Composer: Joseph Hellmesberger, Eduard Strauss, Johann Strauss, Josef Strauss, Franz von Suppe, Carl Michael Ziehrer
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 19658717392
Release: 2023
Size: 1.76 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Strauss E: Wer tanzt mit? Polka schnell, Op. 251
02. Strauss J: Heldengedichte, Walzer, Op. 87
03. Strauss J II: Zigeunerbaron-Quadrille, Op. 422
04. Ziehrer: In lauschiger Nacht, Walzer, Op. 488
05. Strauss J II: Frisch heran! Polka schnell, Op. 386
06. Suppe: Isabella: Ouvertüre
07. Strauss J: Perlen der Liebe, Walzer, Op. 39
08. Strauss J: Angelica-Polka, Op. 123
09. Strauss E: Auf und davon, Polka schnell, Op. 73
10. Strauss J: Heiterer Muth, Polka française, Op. 281
11. Strauss J: For ever, Polka schnell, Op. 193
12. Strauss J: Zeisserln, Walzer, Op. 114
13. Hellmesberger: Glocken-Polka und Galopp
14. Strauss J: Allegro fantastique, Anh. 26b
15. Strauss J: Aquarellen, Op. 258
16. Strauss J II: Banditen-Galopp, Op. 378
17. Neujahrsgruß / New Year’s Address / Allocution du Nouvel An
18. Strauss J II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Walzer, Op. 314
19. Strauss J II: Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228
The New Year’s Concert live from Vienna is one of the world’s most famous and spectacular classical music events. It will be broadcasted on TV and radio and reaches over 90 countries around the world with more than 50 million viewers. The Vienna Philharmonic regards this now tra196587173920ditional event as a way of wishing the world a Happy New Year through the medium of music in a spirit of hope, friendship, and peace.
Recordings of the New Year’s Concerts are among the most important titles on the classical music market, and Sony Classical is keen to make this release available to the widest possible international audience. The live recording of the 2023 New Year’s Concert is now available as triple vinyl.
This year the prestigious concert will be conducted by Austrian conductor Franz Welser-Möst. He has already appeared twice on the podium for the New Year’s Concert (2011 and 2013) and one time on the podium of the Summer Night’s Concert (2010).
For 20 years, Franz Welser-Möst has shaped an unmistakable sound culture as Musical Director of the Cleveland Orchestra. Under his leadership, the orchestra has been repeatedly praised by international critics for its musical excellence. Franz Welser-Möst has been the recipient of a number of major honours and awards. He is an Honorary Member of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, winner of the Vienna Philharmonic’s Honorary Ring, and has been awarded the Kilenyi Medal of the Bruckner Society of America as well as the Kennedy Center Gold Medal in the Arts.
The annual New Year’s Day Concert in Vienna has been a major event for more than eight decades, since 1939. It’s been conducted by world-famous maestros such as Herbert von Karajan, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado, Carlos Kleiber, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Seiji Ozawa, Mariss Jansons, Gustavo Dudamel and Christian Thielemann.