Berlin Philharmonic

27 March

Karajan artists: Gottlob Frick – improvising Wagner

Gottlob Frick was a basso profundo at the Vienna State Opera in the 1950s and 60s who performed no fewer than 88 times with Karajan...

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27 March

Spotlight Mozart: The Requiem

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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14 March

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...

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27 February

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...

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