New Year's Concert 2025, Muti/Vienna Philharmonic (2-CD)

New Year's Concert 2025 captures the world-renowned Vienna New Year’s Day tradition with Riccardo Muti leading the Vienna Philharmonic in the Golden Hall of Vienna’s Musikverein. Released on Sony Classical, this festive two-CD set celebrates the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss Jr. with a sparkling program of waltzes, polkas and marches from the Strauss family and their contemporaries.

Marking Muti’s seventh time conducting this cherished event, the album continues a tradition broadcast to millions around the world each New Year’s Day. Highlights include The Blue Danube, Radetzky March, Lagunen-Walzer (Lagoon Waltz) and the overture to Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), performed with the elegance, warmth and Viennese style that have made these concerts beloved worldwide.

"This felt like a New Year’s concert for those who regard January 1 as a time for regretful farewells, rather than fresh starts. But it’s part of the miracle of this music that it can bear both interpretations, and Muti understands that. Not for everyday listening, perhaps, but one to store up and savour when the mood is right." — Gramophone

Strauss, Sr. Freiheits-Marsch (March of Freedom), Op. 226

Josef Strauss Dorfschwalben aus Österreich (Village Swallows from Austria), Op. 164

Strauss, Jr. Demolirer-Polka (Demolisher Polka), Op. 269

Strauss, Jr. Lagunen-Walzer (Lagoon Waltz), Op. 411

Eduard Strauss Luftig und duftig (Airy and Fragrant), Op. 206

Strauss, Jr. Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), Overture

Strauss, Jr. Accelerationen (Accelerations), Op. 234

Hellmesberger Das Veilchenmädel: Fidele Brüder (The Violet Girl: Faithful Brothers)

Geiger (arr. Dörner) Ferdinandus-Walzer (Ferdinandus Waltz)

Strauss, Jr. Entweder-oder! (Either-Or!), Polka schnell, Op. 403

Josef Strauss Transaktionen (Transactions), Walzer, Op. 184

Strauss, Jr. Annen-Polka (Anne’s Polka), Op. 117

Strauss, Jr. Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka (Chit-Chat Polka), Op. 214

Strauss, Jr. Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), Op. 333

Strauss, Jr. Die Bajadere (The Bayadère), Polka schnell, Op. 351

Strauss, Jr. An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314

Strauss, Sr. Radetzky-Marsch (Radetzky March), Op. 228

Discs: 2
Record Label: Sony
Release Date: February 14, 2025