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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
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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
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Lovely to listen to. March 14, 2013
By Joyce B. (Courtice, Ontario) 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"
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