Herbert von Karajan - A Profile - EMI Music Germany

Karajan's story is the story of the record industry itself, which he was instrumental in creating and sustaining over half a century with hundreds of spectacular and award-winning recordings. His life and his music-making still provoke extreme reactions; in Gernot Friedel's film, made with the help of the Karajan-Centrum in Salzburg, we see the hypnotic effect he could have upon musicians and listeners alike, we hear him in the repertoire for which he was renowned, and we are taken through a life nver less than eventful.

With:
Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Agnes Baltsa, Janet Perry, Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi, Jon vickers, Peter Glossop, Adriana Martino, Rolando Panerai, Melanie Diener, Renaud Capucon, Mstislav Rostropovich, Georg Kreisler, Anne-Sophie Mutter, 'Flinserln group and drummers' and Claudio Abbado.