Karajan, or Beauty As I See It

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Karajan, or Beauty As I See It A film by Robert Dornhelm

About

Filmmaker Robert Dornheilm’s Karajan, or Beauty As I See It brings together the classical music world’s elite soloists and conductors to reflect about the legendary maestro and his legacy. The documentary film includes interviews in which former musical prodigies (Anne-Sophie Mutter, Evgeny Kissin), legendary voices of the 20th century (René Kollo, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig) and the great conductors of our time (Seiji Ozawa, Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Thielemann) share their personal experiences of the Austrian maestro. Karajan’s daughters Arabel and Isabel shed a more personal light on their father and his career. Extraordinary archival footage and interviews with Karajan himself finish off this thought-provoking documentary portrait!

Cast

Eliette von Karajan
Arabel von Karajan
Isabel Karajan
Helmut Schmidt | Ex-Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Brigitte Fassbaender | Mezzo-soprano
Ioan Holender | Baritone
Gundula Janowitz | Soprano
René Kollo | Tenor
Christa Ludwig | Mezzo-soprano
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Soprano
Clemens Hellsberg | Violinist
Werner Resel | Cellist
Peter Brem | Violinist
Fritz Kaiser | Double bassist
Yehudi Menuhin | Violinist
Evgeny Kissin | Pianist
Anne-Sophie Mutter | Violinist
Mariss Jansons | Conductor
Seiji Ozawa | Conductor
Sir Simon Rattle | Conductor
Sir Georg Solti | Conductor
Christian Thielemann | Conductor

Ewald Markl | Deutsche Grammophone 1981-2005
Klaus Geitel | Journalist
Joachim Kaiser | Journalist

Berliner Philharmoniker

Herbert von Karajan

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
- 2. Allegretto (excerpt)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
- Excerpts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
- Excerpts
Richard Strauss, Don Quixote, Op. 35
- Excerpts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
- Excerpts
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique"
- Excerpts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
- Excerpts
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
- Excerpts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont, Op. 84
- Overture (excerpt)
Gioachino Rossini, William Tell
- Overture (excerpt)
Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
- Ouverture (excerpt)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219, "The Turkish"
- 2. Adagio (excerpt)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
- Excerpts
Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
- 3. Scherzo (excerpt)
Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème
- I: "O soave fanciulla" (excerpt)
- I: "Questo Mar Rosso" (excerpt)
Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem
- IX. Ingemisco (excerpt)
Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo
- I, Di qual amor, di quant'ardor (excerpt)
Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier
- Excerpts
Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique: An Episode in the Life of an Artist, in Five Parts, Op. 14
- 2. A Ball (excerpt)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Fidelio, Op. 72
- I: "Nun sprecht, wie ... "-"Ach Vater, eilt"-"Verwegner .." (excerpt)
Richard Wagner, The Valkyrie, WWV 86B
- Excerpts
Richard Wagner, Das Rheingold, WWV 86A
- Prologue (excerpt)
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello
- Excerpts
Gioachino Rossini, William Tell
- Overture (excerpt)
Richard Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
- Excerpts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
- 3. Adagio molto e cantabile (excerpt)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral"
- 4. Allegro (excerpt)
Richard Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
- 6. The Hero's Retreat from the World and the Fulfilment of his Life (excerpt)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
- 3. Rondo: Allegro (excerpt)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
- Excerpts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
- Excerpts
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor
- Excerpts
Johannes Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
- Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
- Excerpts
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor
- 4. Adagietto: Sehr langsam (excerpt)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125
- 3. Adagio molto e cantabile (excerpt)
Giuseppe Verdi, Messa da Requiem
- I. Introit and Kyrie (excerpt)
Josef Strauss, Sphärenklänge (Harmony of the Spheres), Waltz, Op. 235
- Excerpts
Johann Strauss II, Die Fledermaus
- Overture (excerpt)
Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
- III, 3: "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Liebestod) (excerpt)