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Herbert von Karajan

conductor

Austria • 1908-04-05 – 1989-07-16

Herbert von Karajan is credited on 17,847 releases across 1,745 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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17,847

Pressings credited

1,745

Albums

Decades active

172

In collections

Biography

Herbert von Karajan (German: [ˈhɛʁbɛʁt fɔn ˈka(ː)ʁajan] ; born Heribert Adolf Ernst Ritter von Karajan; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and during World War II he conducted at the Berlin State Opera. Generally regarded as one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, he was a controversial but dominant figure in European classical music from the mid-1950s until his death. Part of the reason for this was the large number of recordings he made and their prominence during his lifetime. By one estimate, he sold 200 million records.

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