Richard Strauss

20 March

Karajan artists: Jean Cocteau – the poet as the speaker

No wonder Karajan was fascinated. Jean Cocteau was one of the last universal artists, a poet, painter, actor, filmmaker and stage designer. There was simply no one in Parisian artistic circles...

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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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07 March

Spotlight Ravel: Five orchestral works

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

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20 February

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...

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