Herbert
von Karajan was one of classical music’s towering figures in the 20th
century. The Austrian conductor’s career began under the Nazis (even
though Hitler considered him “un- German”) and continued after World
War II, when he rapidly attained star status. The text to A Life in Pictures summarizes
his life and career, but, as the title suggests, the photographs are
the focus of this coffee-table book. The best are black-and-white,
artful compositions in light and shadow. Their subjects cover Karajan
at work and play—he loved zooming around in sports cars and speedboats
when he wasn’t conducting meticulous and powerful interpretations of
great symphonies.
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