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Karajan, or Beauty As I See It

A film by Robert Dornhelm

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Cast

Eliette von Karajan

Arabel von Karajan

Isabel Karajan

Helmut Schmidt — Ex-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Brigitte Fassbaender — Mezzo-soprano

Ioan Holender — Baritone

Gundula Janowitz — Soprano

Program notes

Filmmaker Robert Dornheilm’s Karajan, or Beauty As I See It brings together the classical music world’s elite soloists and conductors to reflect about the legendary maestro and his legacy. The documentary film includes interviews in which former musical prodigies (Anne-Sophie Mutter, Evgeny Kissin), legendary voices of the 20th century (René Kollo, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig) and the great conductors of our time (Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Thielemann) share their personal experiences of the Austrian maestro. Karajan’s daughters Arabel and Isabel shed a more personal light on their father and his career. Extraordinary archival footage and interviews with Karajan himself finish off this thought-provoking documentary portrait!

A closer look: featured composers

Gustav Mahler

Ludwig van Beethoven

Hector Berlioz

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Richard Wagner

Richard Strauss

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Giuseppe Verdi

Giacomo Puccini

Johann Strauss II

Antonín Dvořák

Maurice Ravel

Johannes Brahms

Gioachino Rossini

Anton Bruckner

Further listening: featured works

Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

Gustav Mahler (Composer)

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

Symphonie fantastique: An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts, Op. 14

Hector Berlioz (Composer)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

The Valkyrie, WWV 86B

Richard Wagner (Composer)

Das Rheingold, WWV 86A

Richard Wagner (Composer)

Der Rosenkavalier

Richard Strauss (Composer)

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "The Turkish"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer)

Otello

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)

La Bohème

Giacomo Puccini (Composer)

Don Carlo

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)

Die Fledermaus

Johann Strauss II (Composer)

Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

Richard Strauss (Composer)

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"

Antonín Dvořák (Composer)

Egmont, Op. 84

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Maurice Ravel (Composer)

Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

Richard Strauss (Composer)

Messa da Requiem

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Johannes Brahms (Composer)

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique"

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

Fidelio, Op. 72

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)

William Tell

Gioachino Rossini (Composer)

Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90

Richard Wagner (Composer)

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109

Anton Bruckner (Composer)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96

Richard Wagner (Composer)

Sphärenklänge (Harmony of the Spheres), Waltz, Op. 235

Josef Strauss (Composer)