Karajan artists: Thomas Stewart – breakfast with Wotan
The singer who sang Wotan in the “Ring” studio recordings must have been a special one for Karajan. Thomas Stewart...
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Karajan artists: Zoltán Kelemen – the constant gardener
When Karajan selected the cast for his complete “Ring” recording he naturally tried to get the best available singers for every part. His Alberich was certainly the best in his generation – Zoltán Kelemen...
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Karajan artists: Reri Grist – Karajan’s woodbird
When Karajan recorded and staged “Siegfried” at the Easter Festival in 1969...
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Karajan artists: Edith Mathis – a soprano for “heaven’s delights”
Edith Mathis (1938 - 2025) was a Swiss soprano who worked intensely with Karajan in the 1970s. No wonder their collaboration revolved largely...
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Spotlight Beethoven: “Fidelio”
Regarding the importance Beethoven had for Karajan, it is no surprise that his only opera was a cornerstone in the maestro’s repertoire...
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Spotlight Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra op. 31
The interpretation of Arnold Schoenberg’s “Variations for Orchestra” op. 31 was one of Karajan’s most ambitious and consistent recording projects ever. Richard Osborne called it no less than...
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Karajan artists: Maurice André – the trumpeter of the century
Without any doubt Maurice André was the most popular classical trumpet player in the 20th century...
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Spotlight Haydn: the “Paris” and “London” symphonies
Karajan recorded the two complete sets of the “Paris” and the “London” symphonies in the early 1980s...
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Karajan artists: Kathleen Ferrier – the alto voice from heaven
Karajan’s and Kathleen Ferrier’s collaboration took place in the context of the 1950 “Bachfest”, an event that settled Karajan’s status...
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Karajan artists: Peter Hofmann – Parsifal and rock music
What we turn to is certainly one of the most unusual careers among Karajan’s artistic partners. Karajan cast Peter Hofmann for the title-role in his “Parsifal”...
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