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
Adagio G-mol
Herbert von Karajan Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Herbert von Karajan:
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Massenet: Thaïs: Méditation If you don't know where I come from, better stear…
Méditation If you don't know where I come from, better stear…
Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1 O soave fanciulla, o dolce viso Di mite circonfuso alba luna…
Thaïs: Méditation If you don't know where I come from, better stear…
Verdi: La traviata / Act 1 O soave fanciulla, o dolce viso Di mite circonfuso alba luna…
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Ozren Srzić
Adagio in G-minore (1958.) - Remo Giazotto (generosamente atributo a Tomaso Albinoni /velikodušno pripisano Tomasu Albinoniju)
„È una specie di inno non ufficiale, per noi futuri morti, che abbiamo ordinato a un certo momento dagli attuali viventi, per tutta l'eternità e per tutti gli uomini.“
„To je svojevrsna nezvanična himna nas budućih mrtvih, koju smo u jednom trenutku naručili od trenutno živih, za cijelu vječnost i sve ljude.“
Svijet bi se raspao da nije uvijek bilo dobrih, nesebičnih i velikodušnih ljudi poput Reme Giazottija. Nisu mnogobrojni, ali ih ima. Il mondo sarebbe andato in pezzi se non fossero sempre state persone buone, altruiste e generose come Remo Giazotto. Non sono numerosi, ma ci sono.
Per visibilia ad invisibilia! Per audibilia ad non audibilia!
Un'interpretazione musicale degna della monumentalità di un'opera imperitura, che parla del Creatore. Congratulazioni agli artisti!
Glazbena interpretacija dostojna monumentalnosti neprolaznog djela, koja govori o Stvoritelju. Čestitke umjetnicima!
Tangles Long
Brings back so many memories. I first listened to this piece of music on the radio, when I was a high school studying for my exams. Only found out that this piece of music was conducted by Herbert von Karajan when I got into uni. Fast forward to now, I'm in my 40s and stumbled across this music again on Youtube. Time really goes by very quickly. All the experiences I had and the people I encountered in the past - they all feel like a dream. Just like a dream, it fades away and you can only recall bits and pieces and sometimes not at all. There were good and not so good people that crossed my path, but they were only there for a short time, so I didn't know why I sweat over them. Wish I could say I am a success right now, but I'm not. And I wish I could relive my younger years again and do things differently so that my life today wouldn't be too difficult. But I guess I just have to solider on right until the end, because life is a mystery and a surprise.
lovehusky02
You are still young, the world is full of opportunities for you in your future.
JULIAN CROMWELL
VON KARAJAN AT HIS BEST!
The slower pace of this version (lasting about 3 minutes longer than most) yields a solemn and superb rendition of Albinoni’s Adagio, that only a master conductor like KARAJAN can deliver.
William Hare
Exactly. My favorite version. All others sound too fast to me now.
levonet33
The emphasis of the internal voices makes it the best. By the way I don't believe this is Albinoni, it's most probably Handel.
Olaviu Calin Covrig
Yes indeed. I feel like floating whenever i listen to this version. Imparallel interpretation! Wow!
John 1948
@Julian Cromwell Everything by KARAJAN is the best. It's only a pity that he produced this, and all of his other performances, long enough ago that we can't see them in today's stunning digital detail. But I love that we at least have the audio to appreciate the very best music ever. I agree with you about the slower pace. The man was a Master at such perfect timing. He was a martinet of detail in leading his orchestra, but what a result! This piece is my favorite.
Let's schwurbel
Thanks so much. Unfortunately most versions nowadays are played much too fast. This tempo is perfect.
Makayla Meese
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS VERSION FOREVER IT'S THE BEST
Sangdo Shin
나도요...(me too..)