This week’s edition looks at Herbert von Karajan’s collaborations with female artists at very different stages of their careers. Working in a period when major orchestras remained almost entirely male, Karajan relied on female soloists to shape many of his most distinctive projects. The four recordings selected here trace this…
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What does the Enlightenment sound like? The Enlightenment — or Age of Reason — was a period in the 17th and 18th centuries marked by a profound shift in how people understood the world. Thinkers like Voltaire, Kant, and Hume challenged tradition and authority, promoting reason, science, education, and individual…
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The death of Pope Francis and the following conclave taking place in the Sistine Chapel in the Roman Vatican have inspired this playlist about various compositions on the subject of death, mourning, and transcendence. The papal conclave is one of the oldest continuously practiced rituals in the Western world. Established…
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This is really a farewell piece. The Requiem was Mozart’s last work (completed by his pupil Süßmayr) and it was performed at Karajan’s memorial service...
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Here you can download the full curriculum vitae of Herbert von Karajan!