Karajan conducts Beethoven, Weber, Rossini and Wagner
Herbert von Karajan laid the foundation of his career as an opera conductor. His fine dramatic instinct manifests itself impressively in this programme recorded in 1975 with overtures to stage works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Gioacchino Rossini and Richard Wagner, which often – such as in the case of the preludes to Tannhäuser and Der Freischütz – come across like condensed versions of the respective full works.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
© 1975 Unitel
Our recommendations
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- Karajan conducts Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony
- Karajan conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
- Karajan conducts Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 2 and 8
