Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" - Haydn: Symphony No. 104 "London"

While many conductors treat Schubert as a "light" successor to Mozart, Karajan’s approach was radically different. In the "Unfinished", he emphasizes the dark, haunting mystery of the opening bass motif, famously demanding a "velvety" transparency from the Berlin strings that few other orchestras could replicate.