Mozart and Strauss in perfection
There are certainly very few artists whose career is as closely associated with Karajan’s as Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Between 1947 and 1964, they performed 150 times together...
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Spotlight Franck: Two orchestral works
César Franck was a Belgian composer and organist, born in 1822. He worked most of his life in Paris. Franck’s life was the rare case of a modest artist who composed all his best-known pieces after his 50th birthday.
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