Brahms: The Symphonies

2h 41m

Karajan conducts these symphonies with eyes closed, often intently enraptured by the music, smiling occasionally when a passage or solo sounds just right to his ear. He conducts Brahms with a greater sense of urgency than does Bernstein: the First symphony is 11 minutes shorter as conducted by Karajan! Nothing is rushed but there is what can only be described as emotional compression, an intensity of expression that sounds quicker than Bernstein's performances.

Cast

Herbert von Karajan

Self - Conductor

Crew

Herbert von Karajan

Director

Ernst Wild

Director of Photography

Johannes Brahms

Compositor

Brahms: The Symphonies

Cast

Crew

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