Herbert von Karajan conducts Bruckner & Mozart: Royal Festival Hall, London, 6 April 1962

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These mono tapes from the Music Preserved collection held at the University of York still fizz with the excitement of that evening 50 years on, the last movement of Mozart's "Jupiter" breathtaking... — The Observer, 19th May 2013 More…

Release Date: 29th Apr 2013
Catalogue No: ICAC5102
Label: ica classics
Series: Legacy
Length: 92 minutes

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Carey, H: God Save the Queen (Great Britain)

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 6 April 1962
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London

Great Britain [God Save the Queen, "God save our gracious Queen…"] [arr. For orchestra]

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Mozart: Austria (arr. For orchestra) [Osterreichische Bundeshymne [Austrian Federal Hymn], "Land of mountains…"]

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 6 April 1962
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 6 April 1962
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London

I. Allegro vivace

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II. Andante cantabile

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III. Menuetto. Allegretto

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IV. Molto Allegro

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Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major

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Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Recorded: 6 April 1962
Recording Venue: Royal Festival Hall, London

I. Allegro moderato (Original 1885 Version, ed. R. Haas)

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II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam (Original 1885 Version, ed. R. Haas)

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III. Scherzo. Sehr schnell (Original 1885 Version, ed. R. Haas)

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IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht schnell (Original 1885 Version, ed. R. Haas)

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Herbert von Karajan (1908–1989) was one of the greatest conductors of the twentieth century. Born in Salzburg, he made his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic in 1934. In 1946 Karajan gave his first post-war concert in Vienna with that orchestra, and in 1949 he became artistic director of the city’s Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. He also conducted at La Scala in Milan, but his most prominent activity at this time was recording with the newly formed Philharmonia Orchestra in London, helping to build them into one of the world’s finest.

In 1955 he was appointed music director for life of the Berlin Philharmonic as successor to Wilhelm Furtwängler. From 1957 to 1964 he was artistic director of the Vienna State Opera. Karajan was closely involved with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Salzburg Festival. He continued to perform, conduct and record prolifically until his death in 1989, mainly with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic.

This 2CD set preserves the exact concert that took place at the Royal Festival Hall on 6 April 1962, including the British and Austrian national anthems.

It is sourced from the Music Preserved archive.

The combination of Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic playing Mozart and Bruckner drew a ‘packed and raving audience’ according to Neville Cardus in The Guardian.

The Bruckner Symphony No.7 received great acclaim from the Daily Telegraph, with a review headlined ‘Noble Height in Bruckner: Vibrant Vienna Philharmonic’, and the critic Donald Mitchell writing ‘London has not heard a Bruckner performance of this quality for years’. Mitchell went on to add that the music-making was ‘undoubtedly touched by interpretative genius’.

In his booklet essay, Richard Osborne notes that ‘the performances of both Mozart and Bruckner are quicker here than any of Karajan’s studio performances … they are also freer in places and given to a number of astonishing build-ups of power’.

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19th May 2013

These mono tapes from the Music Preserved collection held at the University of York still fizz with the excitement of that evening 50 years on, the last movement of Mozart's "Jupiter" breathtaking in its inner discipline and Karajan's mastery of the long line so evident in the outer movements of the Bruckner.

Herbert von Karajan conducts Bruckner & Mozart

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