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Daniel Barenboim - New Year’s Concert 2009

Daniel Barenboim - New Year’s Concert 2009


Haydn:

Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell': 4th movement

first performance at a New Year’s Concert

Hellmesberger:

Valse espagnole

first performance at a New Year’s Concert

Strauss, J, I:

Zampa-Galopp, Op. 62a

first performance at a New Year’s Concert

Radetsky March, Op. 228

Encore

Strauss, J, II:

Eine Nacht in Venedig Overture

first performance at a New Year’s Concert

Märchen aus dem Orient. Walzer, Op. 444

Annen-Polka, Op. 117

Saat und Ernte Schnell-Polka, Op. 159

first performance at a New Year’s Concert

Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388

Freikugeln-Polka, Op. 326

Der Zigeunerbaron Overture

Der Zigeunerbaron: Einzugsmarsch

Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418

Alexandrine-Polka francaise, Op. 198

first performance at a New Year’s Concert

Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324

Eljen a Magyar Schnell-Polka, Op. 332

So ängstlich sind wir nicht! - Polka, Op. 413

Encore

An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

Encore

So ängstlich sind wir nicht! - Polka, Op. 413

Ballet Extra

Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324

Ballet Extra

Strauss, Josef:

Sphärenklänge, Op. 235

Sphärenklänge, Op. 235

Ballet Extra


The New Year's Concert in Vienna has been a glorious tradition for over six decades. A best-selling classical event year on year, the concert has unique global appeal. It is broadcast on TV and radio to over 50 countries, and is viewed by tens of millions of people all over the world.

The 2009 New Year's Day Concert will be conducted by the Argentinean-Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim for the first time. From 1991-2006 Barenboim was the principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and since 1992 has been the General Music Director of the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin. Barenboim's debut with the Vienna Philharmonic took place in 1989, and he has since been a regular guest.

In 1999, Barenboim and the late Palestinian academic Edward Säid founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, in which young musicians from the Middle East and Israel perform together. Among the many awards Barenboim has received, was the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in Vienna in 2006. In September 2007 Barenboim was named as United Nations Peace Envoy.

The concert programme for 1st January 2009 will be the customary collection of Viennese delights, with six first time performances.

The first part of the concert is inspired by the conductor’s biography. For example, the waltz Märchen aus dem Orient (Tales from the Orient), alludes to a modern “fairy tale” – the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of inter-cultural tolerance. Other first performances in the first half include J. Strauss II’s Schnellpost-Polka (Express Mail Polka) and J. Hellmesberger’s Valse Espagnole (Spanish Waltz).

The second part of the concert makes constant allusions to the life and work of Joseph Haydn, culminating with the final movement of Haydn’s Symphony No.45 - 'Farewell Symphony'. This is the first time a work by Haydn has featured in the New Year’s Concert programme, and it will launch a year of events marking the bicentenary of the death of this great Austrian composerwho died in Vienna in May 1809. Other first appearances in the second half of the concert include J. Strauss I's Zampa-Galopp and J. Strauss II’s Alexandrine's Polka.

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New Year's Concert 2012: Vienna Philharmonic

New Year's Concert 2012: Vienna Philharmonic


Hellmesberger:

Danse Diabolique

Lumbye:

Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop

Strauss, E:

Carmen-Quadrille, Op. 134

Strauss, J, I:

Sperl-Galopp, Op. 42

Radetsky March, Op. 228

Strauss, J, II:

Rathausball-Tänze (City Hall Ball Dances), Waltz, op. 438

Entweder – oder! (Either - Or!), Fast Polka, Op. 403

Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214

Albion Polka, Op. 102

Freut euch des Lebens Waltz, Op. 340

Pizzicato Polka

Persischer Marsch, Op. 289

Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324

An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

Strauss, Josef:

Vaterländischer Marsch (Fatherland March)

Jockey Polka, Op. 278

Künstlergruß Polka-mazurka, Op. 274

Feuerfest (Fireproof), Op. 269

Brennende Liebe - Polka mazur, Op. 129

Delirien Waltz, Op. 212

Tchaikovsky:

Waltz from Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66

Ziehrer:

Walzer, Op. 419


DVD and Blu-Ray will include a live version of the New Year’s Concert as well as bonus footage: A special tour through Vienna, guided by members of the Vienna Philharmonic plus 3 ballet bonus tracks.

Sony Classical is pleased to announce the release of the recording of one of the world’s most famous classical music events: the 2012 New Year’s Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic. Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons returns to direct the 2012 celebrations after his acclaimed debut in 2006. The live recording encompasses releases on CD, DVD and Blu-ray.

The annual New Year's Day Concert in the stunning Vienna Musikverein has been an exalted tradition for more than seven decades, and the resulting recordings with works from the Strauss dynasty and their contemporaries are among the classical market's most important releases. The concert will be broadcast on TV and radio to over 70 countries around the world with an estimate of more than 40 million viewers.

