KARAJAN Wagner Tannhäuser Overture Salzburg 1987 1 2

Herbert von Karajan conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Live at Salzburg, 1987. One of my favourite pieces of footage of the great conductor, in his Indian summer with this great orchestra. Even has time for a wink to one of the players, must have played it just the way he'd imagined :)

Also if anyone owns the copyright to this material, just post a comment or something and I'll take it down straightaway

[cesarmartin]

Un maravilloso regalo de la vida poder escuchar a Wagner con Karajan. Musica divina

[brynjarhoff-lrhw]

Mr.Callaghan, you have taken care of a moment of music history for the future. One of Karajan, s latest conserts with Wiener Philharmonic. Great work from you Sir!

[bravaLiz]

In my mind, this man understood how to pay homage to every composer's wishes. His technique, pristine and impeccable....he did not "overly emote" and yet...there was a depth of heart and soul contained within each interpretation. Too many do not understand this. I have argued this point with my colleagues many times. He understood both the instrumentalists as well as vocalists. This is most beautifully demonstrated in his interpretation of Beethoven's 9th. I've never heard anything before or since then, that has come close. Er war ein Genie. Vielen Dank! 

[skipfretwell]

This is my very favorite of Wagner...so very beautiful it almost hurts!

[PaoloSgrilli]

Wagner und Von ist so unglaublich und erstaunlich ....DANKE

[victorcerpa]

Jamais un autre comme lui. Extraordinaire, le meilleur pour toujours . Merci pour tout Herbert.

[angarcor]

Magnifica y esplendorosa interpretacion de la obertura de Tanhauser de Wagner dirigida por el maestro de maestros Karajan.Observen que en casi toda la partitura tiene los ojos cerrados.Siente profundamente la musica de Wagner.Niguno como Karajan ha conseguido tanta perfeccion.Saludos desde Barcelona.SPAIN.

[MrGer]

Beautiful ! Bravo HERBERT VON KARAJAN :)

[wilsonpereira]

This was the last concert Karajan gave before he died. Later in the concert, Jessye Norman sang "The Death of Love" ("Liebestod") from Tristan & Isolde.

[margueritetyan]

Magnifique Karayan Magnifique Wagner extraordinaire cette séquence g les larmes aux yeux mon dieu que c beau

[maricarmenoliveira]

Magnifico e inconmensurable Wagner y su musica dirigida por este genio es morir de placer

[rubenorta]

Cuando siento que mis dias en la tierra son contados, me refugio en la musica del major de todos. Pienso si en el mas alla tender la posibilidad de deleitarme con sus melodias enloquecedoras. Un saludo.Ruben

[stephenestall]

What a terrible place to cut this off!!! Wonderful piece, Great conductor, Marvelous orchestra - Buggered

[winrx]

2:28 The Viennese lower brass play like

[michelh]

For those of you who are concerned by the abrupt cut-off at the end of the video, there is continuation video titled: "KARAJAN Wagner Tannhäuser Overture Salzburg 1987 2 2".

[ZXNM]

It really hurts ... Wagner touches our souls ...

[Roheryn]

He looks rather blissful at 3:40 then gives a little wink at 3:43 . I wonder to whom ? His outright approval was hard-won....

[lucianoodorico]

Come un aquila che vola nel cielo. R.I.P. MAESTRO! ❤❤❤

[망히-zz]

I can see how Seiji Ozawa was influenced by Karajan. Many of the conducting motion and hand actions look similar . Karajan's conducting almost all music by heart is very impressive.

[nelliethursday]

I love his version of Tanhauser best because during the so called best part the brass instruments doesn't drown out the Cellos and Violns