Summer Night Concert 2021 (24/96 FLAC)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonard Bernstein, Claude Achille Debussy, Edward William Elgar, Gustav Theodore Holst, Sergey Rachmaninov, Jean Sibelius, Johann Strauss, Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Igor Levit
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Daniel Harding
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Release: 2021
Size: 1.51 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover

01. Verdi: I vespri siciliani Overture

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
02. Introduction – Allegro vivace – Variation I (Precedente)
03. Tema – L’istesso tempo
04. Variation II – L’istesso tempo
05. Variation III – L’istesso tempo
06. Variation IV – Più vivo
07. Variation V – Tempo precedente
08. Variation VI – L’istesso tempo
09 .Variation VII – Meno mosso, a tempo moderato
10. Variation VIII – Tempo I
11. Variation IX – L’istesso tempo
12. Variation X – L’istesso tempo
13. Variation XI – Moderato
14. Variation XII – Tempo di minuetto
15. Variation XIII – Allegro
16. Variation XIV – L’istesso tempo
17. Variation XV – Più vivo scherzando
18. Variation XVI – Allegretto
19. Variation XVII – Allegretto
20. Variation XVIII – Andante cantabile
21. Variation XIX – A tempo vivace
22. Variation XX – Un poco più vivo
23. Variation XXI – Un poco più vivo
24. Variation XXII – Un poco più vivo
25. Variation XXIII – L’istesso tempo
26. Variation XXIV – A tempo un poco meno mosso

27. Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)

Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
28. I. Prologue
29. II. Somewhere
30. III. Scherzo
31. IV. Mambo

32. Elgar: Salut d’amour, Op. 12
33. Sibelius: Karelia Suite Op. 11: Intermezzo
34. Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
35. Holst: Jupiter (from The Planets)
36. Strauss II: Wiener Blut Waltz, Op. 354

The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic is the world’s biggest annual classical open-air concert and will take place in the magical setting of the Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna on June 18, 2021. The theme for this year is Fernweh and includes musical favorites from Bernstein, Verdi, Rachmaninov, Sibelius, Elgar, Debussy and Holst. It will also include many fantastic Summer Night Concert debuts: SNC debut by pianist Igor Levit & British conductor Daniel Harding. The pianist’s first release of an orchestral recording. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Vienna Philharmonic’s first ever performance of this piece, as well as the Intermezzo from the Karelia Suite. the concert is broadcast on TV and radio in more than 60 countries, and thus reaches an audience of millions. The Vienna Philharmonic is an orchestra founded in 1842 and consistently ranked among the finest in the world. Igor Levit is Musical America’s “Recording Artist of the Year 2020”, the 2018 Gilmore Artist and has been described by The New York Times as one of the “most important artists of his generation”. In November 2020 he was nominated for a Grammy in the category “Best Classical Instrumental Solo“. Daniel Harding CBE has conducted the Vienna Philharmonic since 2004 and will make his Summer Night Concert debut this year. A renowned opera conductor, he has led critically acclaimed productions at the Teatro alla Scala Milan, Theater an der Wien, Wiener Staatsoper, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and at the Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg Festivals. Since 2007, he has been Music and Artistic Director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Conductor Laureate of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, with whom he has worked for over 20 years.