Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 6, 2005

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Music

Original Title

Karajan: Beethoven - Symphonies 4, 5 & 6

Description

Herbert von Karajan directs the Berlin Philharmonic in an Italiannate take of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony and an assured rendering of the Fifth, while the "Pastoral" Symphony, conceived and directed by Hugo Niebeling in 1967, is a revolutionary mix of styles - Fantasia meets Expressionism meets film noir.