CD:
Berliner Philharmoniker and Karajan live

0000: Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings presents live radio recordings with Herbert von Karajan 1952–1969 – most of them first releases.

The Berliner Philharmoniker and Herbert von Karajan: 1953–1969 live in Berlin

Star conductor Herbert von Karajan is best known today for his studio recordings. However, although as a media pioneer he recognised the technical possibilities for creating recordings, he always considered the live concert to be the ideal. The radio recordings with the Berliner Philharmoniker, which were made in Berlin between 1953 and 1969 and which we present to you in this edition – mostly as first releases – represent an exciting paradox in this respect: they are snapshots that capture the spontaneity of the live performance, the magic of the unique musical moment. Never before has it been possible to experience Karajan the live artist and his joint work with the Berliner Philharmoniker as vividly as in this comprehensive edition.

The hardcover edition, designed by painter and sculptor Thomas Scheibitz, includes the recordings on 24 CD/SACD (hybrid) and an accompanying book with numerous photos and in-depth essays by Karajan biographer Peter Uehling, music publicist James Jolly, and others. Following the release of Wilhelm Furtwängler’s 1939–1945 radio recordings, this is the second major historical edition of Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, and a further milestone in the documentation of the orchestra’s media history.

24 Hybrid SACD/CD
Accompanying book
Hardcover, 128 pages