FANTASTIC Karajan documentry... but WHO in the world is that unbelievable soprano singing Strauss' Four Last Songs with Claudio Abbado??? (see & hear at: 55:13) ??? Could it possibly be the German soprano Melanie Diener? My Goodness, what an incredibly beautiful and soulful voice! Many thanks again for uploading this pearless documentry. Mike D.
A Legend... Which did ''some'' Great Good to Humanity... ☀ ( Neuropsychology Research - Autistic Children Foundation - etc. ) Close to other musicians, architects, painters, scientists... '' Life only exists to make Art possible or to create it " ...☀ A great artist with talent, skills, work, vision & some perspective(s)! ☀ As he went through 2 World Wars & participated in Germany Reconstruction... ( It must have been somewhat difficult to leave behind this incredible life ) Living Experience was his ''motto'' & his major concern/vision... Admiration & Inspiration - R.I.P. Herbert von Karajan ( 1908-1989 )...☀
Danke! - Wunderschöne Dokumentation mit einigen klug ausgewählten Hinweisen über die den Winter vertreibenden Trommler, sein politisch höchst unerfreuliches Verhalten, sein Verhältnis zur Natur und zur Alpensinfonie, von ihm aufgeführt in der kleinen französischen Kirche am Waldrand von St. Moritz Bad (nicht weit davon entfernt in der Wohnung einer Freundin unterhalb von Karajans Villa hab ich dieses Werk auf einer CD entdeckt und dabei die Anfangstakte gleich spontan als Video mit der hinter dem Piz Rosatsch aufgehenden Sonne samt einigen 😊😇😊Haushaltgeräuschen im Hintergrund aufgenommen...)
One time, he was asked, "Who is according to your opinion the greatest conductor in the world?" He answer was "Leider Sergio Celibudache. " Therefore, everything I want to hear I'll choose to by under Celibudache.
Why are all the German names and words so poorly/wrongly pronounced? You would have thought someone would have coached the narrator a bit. I mean "Fertvangler"...
Sort of weak and shallow biography, but appalling that they use footage of Claudia Abbado conducting the Four Last Songs, not Karajan!! People who make these ill-researched and silly "documentaries" really should give back their grant money.
You lost my interest when you stated that HvK made the first experimental "stereo" recording in 1944. The first successful stereo was recorded in 1934 using the AD Blumlein system with Thomas Beecham and the LPO in 1934 in Abbey Road, London. For such an inaccuracy the then rest become internet tripe. von Karajan was more powerful than important musically. Just a simple observation. George
@@Titus_J Beecham had it right about Karajan in referring to him as a "kind of musical Malcolm Sargent!" Beecham was none too generous about his English colleague, so it was not much of a compliment! To this day, I have never found any recording with Karajan which is not easily improved upon musically from someone else. Not to say Karajan was anything other than a good conductor, but rather that he never quite scaled the heights in music. This shows how the enemy of the great is just good. Good enough? For some people certainly. For me, after more than fifty years buying records of great music in great performances, I still do not own a Karajan disc. I have had a few over the years, but none survived for long with me. I learned to read Gramophone reviews different after a while ... Best wishes from George. PS: What part of my initial reply caused you to be so blunt? No real need for it, is there?
Von Karajan was a proud national-socialist who never denied his devotion to the ideals of the NSDAP as he joined the party in 1933 even though it was illegal for an Austrian at that time to be a member of the party. This documentary makes a mockery of history. Karajan until his dying breath admired AH and never once apologized for his beliefs.
Agree. He was kind of an asshole. I've never enjoyed his conducting with close eyes and the same movement of his hands all the time. I always prefer the genial Celibudache.
If you want to avoid every person who has done something wrong and evil in their life, then there is hardly a single person left to accept anything from. Come to the sad reality of fallen humanity. Not a single one of us can stand before God!
If you do so you will have to stop listening to all American and British Artists because of 300 years of slavery and millions of deaths caused. Absolute nonsense!
Wonderful documentary about 20th century's greatest conductor!
❤❤❤Ich hatte die große Ehre ein Autogramm von ihm zu erhalten!!
FANTASTIC Karajan documentry... but WHO in the world is that unbelievable soprano singing Strauss' Four Last Songs with Claudio Abbado??? (see & hear at: 55:13) ??? Could it possibly be the German soprano Melanie Diener? My Goodness, what an incredibly beautiful and soulful voice! Many thanks again for uploading this pearless documentry. Mike D.
Yeah! She was Melanie Diener in fact. ruclips.net/video/-E6oeFzIRU8/видео.html
I think that is she, yes. Better than I have ever heard her anywhere.
Yes it is her
ruclips.net/video/-E6oeFzIRU8/видео.html
Soprano singing Four Last Songs with Abbado is Melanie Diener.
A Legend... Which did ''some'' Great Good to Humanity... ☀
( Neuropsychology Research - Autistic Children Foundation - etc. )
Close to other musicians, architects, painters, scientists...
'' Life only exists to make Art possible or to create it " ...☀
A great artist with talent, skills, work, vision & some perspective(s)! ☀
As he went through 2 World Wars & participated in Germany Reconstruction...
( It must have been somewhat difficult to leave behind this incredible life )
Living Experience was his ''motto'' & his major concern/vision...
Admiration & Inspiration - R.I.P. Herbert von Karajan ( 1908-1989 )...☀
I miss Karajan every day 😢
Since 16 July 1989
Tres beau film génial chef c est un un génie le plus grand de tous les temps ai eu de la chance d avoir travaille avec lui
Clauderaymond. "...un genie le plus Grand de Tous les temps..."une declaration d'amour je crois, pas d'autore.
le plus grand ou un des plus grand?
Danke! - Wunderschöne Dokumentation mit einigen klug ausgewählten Hinweisen über die den Winter vertreibenden Trommler, sein politisch höchst unerfreuliches Verhalten, sein Verhältnis zur Natur und zur Alpensinfonie, von ihm aufgeführt in der kleinen französischen Kirche am Waldrand von St. Moritz Bad (nicht weit davon entfernt in der Wohnung einer Freundin unterhalb von Karajans Villa hab ich dieses Werk auf einer CD entdeckt und dabei die Anfangstakte gleich spontan als Video mit der hinter dem Piz Rosatsch aufgehenden Sonne samt einigen 😊😇😊Haushaltgeräuschen im Hintergrund aufgenommen...)
Grande. ❤ 🎉 😊
Bravo!
What is the intro composition?
Mozart divertimento k334 1st movement
Who is the tenor at 19:09?
Obviously Peter Schreier, THE Evangelist. The following Christ is of course Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau!
Es una pena que estás traducciones automáticas en ESPAÑOL sean tan malas...no podrían mejorarlas...? 🤦😔
More powerful than important, what you mean with that?
It’s a metaphor
@@ASclassical nah
in the late recordings of Mozart string works there is already this stiffness showing.
One time, he was asked, "Who is according to your opinion the greatest conductor in the world?" He answer was "Leider Sergio Celibudache. "
Therefore, everything I want to hear I'll choose to by under Celibudache.
Evidentemente stava scherzando...
Why are all the German names and words so poorly/wrongly pronounced? You would have thought someone would have coached the narrator a bit. I mean "Fertvangler"...
Not just the German names. The narrator even mispronounces the name of the Englishman Walter Legge. Rank incompetence.
@@jasonhurd4379 Yeah; I noticed that - ironically, it's the only time he uses correct German pronunciation.
Sort of weak and shallow biography, but appalling that they use footage of Claudia Abbado conducting the Four Last Songs, not Karajan!! People who make these ill-researched and silly "documentaries" really should give back their grant money.
Grosatig
You lost my interest when you stated that HvK made the first experimental "stereo" recording in 1944. The first successful stereo was recorded in 1934 using the AD Blumlein system with Thomas Beecham and the LPO in 1934 in Abbey Road, London.
For such an inaccuracy the then rest become internet tripe.
von Karajan was more powerful than important musically.
Just a simple observation.
George
@@Titus_J Beecham had it right about Karajan in referring to him as a "kind of musical Malcolm Sargent!" Beecham was none too generous about his English colleague, so it was not much of a compliment!
To this day, I have never found any recording with Karajan which is not easily improved upon musically from someone else. Not to say Karajan was anything other than a good conductor, but rather that he never quite scaled the heights in music. This shows how the enemy of the great is just good.
Good enough? For some people certainly. For me, after more than fifty years buying records of great music in great performances, I still do not own a Karajan disc. I have had a few over the years, but none survived for long with me. I learned to read Gramophone reviews different after a while ...
Best wishes from George.
PS: What part of my initial reply caused you to be so blunt? No real need for it, is there?
You wrong
a matter of taste and level, both of which you obviously donot possess.@@georgejohnson1498
Who is Beecham and who are you?
Nobody will remember either of you. Karajan is immortal!
@@user-ro3tj6tz1s Karajan was in fact very mortal. A dead marketing phenomenon.
Von Karajan was a proud national-socialist who never denied his devotion to the ideals of the NSDAP as he joined the party in 1933 even though it was illegal for an Austrian at that time to be a member of the party. This documentary makes a mockery of history. Karajan until his dying breath admired AH and never once apologized for his beliefs.
That makes him look admirable
@@Mshi- Fully agree 150% Karajan is the pride of NS culture. My initial comment was in praise of Karajan.
Dumb
Who matters?
Agree. He was kind of an asshole. I've never enjoyed his conducting with close eyes and the same movement of his hands all the time. I always prefer the genial Celibudache.
I stopped buying his recordings when I learned of his Nazi Party membership. (Karl Bohm and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf likewise.)
Typical cancel culture mentality lol
Atleast it wasn't ideologically motivated. 😂
If you want to avoid every person who has done something wrong and evil in their life, then there is hardly a single person left to accept anything from.
Come to the sad reality of fallen humanity. Not a single one of us can stand before God!
I don't disagree, but it's actual card-carrying Nazis I draw the line at. @@germanchris4440
If you do so you will have to stop listening to all American and British Artists because of 300 years of slavery and millions of deaths caused. Absolute nonsense!
You choose the most genial one, Celibudache. He is an unreachable legend, genial in every detail.