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Spotlight Mahler: The Sixth Symphony

Karajan’s commitment to Mahler’s symphonies concentrated on the numbers 4,5,6 and 9 and on the years 1973 – 1982...

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Karajan artists: Wilma Lipp – first mother then daughter

Wilma Lipp made her debut as an opera singer at the age of 17, became a member of the Vienna State Opera at 20, had her breakthrough as “Queen of the Night” at 23 and recorded the opera with Karajan when she was...

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Spotlight Schoenberg: “Verklärte Nacht”

Karajan naturally interpreted Arnold Schoenberg’s “Verklärte Nacht” not in its original form as a string sextet but in the version for string orchestra...

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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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