One of the greatest composers in history added to his musical legacy with the invention of the CD, over 150 years after he ...

Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years. Herbert von Karajan was born April 5th 1908 in Salzburg. From ...

What remains of Karajan asks the awardwinning documentary film maker Eric Schulz In his film Karajan The Second Life he explores the man and the musician and especially his media legacy We ...

Herbert von Karajan (Conductor)Mirella Freni (Mimì)Janet Perry (Sophie)Agnes Baltsa (Octavian)Gianni Raimondi (Rodolfo)Jon Vickers (Otello)Peter Glossop (Jago)Adriana Martino (Musetta)Rolando ...

Above them loomed oversize photos of some of the stars who performed at the Costanzi, including Maria Callas, Herbert von ...

About 130 children took part in a sleepover at Rome’s opera house, part of a campaign to make up for a lack of music ...

In July the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, a group of refugees and Ukrainian members of other orchestras, will embark on a “Beethoven Ninth Freedom Tour”, visiting democratic capitals, including Paris ...

"One day, Von Karajan said to me: 'Listening to your 12-cylinder engine brings forth a harmony that no maestro will ever be able to interpret,'" he says in Italian. Von Karajan would know ...

Acknowledged to be the finest Karajan recording of this overwhelming sacred masterpiece — “electrifying ... with the Italian chorus and orchestra singing and playing their hearts out ...

Vienna is known for its grandeur but the city also has a new vitality with just opened and inventive restaurants and bars, ...

In this new column, Phil Hebblethwaite will be picking one classical record bought in a charity shop per month, beginning with Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 4 played by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted ...