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![Listen to Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (2018 Remastered Version) [2018 Remastered Version] by Herbert von Karajan & Berlin Philharmonic](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music122/v4/96/f5/4c/96f54c44-97bd-13d8-5ded-5ee752e48530/3149028142389_cover.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (2018 Remastered Version) [2018 Remastered Version] by Herbert von Karajan & Berlin Philharmonic")
![Listen to Wagner's Vision: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Highlights (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) [Recorded 1951] by Josef Janko, Erich Majkut, Erich Kunz, Arnold van Mill, Werner Faulhaber, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Otto Edelmann, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Herbert von Karajan, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans Berg, Heinrich Pflanzl, Heinz Tandler, Heinz Borst, Gerhard Unger, Ira Malaniuk, Frederick Dalberg, Karl Mikorey, Gerhard Stolze & Hans Hopf](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/f6/d8/d1/f6d8d1da-06dc-85d3-5563-88030d7e87d5/885150979341.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Wagner's Vision: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Highlights (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) [Recorded 1951] by Josef Janko, Erich Majkut, Erich Kunz, Arnold van Mill, Werner Faulhaber, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Otto Edelmann, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Herbert von Karajan, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans Berg, Heinrich Pflanzl, Heinz Tandler, Heinz Borst, Gerhard Unger, Ira Malaniuk, Frederick Dalberg, Karl Mikorey, Gerhard Stolze & Hans Hopf")
![Listen to Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III [1951] by Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann, Gerhard Unger, Erich Kunz & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/21/ea/82/21ea820f-342e-8b9d-fdc3-0c205e5d4726/885150979358.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III [1951] by Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann, Gerhard Unger, Erich Kunz & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf")
![Listen to Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (1950), Volume 2 by Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Erich Kunz, George London, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Irmgard Seefried](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/05/cd/47/mzi.cfduqvfn.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (1950), Volume 2 by Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Erich Kunz, George London, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Irmgard Seefried")
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About Herbert von Karajan
Hometown
Salzburg, Austria
Born
1908
Genre
Classical
Born in Salzburg in 1908, Karajan became the embodiment of the international superstar conductor in the age of TV and film. His strong flair for PR and keen business sense led him to exploit the new media in ways some found questionable, but his efforts extended the reach of classical music way beyond the opera house and concert hall. It’s estimated that he sold around 200 million records, which would make him the biggest-selling classical artist of all time—and few classical artists have taken such a close interest in the technical side of the recording process. It is important to stress, however, that Karajan was much more than a superficial showman. His recordings of the masters of the Austro-German Romantic and pre-modern ages—Beethoven, Wagner, Bruckner, Mahler, Richard Strauss—are still held up as exemplary by many. The luxurious richness of his orchestral sound is balanced by an exceptional feeling for the overall shape of the music—a feeling he could sustain even through such huge structures as the later operas of Wagner—and when it came to expression, he often dug deeply into the music’s emotional tissue. Although Karajan’s main focus was on the music of Germany and his native Austria, he also scored huge hits with music of other cultures, notably Verdi, Debussy, Ravel, Sibelius, and Shostakovich. Karajan died at his home in Anif, just outside Salzburg, in 1989.
Herbert von Karajan has also released music as a member of Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
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