“It was the beginning of a wonderful friendship that transcended borders: in October 1957, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Herbert von Karajan travelled to Japan for the first time. The orchestra and its chief conductor were greeted at Tokyo airport as if they were superstars, and queues formed outside the concert hall. NHK broadcast the concert live on Japanese radio and television using what was then the most advanced stereo recording technology – and an audience of millions tuned in to hear Beethoven’s Fifth and Richard Strauss’s Don Juan.”
New on Digital Concert Hall: “First time in Japan – the Berliner Philharmoniker and Karajan in Tokyo in 1957”. Subscription to DCH probably needed.
