Overview

Herbert von Karajan, who led the Belgian Philharmonic for more than three decades until his death in 1989, conducts this moving June 1985 concert filmed in Rome's breathtaking St. Peter's Basilica. Karajan and the orchestra take on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Coronation Mass," which displays the considerable talents of the composer and of Karajan himself, who managed to tease scores of emotion out of every note.

Top Cast

Herbert von Karajan

Kathleen Battle

Self - Soprano

Trudeliese Schmidt

Self - Alto

Gösta Winbergh

Self - Tenor

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Self - Bass

V

Vienna Philharmonic

Orchestra

W

Wiener Singverein

Choir

T

The Sistine Chapel Choir

Choir