New Year’s Concert 2016
This is a recording of an annual event in Vienna: The historic New Years concert that is presented every year by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
This year’s program includes the following selections:
Hellmesberger:
Ball Scene
Stolz, R:
Uno-Marsch
Strauss, E:
Mit Extrapost, Op. 259
Strauss, J, I:
Seufzer Galopp, Op. 9
Strauss, J, II:
Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418
Violetta, Op. 404
Vergnügungszug, Op. 281
Eine Nacht in Venedig Overture
Sängerlust (Joy Of Singing), Op. 328
Fürstin Ninetta (Princess Ninetta): Entr’acte
Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
Auf der Jagd, Op. 373
Strauss, Josef:
Sphärenklänge, Op. 235
Auf Ferienreisen – Polka schnell, Op. 133
Die Libelle – Polka mazur, Op. 204
Waldteufel:
Espana, Op. 236
Ziehrer:
Weaner Mad’ln, Walzer, Op. 388
Performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, Mariss Jansons conducting
The New Year’s Concert live from Vienna is one of the world’s most famous and spectacular classical music events. It was broadcast on TV and radio and reached over 90 countries around the world with more than 40 million viewers.
The live recordings from this event with works from the Strauss dynasty and their contemporaries are among the classical market’s most important releases. After widely acclaimed New Years Concerts in 2006 and 2012, world-class conductor Mariss Jansons returned for the third time. He belongs to the circle of conductors with whom the Vienna Philharmonic feels a special bond and collaborates regularly.
Here is music from this 2016 concert: