Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass

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.

Directed by Herbert von Karajan, Karajan: Mozart - Coronation Mass leans on a strong ensemble — Herbert von Karajan, Kathleen Battle, Trudeliese Schmidt — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about music titles of 1985.