Herbert von Karajan (April 5, 1908 – July 16, 1989) was an Austrian conduct… Read Full Bio ↴Herbert von Karajan (April 5, 1908 – July 16, 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was one of the most prominent conductors of the postwar period and is widely regarded as the world's most recorded conductor. Karajan conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for thirty-five years.
Karajan played an important role in the development of the original compact disc digital audio format. He championed this new consumer playback technology, lent his prestige to it, and appeared at the first press conference announcing the format. Early CD prototypes had a play time limited to sixty minutes. It is often asserted that the decision to extend the maximum playing time of the compact disc to its standard of seventy-four minutes was achieved in order to adequately accommodate Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. This, however, is denied by Kees Immink, who co-invented the CD.
As was the case with soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Karajan's membership in the Nazi Party and prominent cultural association with Nazism from 1933 to 1945 cast him in an uncomplimentary light after the war. While Karajan's defenders have argued that he joined the Nazis only to advance his own career, his critics have pointed out that other great conductors such as Bruno Walter, Erich Kleiber and Arturo Toscanini fled from fascist Europe at the time. It should be noted, however, that many famous conductors worked in Germany throughout the war years, including Furtwängler, Ansermet, Schuricht, Böhm, Knappertsbusch, Clemens Krauss, Rother and Elmendorff. Additionally, careerism could not have been Karajan's sole motivation, since he first joined the Nazi Party in 1933 in Salzburg, Austria, five years before the Anschluss. In The Cultural Cold War, published in Britain as Who Paid the Piper?, her book on CIA cultural policy in postwar Europe, Frances Stonor Saunders noted that Karajan "had been a party member since 1933, and never hesitated to open his concerts with the Nazi favourite 'Horst Wessel Lied.'" Additionally and in contradistinction to Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karajan had no objections to conducting in occupied Europe. Musicians such as Isaac Stern and Itzhak Perlman refused to play in concerts with Karajan because of his Nazi past. Some have questioned whether Karajan was committed to the Nazi cause given the fact of his marriage in 1942 to Anita Guetermann, a woman of clear Jewish origin, but it is only from that point that Karajan's star within the government dimmed.
Von Karajan has often been criticized for a performance that was too polished, especially in later years. "...[He] opted instead for an all-purpose, highly refined, lacquered, calculatedly voluptuous sound..." (Harvey Sachs). However, there is widespread agreement that Herbert von Karajan had a special gift for extracting beautiful sounds from an orchestra.
Classical, Baroque, Opera, Romantic, Philharmonic
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4, 7
Karajan played an important role in the development of the original compact disc digital audio format. He championed this new consumer playback technology, lent his prestige to it, and appeared at the first press conference announcing the format. Early CD prototypes had a play time limited to sixty minutes. It is often asserted that the decision to extend the maximum playing time of the compact disc to its standard of seventy-four minutes was achieved in order to adequately accommodate Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. This, however, is denied by Kees Immink, who co-invented the CD.
As was the case with soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Karajan's membership in the Nazi Party and prominent cultural association with Nazism from 1933 to 1945 cast him in an uncomplimentary light after the war. While Karajan's defenders have argued that he joined the Nazis only to advance his own career, his critics have pointed out that other great conductors such as Bruno Walter, Erich Kleiber and Arturo Toscanini fled from fascist Europe at the time. It should be noted, however, that many famous conductors worked in Germany throughout the war years, including Furtwängler, Ansermet, Schuricht, Böhm, Knappertsbusch, Clemens Krauss, Rother and Elmendorff. Additionally, careerism could not have been Karajan's sole motivation, since he first joined the Nazi Party in 1933 in Salzburg, Austria, five years before the Anschluss. In The Cultural Cold War, published in Britain as Who Paid the Piper?, her book on CIA cultural policy in postwar Europe, Frances Stonor Saunders noted that Karajan "had been a party member since 1933, and never hesitated to open his concerts with the Nazi favourite 'Horst Wessel Lied.'" Additionally and in contradistinction to Wilhelm Furtwängler, Karajan had no objections to conducting in occupied Europe. Musicians such as Isaac Stern and Itzhak Perlman refused to play in concerts with Karajan because of his Nazi past. Some have questioned whether Karajan was committed to the Nazi cause given the fact of his marriage in 1942 to Anita Guetermann, a woman of clear Jewish origin, but it is only from that point that Karajan's star within the government dimmed.
Von Karajan has often been criticized for a performance that was too polished, especially in later years. "...[He] opted instead for an all-purpose, highly refined, lacquered, calculatedly voluptuous sound..." (Harvey Sachs). However, there is widespread agreement that Herbert von Karajan had a special gift for extracting beautiful sounds from an orchestra.
