CanadianMaestro
Headphoneus Supremus
Yes, there a few videos of HvK rehearsing, posted on YouTube. There is one of him giving a Master Class in conducting, to a young apprentice, who looked forlorn and intimidated; the poor fellow should sit down. I think he looks like a young Franz Welser-Most(?).
(Those strings are OUT OF TUNE/SYNC in that video!!)
I like HvK's Richard Strauss, some of his Bruckner, Sibelius, and some Beethoven. I don't agree with all the fuss/criticism he received from "critics", about him being overly obsessed with getting an ultra-smooth, tailored sound from his BPO. That is true of other conductors -- Szell/Cleveland, Solti/Chicago brass, etc etc. So I don't believe that was HvK's vice. He had other vices which I won't go into (read Roger Vaughan's biography of HvK if you're interested in a no-holds barred authorized bio of the Maestro)
https://www.amazon.ca/Herbert-Karaj...2pEeL&preST=_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch.
I can't sit through any Wagner, but I do enjoy the orchestral overtures by both Karajan and Solti. HvK's Carmen and Rosenkavalier are still relevant and perhaps even tops (esp. Rosenkavalier with Schwarzkopf).
If your vinyl version of Schumann's 3rd fails to give you goosebumps, try the CD. That's what I listen to mostly, with its superior dynamic range on my speakers system. Although I do have many of HvK's LPs, incl the orig box 1962 Beeth cycle, the Triple Cto with Richter et al., and his 1964 Brahms, among others.
cheers
(Those strings are OUT OF TUNE/SYNC in that video!!)
I like HvK's Richard Strauss, some of his Bruckner, Sibelius, and some Beethoven. I don't agree with all the fuss/criticism he received from "critics", about him being overly obsessed with getting an ultra-smooth, tailored sound from his BPO. That is true of other conductors -- Szell/Cleveland, Solti/Chicago brass, etc etc. So I don't believe that was HvK's vice. He had other vices which I won't go into (read Roger Vaughan's biography of HvK if you're interested in a no-holds barred authorized bio of the Maestro)
https://www.amazon.ca/Herbert-Karaj...2pEeL&preST=_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch.
I can't sit through any Wagner, but I do enjoy the orchestral overtures by both Karajan and Solti. HvK's Carmen and Rosenkavalier are still relevant and perhaps even tops (esp. Rosenkavalier with Schwarzkopf).
If your vinyl version of Schumann's 3rd fails to give you goosebumps, try the CD. That's what I listen to mostly, with its superior dynamic range on my speakers system. Although I do have many of HvK's LPs, incl the orig box 1962 Beeth cycle, the Triple Cto with Richter et al., and his 1964 Brahms, among others.
cheers
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