Operatic impresarios have attributed the drop in Wagner’s popularity to the absence of full-blast singers, but Von Karajan’s achievement suggests a happy solution to the problem.

Not a Groschen. The festival is the fruition of a decades-old urge of Karajan’s to present Wagner’s great cycle with absolute control over all the elements—a Ring that he could wrap around ...

Herbert von Karajan was born 100 years ago. He made more than 1,000 recordings, and is estimated to have had LP, CD, and video sales in excess of 200 million. He is perhaps best known for his 1962 ...

Karajan's conception of the work is clear: It's about sex. This is the best recording Jon Vickers ever made, and he made some great ones. One friend of mine swears he can actually hear the blood ...

The central Austro-German tradition – Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Wagner and Strauss – was Karajan’s main hunting ground. Yet he also achieved outstanding results in the Russian, Italian and French ...

Plus performances by Mariss Jansons, one of today's leading conductors, who was given great support as a young man by Karajan. Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March (Gotterdammerung) ...

In a very special July issue (out now), Hugo Shirley reappraises Herbert von Karajan's landmark recordings of Wagner's Ring cycle, which began with the release of Das Rheingold 50 years ago. In an ...

Alec Robertson's original reviews of Karajan's DG recordings of Wagner's Ring cycle offer a masterclass in critical listening Thanks for exploring the Gramophone website. Sign up for a free account ...

Over twenty-five years after his death in July 1989, the controversial Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan remains an enigma. He was the most successful conductor in the history of classical music.