Haydn / Herbert von Karajan, 1958: Symphony No. 104 in D Major - “London“ - VPO, RCA LP

Fifty-year old Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) conducts the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra in this 1958 performance of the Haydn London Symphony. I created this music video from the LP depicted above, RCA Victor, serial number LDA 2347. The painting you will see in the video is of the Schönbrunn Palace (the former summer residence of the Austrian emperor and the place where, as music director in the employ of the Esterházy court, Joseph Haydn premiered many of his works), by the Italian artist Bernardo Bell