Karajan | Spotlight Tchaikovsky: The “Pathétique” symphony

14 MARCH 2025

Spotlight Tchaikovsky: The “Pathétique” symphony

It was really a premiere for Karajan. His first-ever recording with the Berlin Philharmonic and his first ever recording of a symphony...

14 MARCH 2025

Karajan artists: Dennis Brain – the superlative horn player

Dennis Brain was the Fritz Wunderlich of the horn – Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc and Paul Hindemith composed works for him. Brain was principal horn player of the...

7 MARCH 2025

Karajan artists: Edwin Fischer – a generous pianist

The Swiss pianist Edwin Fischer was one of the most distinguished Bach, Mozart and Beethoven interpreters of his generation. Born in 1886, he was 22 years older than Karajan. Their first joint concert...

7 MARCH 2025

Spotlight Ravel: Five orchestral works, Boléro and more

Karajan performed and recorded more pieces by Ravel than by Debussy, but it both cases he had his favourites while...

27 FEBRUARY 2025

Spotlight Balakirev: Orchestra works by “The Mighty Five”

It is quite surprising that an extremely fruitful and varied collaboration like Karajan’s with the Philharmonia Orchestra in the studio started with a work outside Karajan’s...

20 FEBRUARY 2025

Spotlight Palestrina: “Missa Papae Marcelli”

Karajan and Renaissance music – this was a rare combination but it did happen. On the occasion of...

20 FEBRUARY 2025

Karajan artists: Martha Mödl – the ultimate Klytämnestra

For Karajan Martha Mödl was an indispensable singer in the 1950s and 60s. She worked with him at almost every crucial stage of his career after the war...

13 FEBRUARY 2025

Karajan artists: George London – Karajan’s first Count on record

George London was one of the singers who had an intensive working relationship with Karajan at the Vienna State Opera during the latter’s management of the institution (1957 – 1964)...