For more than fifty years, Herbert von Karajan’s career was closely intertwined with the Salzburg Festival. While you are reading the full story, explore some of the recordings that accompanied this remarkable journey. The Birth of the Salzburg Festival Founded in 1920 in the aftermath of the First World War,…
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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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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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Karajan performed and recorded more pieces by Ravel than by Debussy, but it both cases he had his favourites while...
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