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New Year's Concert 2013 / Franz Welser-Most, Vienna Philharmonic [DVD]

Welser-most / Wiener Philharmoniker
Release Date: 02/05/2013 
Label:  Sony   Catalog #: 544073  
Composer:  Josef Strauss,  Johann Strauss Jr.,  Franz von Suppé,  Richard Wagner,   ... 
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

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Since 1939, the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert has become a tradition and the world’s most famous classical music event. The list of names of leading conductors who have led the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concerts reads like a veritable who’s who of great maestros: Herbert von Karajan, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti to name a few. For the second time in three years, celebrated conductor Franz Welser-Möst returned to the podium in 2013 for this extraordinary event. Welser-Möst is the music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, General Music Director of the Vienna State Opera and has been Read more nominated for two Grammy® Awards.

The Vienna New Year’s Concert is unique and has often been imitated, but not equaled, with a live broadcast on television in over 70 countries around the world with over 40 million viewers. PBS aired the 2012 concert on over 181 stations and broadcasted it nationally again in 2013. The program traditionally revolves around waltzes and polkas by the Strauss family and includes works by other composers of that era. This proven formula blends well-known classics with premieres of works that have never been recorded and rarely heard. The repertoire for the New Year’s Concert 2013 includes more premieres than any previous concert.
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Works on This Recording

1.
Die Soubrette, Op. 109 by Josef Strauss
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1861; Vienna, Austria 
2.
Der lustige Krieg: Kuss-Walzer, Op. 400 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Vienna, Austria 
3.
Theater-Quadrille, Op. 213 by Josef Strauss
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Vienna, Austria 
4.
Aus den Bergen, Op. 292 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1865; Vienna, Austria 
5.
Die leichte Kavallerie: Overture by Franz von Suppé
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; Vienna, Austria 
6.
Sphären-Klänge, Op. 235 by Josef Strauss
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria 
7.
Die Spinnerin, Op. 192 by Josef Strauss
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1866; Vienna, Austria 
8.
Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1847; Germany 
9.
Unter vier Augen by J. "Pepi" Hellmesberger
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Vienna, Austria 
10.
Hesperusbahnen, Op. 279 by Josef Strauss
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1870; Vienna, Austria 
11.
Galoppin-Polka, Op. 237 by Josef Strauss
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria 
12.
Steyrische Tanze, Op. 165 by Josef Lanner
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: Austria 
13.
Melodien-Quadrille, Op. 112 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1852; Vienna, Austria 
14.
Don Carlos: Ballet Music - Prestissimo by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
15.
Wo die Zitronen blühn, Op. 364 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874; Vienna, Austria 
16.
Erinnerung an Ernst oder Der Carneval in Venedig, Op. 126 by Johann Strauss Sr.
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1840; Vienna, Austria 
17.
Plappermäulchen, Op. 245 by Josef Strauss
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Vienna, Austria 
18.
An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314 by Johann Strauss Jr.
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867; Vienna, Austria 
19.
Radetzky March, Op. 228 by Johann Strauss Sr.
Conductor:  Franz Welser-Möst
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1848; Vienna, Austria 

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review:  ( 2 Customer Reviews )
 great performance October 23, 2014 By Denton Moers (Houston, TX) See All My Reviews "New years concert 2013 is the next thing to visiting Vienna. it really lifted my spirits.------Denton Moers" Report Abuse
 Lovely to listen to. March 14, 2013 By J. Ballard (Courtice, ON) See All My Reviews "This DVD is beautiful to watch and it contains much more of the actual performance than is televised on New years Night" Report Abuse
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