Composer: Constanze Geiger, Joseph Hellmesberger, Eduard Strauss, Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Riccardo Muti
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 19802875582
Release: 2025
Size: 1.7 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Strauss I: Freiheits-Marsch, Op. 226
Strauss Josef: Dorfschwalben aus Österreich – waltz, Op. 164
Strauss II: Demolirer-Polka , Op. 269
Strauss II: Lagunen-Walzer Op. 411
Strauss E: Luftig und duftig. Polka schnell, op. 206
Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron Overture
Strauss II: Accelerationen, Op. 234
Hellmesberger: Das Veilchenmädel: Fidele Brüder
Geiger: Ferdinandus-Walzer (Arr. for Orchestra by Wolfgang Dörner)
CD 02
Strauss II: Entweder – oder!, Polka schnell, Op. 403
Strauss Josef: Transaktionen – Walze, Op. 184
Strauss II: Annen-Polka, Op. 117
Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333
Strauss II: Die Bajadere, Polka schnell, Op. 351
Neujahrsgruß / New Year’s Address / Allocution du Nouvel An
Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314
Strauss I: Radetzky March, Op. 228
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.
