
Forty-eight years have elapsed, and sopranos (Callas, Price, Caballé), tenors (Corelli, Domingo, Pavarotti), and conductors (Levine, Mehta, Muti) have come and gone, but this set
In 1995 Decca reissued Herbert von Karajan’s complete orchestral recordings with the Vienna Philharmonic in a 9-CD boxed set. Here is a space-saving, budget-priced counterpart
To celebrate what would have been Herbert von Karajan’s 100th birthday on April 5, 2008, EMI has gathered together all of the conductor’s recordings for
Volume 2 of EMI’s comprehensive Herbert von Karajan centenary edition gathers virtually all of the conductor’s operatic and vocal output for the label in one
Herbert von Karajan’s 1975 Mozart Requiem is of the grand ceremonial type with large choral forces and full orchestra accompaniment–all of which sounds quite massive
Eat your heart out, Simon Rattle. Just listen to the quality of the orchestral playing in the Prelude, or La Mer, and compare this to
Leontyne Price is in fantastic voice in this 1961 recording, and the stunning arrangements and leadership of no less than Herbert von Karajan attest to
Deutsche Grammophon has reissued these catalog staples umpteen times in various couplings, and here they are again. Critical consensus remains split over the 1962 Karajan/Richter/Vienna
Herbert von Karajan’s 1964 Schubert Eighth and 1968 Ninth receive their best remasterings to date via DG’s 2008 Master Recordings project, launched to commemorate the
This 1959 Ein Heldenleben, the first of Herbert von Karajan’s three stereo recordings of the work, has been hailed as the best. Not that that’s