Classical, Baroque, Opera, Romantic, Philharmonic
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4, 7
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01St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.1 Chorus I/II: "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen"5:39Johann Sebastian Bach
02St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.2 Evangelist, Jesus: "Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte"0:52Johann Sebastian Bach
03St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.3 Choral: "Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen"0:44Johann Sebastian Bach
04St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.4 Evangelist: "Da versammeleten sich die Hohenpriester" / No.5 Chor: "Ja nicht auf das Fest"0:41Johann Sebastian Bach
05St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.6 Evangelist: "Da nun Jesus war zu Bethanien" / No.7 Chorus: "Wozu dienet dieser Unrat?"0:59Johann Sebastian Bach
06St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.8 Evangelist, Jesus: "Da das Jesus merkete"1:56Johann Sebastian Bach
07St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.9 Recitative (Alto): "Du lieber Heiland du"1:07Johann Sebastian Bach
08St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.10 Aria (Alto): "Buss und Reu"5:24Johann Sebastian Bach
09St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.11 Evangelist, Judas: "Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer"0:35Johann Sebastian Bach
10St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.12 Aria (Soprano): "Blute nur, du liebes Herz"5:48Johann Sebastian Bach
11St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.13 Evangelist: "Aber am ersten Tage" / No.14 Chor: "Wo willst du, dass wir dir bereiten"0:41Johann Sebastian Bach
12St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.15 Evangelist, Jesus: "Er sprach: Gehet hin in die Stadt"1:57Johann Sebastian Bach
13St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.16 Choral: "Ich bin's, ich sollte büssen"1:11Johann Sebastian Bach
14St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.17 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: "Er antwortete und sprach"4:02Johann Sebastian Bach
15St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.18 Recitative (Soprano): "Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt"1:48Johann Sebastian Bach
16St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.19 Aria (Soprano): "Ich will dir mein Herz schenken"4:03Johann Sebastian Bach
17St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.20 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten"1:33Johann Sebastian Bach
18St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.21 Choral: "Erkenne mich, mein Hüter"1:33Johann Sebastian Bach
19St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.22 Evangelist, Jesus, Petrus: "Petrus aber antwortete"1:12Johann Sebastian Bach
20St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.23 Choral: "Ich will hier bei dir stehen"1:33Johann Sebastian Bach
21St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.24 Evangelist, Jesus: "Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe"2:24Johann Sebastian Bach
22St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.25 Recitative (Tenor, Chorus II): "O Schmerz! hier zittert das gequälte Herz"2:15Johann Sebastian Bach
23St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.26 Aria (Tenor): "Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen" with Chorus: "So schlafen unsre Sünden ein"5:18Johann Sebastian Bach
24St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.27 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und ging hin ein wenig"0:56Johann Sebastian Bach
25St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.28 Recitative (Bass): "Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder"1:25Johann Sebastian Bach
26St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.29 Aria (Bass): "Gerne will ich mich bequemen"7:01Johann Sebastian Bach
27St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.30 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern"1:34Johann Sebastian Bach
28St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.31 Choral: "Was mein Gott will, da g'scheh allzeit"1:42Johann Sebastian Bach
29St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.32 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: "Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend"2:48Johann Sebastian Bach
30St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.33 Aria (Soprano, Alto, Chorus II): "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen"5:24Johann Sebastian Bach
31St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.34 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und siehe, einer aus denen"2:57Johann Sebastian Bach
32St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One: No.35 Choral: "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß"7:25Johann Sebastian Bach
33St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.36 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Ach nun ist mein Jesu hin"4:51Johann Sebastian Bach
34St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.37 Evangelist: "Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten"1:05Johann Sebastian Bach
35St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.38 Choral: "Mir hat die Welt trüglich gericht"1:08Johann Sebastian Bach
36St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.39 Evangelist, Pontifex, Testis I/II: "Und wiewohl viel falsche Zeugen herzutraten"1:15Johann Sebastian Bach
37St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.40 Recitative (Tenor): "Mein Jesus schweigt zu falschen Lügen stille"1:22Johann Sebastian Bach
38St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.41 Aria (Tenor): "Geduld! Wenn mich falsche Zungen Stechen"5:22Johann Sebastian Bach
39St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.42 Evangelist, Pontifex, Jesus, Chorus I/II: "Und der Hohepriester antwortete"1:45Johann Sebastian Bach
40St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.43 Evangelist/Chorus I/II "Da speieten sie aus in sein Ange-sicht"0:36Johann Sebastian Bach
41St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.44 Choral: "Wer hat dich so geschlagen"1:15Johann Sebastian Bach
42St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.45 Evangelist, Ancilla I + II, Petrus: "Petrus aber sass draussen" / No. 46 Chorus: "Wahrlich, du bist auch einer von denen"2:54Johann Sebastian Bach
43St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.47 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich, mein Gott"7:30Johann Sebastian Bach
44St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.48 Choral: "Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen"1:38Johann Sebastian Bach
