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Karajan Conducts Verdi's Requiem

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Richard Osborne introduces the last performance Herbert von Karajan gave in Berlin of the Verdi Requiem. It was given last October as part of the 1988 Berlin Festival in the Philharmonie with the orchestra he directed for 34 years.
JULIA VARADY (soprano)
FLORENCE QUIVAR (mezzo) VINSON COLE (tenor)
JOHN TOMLINSON (bass) VIENNA PHILHARMONIC CHORAL SOCIETY
BERLIN PO /KARAJAN SF Berlin recording

Contributors

Introduces:
Richard Osborne
Unknown:
Herbert von Karajan
Soprano:
Julia Varady
Soprano:
Florence Quivar
Tenor:
Vinson Cole
Bass:
John Tomlinson
Bass:
Vienna Philharmonic
Unknown:
Berlin Po
Source: Radio Times

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