Few concerts in the world are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Riccardo Muti, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year with a concert in the magnificent Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. Marking his seventh time conducting this prestigious event, Riccardo Muti leads the orchestra in a program that celebrates the 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II, exploring new perspectives on the musical world of the Strauss family. Riccardo Muti has played an exceptional role in the history of the Vienna Philharmonic for over 50 years. The artistic collaboration with Maestro Muti began in 1971. Since then, he has conducted over 500 concerts with the orchestra, including six New Year's concerts, Philharmonic subscription concerts, memorial concerts, annual orchestral concerts at the Salzburg Festival, guest performances and tours, & numerous opera productions. He has been an honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic since 2011. The annual New Year's Day Concert in Vienna has been a major event for more than eight decades, since 1939, being broadcasted on TV & radio, & reaching millions of viewers in over 90 countries across the globe. The Vienna Philharmonic, as musical ambassadors of Austria, send people all over the world a New Year's greeting in the spirit of hope, friendship and peace with the lively and light-hearted and at the same time nostalgic and profound music from the vast repertoire of the family of Johann Strauss and it's contemporaries
TRACKLIST:
DISC 1
Freiheits-Marsch, Op. 226 - Johann Strauss I
Dorfschwalben aus Österreich, Walzer, Op. 164 - Josef Strauss
Demolirer-Polka, Op. 269 - Johann Strauss II
Lagunen-Walzer, Op. 411 - Johann Strauss II
Luftig und duftig, Polka schnell, Op. 206 - Eduard Strauss
Der Zigeunerbaron: Ouvertüre - Johann Strauss II
Accelerationen, Walzer, Op. 234 - Johann Strauss II
Das Veilchenmädel: Fidele Brüder - Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr.
Ferdinandus-Walzer (Arr. for Orchestra by Wolfgang Dörner) - Constanze Geiger
DISC 2
Entweder - oder!, Polka schnell, Op. 403 - Johann Strauss II
Transactionen, Walzer, Op. 184 - Josef Strauss
Annen-Polka, Op. 117 - Johann Strauss II
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 - Johann Strauss II
Wein, Weib und Gesang, Walzer, Op. 333 - Johann Strauss II
Die Bajadere, Polka schnell, Op. 351 - Johann Strauss II
Neujahrsgruß / New Year's Address
An der schönen blauen Donau, Walzer, Op. 314 - Johann Strauss II
Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 - Johann Strauss I