45St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.49 Evangelist, Judas, Chorus: "Des Morgens aber hielten" No.50 Evangelist, Pontifexes: "Und er warf die Silberlinge in den Tempel"1:51Johann Sebastian Bach
46St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.51 Aria (Bass): "Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder"3:53Johann Sebastian Bach
47St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.52 Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus: "Sie hielten aber einen Rat"2:22Johann Sebastian Bach
48St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.53 Choral: "Befiel du deine Wege"1:40Johann Sebastian Bach
49St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.54 Evangelist, Pilatus, Uxor Pilati, Chorus I/II: "Auf das Fest aber hatte der Landpfleger Gewohnheit"2:29Johann Sebastian Bach
50St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.55 Choral: "Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe"1:11Johann Sebastian Bach
51St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.56 Evangelist, Pilatus: "Der Landpfleger sagte"0:18Johann Sebastian Bach
52St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.57 Recitative (Soprano): "Er hat uns allen wohlgetan"1:23Johann Sebastian Bach
53St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.58 Aria (Soprano): "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben"5:11Johann Sebastian Bach
54St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.59 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Pilatus: "Sie schrieen aber noch mehr"1:59Johann Sebastian Bach
55St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.60 Recitative (Alto): "Erbarm es Gott"1:30Johann Sebastian Bach
56St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.61 Aria (Alto): "Können Tränen meiner Wangen"9:07Johann Sebastian Bach
57St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.62 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: "Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte"1:10Johann Sebastian Bach
58St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.63 Choral: "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"3:25Johann Sebastian Bach
59St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.64 Evangelist: "Und da sie ihn verspotten hatten"0:57Johann Sebastian Bach
60St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.65 Recitative (Bass): "Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut"0:42Johann Sebastian Bach
61St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.66 Aria (Bass): "Komm, süsses Kreuz"6:53Johann Sebastian Bach
62St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.67 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: "Und da sie an die Stätte kamen"3:26Johann Sebastian Bach
63Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II: Evangelist: "Desgleichen schmaheten ihn auch die Morder"0:15Johann Sebastian Bach
64St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.69 Recitative (Alto): "Ach Golgatha"1:40Johann Sebastian Bach
65St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.70 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand" - "Wohin?"3:48Johann Sebastian Bach
66St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.71 Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus I/II: "Und von der sechsten Stunde an" - "Der rufet dem Elias" - "Und bald lief" - "Halt!" - "Aber Jesus schriee abermal"2:43Johann Sebastian Bach
67St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.72 Choral: "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden"2:05Johann Sebastian Bach
68St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.73 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: "Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriss" / "Und es waren viel Weiber da"2:49Johann Sebastian Bach
69St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.74 Recitative (Bass): "Am Abend, da es kühle war"2:30Johann Sebastian Bach
70St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.75 Aria (Bass): "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein"7:27Johann Sebastian Bach
71St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.76 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Pilatus: "Und Joseph nahm den Leib" - "Herr, wir haben gedacht" - "Pilatus sprach zu ihnen"2:56Johann Sebastian Bach
72St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.77 Recitative (Soprano,Alto,Tenor,Bass,Chorus II): "Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht" with Chorus: "Mein Jesu, gute Nacht"2:24Johann Sebastian Bach
73St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No.78 Chorus I/II: "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"7:19Johann Sebastian Bach
76Symphony No. 4 In A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16 - "Italian": 3. Con moto moderato8:00Herbert von Karajan
77Symphony No. 4 In A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16 - "Italian": 4. Saltarello (Presto)5:39Herbert von Karajan
78Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.107, MWV N15 - "Reformation": 1. Andante - Allegro con fuoco12:57Herbert von Karajan
79Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.107, MWV N15 - "Reformation": 2. Allegro vivace6:53Herbert von Karajan
81Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.107, MWV N15 - "Reformation": 4. Choral "Ein' Feste Burg ist unser Gott!" (Andante con moto - Allegro vivace - Allegro maestoso - Più animato poco a poco)8:53Herbert von Karajan
137Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31: Variation IX. L'istesso tempo; aber etwas langsamer0:57Arnold Schönberg
1405 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5 - Arr. by Webern For Orch. (1929): 1. Heftig bewegt2:40Herbert von Karajan
1415 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5 - Arr. by Webern For Orch. (1929): 2. Sehr langsam2:05Herbert von Karajan
1425 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5 - Arr. by Webern For Orch. (1929): 3. Sehr lebhaft0:43Herbert von Karajan
1435 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5 - Arr. by Webern For Orch. (1929): 4. Sehr langsam1:26Herbert von Karajan
1445 Movements For String Quartet, Op.5 - Arr. by Webern For Orch. (1929): 5. In zarter Bewegung3:20Herbert von Karajan
162Marsch der Finnländischen Reiterei (Schwedischer Reitermarsch): Arr. Fr. W. Voigt3:03Herbert von Karajan
210Symphonie fantastique, Op.14: 1. Rêveries. Passions (Largo - Allegro agitato ed appassionato assai)14:34Herbert von Karajan
214Symphonie fantastique, Op.14: 5. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat (Larghetto - Allegro - Ronde du Sabbat: Poco meno mosso)10:51Herbert von Karajan
217Symphony No.8 In C Minor - Ed. Haas: 3. Adagio: Feierlich langsam; doch nicht schleppend0:02Herbert von Karajan
219Symphony No.6 in A minor: 1. Allegro energico, ma non troppo. Heftig aber Markig0:01Herbert von Karajan
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Karajan - 1970s
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