Richard Osborne

Spotlight Strauss Family: waltzes and polkas

Karajan loved the works of the Strauss family and conducted and recorded them throughout his entire career...

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Karajan artists: David Bell – Karajan’s man for the queen of instruments

From the middle of the 1970s up to the maestro’s death in 1989 David Bell was Karajan’s favourite organ player. Bell was an EMI assistant producer for Karajan’s “Lohengrin” recording in 1976. When the schedule...

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Karajan artists: Rita Streich – Karajan’s only Zerbinetta

Rita Streich was – like Wilma Lipp and Erika Köth – a singer cast by Karajan in the 1950s and 1960s when he was in need of a coloratura soprano with strong nerves...

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Spotlight Puccini: “Tosca”

During every decade of his career, Karajan had Puccini operas in his repertoire and some of his recordings are looked on as the best of all...

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