Composer: Clémont Philibert Léo Delibes, Joseph Hellmesberger, Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Eduard Strauss, Johann Strauss, Josef Strauss, Richard Strauss
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 88883792272
Release: 2014
Size: 2.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Strauss E: Helen Quadrille, Op. 14
02. Strauss Josef: Friedenspalmen, Walzer, Op. 207
03. Strauss J I: Carolinen-Galopp, Op. 21a
04. Strauss J II: Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335
05. Strauss J II: Seid umschlungen, Millionen, Waltz, Op. 443
06. Strauss J II: Stürmisch in Lieb’ und Tanz, Op. 393
07. Strauss J II: Waldmeister: overture
08. Strauss J II: Klipp-Klapp, Galopp, Op. 466
09. Strauss J II: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325
CD 02
01. Hellmesberger: Vielliebchen, Polka française, op. 1
02. Strauss Josef: Bouquet-Polka, Polka schnell, Op. 188
03. Strauss R: Capriccio: Intermezzo (Moonlight Music)
04. Lanner: Die Romantiker, Walzer, Op. 167
05. Strauss Josef: Neckerei, Polka Mazur, Op. 262
06. Strauss Josef: Schabernack-Polka, Polka schnell, Op. 98
07. Delibes: Sylvia – Pizzicato
08. Strauss Josef: Geheime Anziehungskräfte (Dynamiden), Walzer, Op. 173
09. Strauss Josef: Ohne Sorgen! – polka schnell, Op. 271
10. Strauss Josef: Carrière, Polka schnell, Op. 200
11. New Year’s Address
12. Strauss J II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314
13. Strauss J I: Radetzky March, Op. 228
Daniel Barenboim conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in the 2014 News Year’s Concert, an annual celebration that showcases classics by the venerable Strauss family and the light music of other composers. True to tradition, this concert offers selections by Johann Strauss I, his sons Johann Strauss II, Eduard Strauss, and Josef Strauss, as well as the unrelated Richard Strauss, Joseph Hellmesberger, Joseph Lanner, and for the first time on a New Year’s concert, the French composer Léo Delibes. However, this is not a completely familiar program, because Barenboim has chosen pieces that are mostly unfamiliar to audiences outside Austria. Except for the universally known Strauss classics (Tales from the Vienna Woods, On the Beautiful Blue Danube, and the Radetzky March), as well as the Pizzicato from Delibes’ ballet Sylvia and the Mondscheinmusik excerpted from Richard Strauss’ opera Capriccio, the selections are primarily standards among the Viennese, who regard them as their birthright, and they are seldom heard in the west. Barenboim and the Vienna Philharmonic play with high energy and spontaneity, and the fun atmosphere of the evening comes across in these glittering and buoyant performances.