Best of New Year's Concerts

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Boskovsky/Jansons/Kleiber/Maazel/Mehta/Muti/Ozawa

Highlights from nine New Year’s Concerts given between 1975 and 2007, featuring the Vienna State Opera Ballet, the Volksoper Ballet and soloists of the Hamburg Ballet. Read More

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  • Album
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  • 2
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  • CD
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  • 6th January 2012
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  • $19.99
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Overview

At 11:15 on New Year's Day in Vienna, it's time for the most popular concert in the world. Every year, one of the great conductors steps on to the podium to lead the Vienna Philharmonic in the waltzes and polkas of the Strauss family. Compiled here are highlights from the finest concerts of the last thirty years – mingled with scenes of Vienna and performances by the State Opera Ballet.

Track Listing:

CD 1

Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau op. 314 (The Blue Danube) · Unter Donner und Blitz op. 324
(Thunder and Lightning) · Morgenblätter op. 279 (Morning Papers) · Banditen-Galopp op. 378 (Bandits’ Galop)
Kaiser-Walzer op. 437 (Emperor Waltz) · Auf der Jagd op. 373 (Hunting) · Wiener Bonbons op. 307 (Viennese
Bonbons) · Accelerationen op. 234 (Accelerations) · »Die Fledermaus«: Ouvertüre · Johann Strauss I: Beliebte
Annen-Polka op. 137 (Beloved Anna Polka) · Josef Strauss: Brennende Liebe op. 129 (Burning Love)
Die Libelle op. 210 (The Dragonfly)

CD 2
Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut op. 354 (Vienna Blood) · Kaiser-Franz-Joseph 1. Rettungs-Jubel-Marsch op. 126
(Celebration March for the Recovery of Emperor Franz Joseph I) · Leichtes Blut op. 319 (Light of Heart)
Frühlingsstimmen op. 410 (Voices of Spring) · Ägyptischer Marsch op. 335 (Egyptian March) · Annen-Polka
op. 117 (Anna Polka) · G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald op. 325 (Tales from the Vienna Woods) · Eduard
Strauss: Ohne Bremse op. 238 (Without Brake) · Josef Strauss: Sphärenklänge op. 235 (Music of the Spheres)
Aquarellen op. 258 (Watercolours) · Im Fluge op. 230 (On the Wing) · Auf Ferienreisen op. 133 (On Holiday)
Ohne Sorgen op. 271 (Carefree) · Johann Strauss II & Josef Strauss: Pizzicato-Polka op. 449
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch op. 228 (Radetzky March)

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