New Year’s Concert 2018, Muti/Vienna (2-CD)

Discs: 2
Record Label: Sony
Release Date: January 5, 2018

“Muti’s conducting of the old favorites, Strauss Jr.’s Blue Danube and Sr.’s Radetsky March, bristles with Italianate swagger and brio.” — The Sunday Times

Few concerts can claim to generate such tremendous international interest as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the baton of the world's leading conductors, the Vienna Philharmonic rings in the New Year with a gala concert from the magnificent setting of the Golden Hall in Vienna's Musikverein. The event is broadcast to over 90 countries all over the world and watched by more than 50 million viewers.

In 2018, Riccardo Muti conducted the prestigious New Year's concert for the fifth time. Together with Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti is one of the most engaged New Year's Concert conductors since the era of Lorin Maazel. The conductor's close artistic relationship with the Vienna Philharmonic dates to 1971. In 2011, this exceptional bond was awarded with the Honorary Membership in the Vienna Philharmonic.

January 2018, Great Hall, Musikverein, Vienna

Contents:

Strauss, Jr. Gypsy Baron, “Entry March”

Strauss Viennese Frescoes Waltz, Op. 249

Strauss, Jr. Bridal Parade French Polka, Op. 417

Strauss, Jr. Light of Heart Fast Polka, Op. 319

Strauss, Sr. Maria Waltz, Op. 212

Strauss, Sr. William Tell Gallop Fast Polka, Op. 29b

Suppé Boccaccio, Overture

Strauss, Jr. Myrtle Blossoms Waltz, Op. 395

Czibulka Stephanie-Gavotte, Op. 312

Strauss, Jr. Magic Bullets Fast Polka, Op. 326

Strauss, Jr. Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz, Op. 325

Strauss, Jr. Festival March, Op. 452

Strauss, Jr. Town and Country Mazurka, Op. 322

Verdi Un ballo in maschera Quadrille, Op. 272 (orch. Johann Strauss II)

Strauss, Jr. Roses from the South Waltz, Op. 388

Strauss Letter to the Editor Fast Polka, Op. 240

Strauss, Jr. Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op. 324

Strauss, Jr. On the Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314

Strauss, Sr. Radetsky March, Op. 228