The great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-89) was fascinated with technology from an early age, and, from the early 1960s onward, he filmed many of his performances. Deutsche Grammophon’s streaming service Stage+ has a huge archive of Karajan’s films, including his Telemondial legacy, recorded with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics during the 1980s, the conductor's last decade.

Karajan’s biographer, and long-serving Gramophone critic, Richard Osborne, discusses the conductor’s video legacy with James Jolly, and they pick some favourites from the Stage+ catalogue.

This podcast is sponsored by STAGE+, the streaming service for classical music by Deutsche Grammophon, hosting concerts, operas, documentaries, albums and much more, including 50 live streams per year. With a special summer offer, you can get two months of STAGE+ for just 1€ with access to the entire content library and live broadcasts from some of this year’s finest summer festivals. Visit stage-plus.com/summer before August 16 to find out more.

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