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The annual New Year’s Concert from Vienna, seen by millions on TV worldwide, is the best-known classical concert in the world. Georges Prêtre returns to Vienna’s illustrious Musikverein to conduct a compelling program that combines adored classics with no less than four intriguing premieres. Idolized in Vienna, legendary French maestro Prêtre first came to eminence for his recordings with the great Maria Callas and is a leading expert on and interpreter of the music of the Strauss family.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Die Fledermaus: Overture by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Vienna, Austria
2.
Frauenherz, Op. 166 by Josef Strauss
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Vienna, Austria
3.
Im Krapfenwaldl, Op. 336 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1870; Vienna, Austria
5.
Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869; Vienna, Austria
8.
Wiener Bonbons, Op. 307 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; Vienna, Austria
9.
Champagner-Polka, Op. 211 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1858; Vienna, Austria
10.
Ein Herz, ein Sinn, Op. 323 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria
11.
Der Carneval in Paris, Op. 100 by Johann Strauss Sr.
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Austria
12.
Die Rheinnixen: Overture by Jacques Offenbach
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1863; Vienna, Austria
13.
Helenen-Quadrille, Op. 14 by Eduard Strauss
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Vienna, Austria
14.
Morgenblätter, Op. 279 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1864; Vienna, Austria
15.
Champagnegalop by Hans Christian Lumbye
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845; Denmark
18.
Radetzky March, Op. 228 by Johann Strauss Sr.
Conductor:
Georges Prêtre
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848; Vienna, Austria
Featured Sound Samples
Ein Herz, ein Sinn (Johann Strauss Jr.)
Wiener Bonbons (Johann Strauss Jr.)
Frauenherz (Josef Strauss)
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai): Overture
Sound Samples
Frauenherz - polka mazur, Op.166
Im Krapfenwald'l - polka française, Op.336
Stürmisch in Lieb' und Tanz - polka schnell, Op.393
Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op.333
Die Lustigen Weiber Von Windsor: Overture (The Merry Wives Of Windsor)
Champagner-Polka (Champagne Polka) - Musikalischer Scherz Op.211 (1858)
Ein Herz, ein Sinn. Polka mazur, Op.323
Der Carneval in Paris, Galopp Op.100
Morgenblatter Walzer Opus 279 (Morning Papers Waltz)
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op.314
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