Karajan

Herbert von Karajan · Austrian conductor (1908–1989) · 1908–1989

Appears in 8 videos · 8 passages, 1 of them in depth.

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mainly uses Karajan as a point of comparison to place Hans von Bülow: several times, from 2019 to 2024, he says that Bülow was "the Karajan of his day"1 2. In a 2017 session, however, he judges him "nothing next to" Bülow3. He also counts him among the Wagnerian conductors4. He singles out several of his Wagner recordings: a Valkyrie that may be the best one on record5, a Ring he considers excellent6 and the Meistersinger with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf7. He also sees him as a discoverer of singers and the first conductor to understand the modern recording studio5. In a session on interpretation, he recalls a performer Karajan chose for the Mozart bicentenary tour8.

Summary produced automatically from 8 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.

Who is this?

Herbert von Karajan (German: ; born Heribert Adolf Ernst Karajan; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and during World War II he conducted at the Berlin State Opera. Generally regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, he was a controversial but dominant figure in European classical music from the mid-1950s until his death. […]

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