The programme traditionally revolves around waltzes and polkas by the Strauss family (Johann father and son as well as Josef and Eduard Strauss) whose music has enjoyed a recent resurgence due to the success of André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra. In 2012 the programme is once again a skilful blend of well-known classics and six New Year’s Concert premieres. As always the concert is bound to end with two traditional encores – the famous waltz The Blue Danube and the Radetzky March.

“It is something quite special: a wonderful opportunity to listen to this music and get to know it. This atmosphere, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Golden Hall of the Musikverein – all that adds up to a long and wonderful tradition resulting in fantastic, very specific music.” Mariss Jansons

“There's nothing here that disappoints, and the stylishness of the performances can be taken for granted, if not by the musicians themselves...the recording is excellent in capturing a happy occasion.” International Record Review, May 2012

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New Year's Concert 2013

New Year's Concert 2013


Hellmesberger:

In Confidence - Polka-mazur, Op. 15

Lanner:

Steyrische Tänze, Op. 165

Strauss, J, I:

Erinnerung an Ernst oder Der Carneval in Venedig, Op. 126

Strauss, J, II:

Kuss-Walzer, Op. 400

Aus den Bergen Walzer (From the Mountains), Op. 292

Melodien-Quadrille nach Verdi, Op. 112

Wo die Zitronen blühen, Op. 364

Strauss, Josef:

Die Souberette, Polka schnell, Op. 109

Theater Quadrille, Op. 213

Sphärenklänge, Op. 235

Die Spinnerin, Polka francaise, Op. 192

Hesperus’ Path, Waltz, Op. 279

Suppe:

Leichte Kavallerie Overture

Verdi:

Don Carlos: Ballet Music, Act III: Prestissimo

Wagner:

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3


"This was one of the most beautiful New Year's Concerts since Karajan and Kleiber. Franz Welser-Möst knows how the music of the Strauss-dynasty, the music of Lanner and Hellmesberger has to sound" Österreich on the 2011 NY Concert

Sony Classical is pleased to announce the release of the recording of one of the world’s most famous classical music events: the New Year’s Concert 2013 with the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of celebrated conductor, Franz Welser-Möst. He returns to direct the 2013 celebrations after his acclaimed debut in 2011. Maestro Welser-Mőst is the former Music Director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

The annual New Year's Day Concert in the stunning Vienna Musikverein has been an exalted tradition for more than seven decades and the resulting recordings with works from the Strauss dynasty and their contemporaries are among the classical market's most important releases.

The concert will be broadcast on TV and radio to over 70 countries around the world with an estimate of more than 40 million viewers.

The programme traditionally revolves around waltzes and polkas by the Strauss family (Johann father and son as well as Josef and Eduard Strauss) whose music has enjoyed recent chart resurgence. The proven formula blends well-known classics with premieres of works that have never been performed before at the New Year´s Concert and the result is invariably both joyful and moving. The programme will remain a closely guarded secret until a few days before the event, but it can already be revealed that in 2013 the concert will include more premieres than ever before and probably some unexpected surprises. As is tradition, the concert will include the famous waltz The Blue Danube and the Radetzky March.

“Welser-Möst can cut a curiously professorial figure, but the playing he gets from the orchestra really sparkles in an offbeat programme that includes 11 New Year’s Day premieres” Sunday Times, 27th January 2013

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New Year's Day Concert 2011

New Year's Day Concert 2011


Hellmesberger:

Die Perle von Iberien: Gypsy Dance

Lanner:

Die Schönbrunner Waltzer, Op. 200

Liszt:

Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Strauss, E:

Ohne Aufenthalt - Polka Schnell, Op.112

Strauss, J, I:

Furioso-Galopp nach Liszt's Motiven, Op. 114

Cachucha-Galopp, Op. 97

Radetsky March, Op. 228

Strauss, J, II:

Reitermarsch (Riders March), Op. 428

Donauweibchen Waltz, Op. 427

Amazonen-Polka, Op. 9

Debut-Quadrille, Op. 2

Muthig Voran! - Schnell-polka, Op. 432

Ritter Pázmán: Csárdás

Abschieds-Rufe Walzer, Op. 179

Spanischer Marsch, Op. 433

An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314

Strauss, Josef:

Aus der Ferne - Polka mazur, Op. 270

Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb' und Leben - waltz, Op. 263


Seen by millions on TV worldwide, the Wiener Philharmoniker’s New Year's Concert from Vienna is the best-known classical event in the world

The 2011 concert will be conducted by Austrian-born Franz Welser-Möst - newly installed as the music director of the Vienna State Opera and a favourite with Viennese concertgoers

The New Year's Concert, presented in the glittering Musikverein, features a charming programme that offers perennial favourites alongside some intriguing Strauss premieres. The complete programme will be announced beginning of November

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