New Year's Concert 2013 [Blu-ray]

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Since 1939, The Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert has become a tradition and the world's most famous classical music event. For the second time in three years,celebrated conductor Franz Welser-Most returns to the podium for this extraordinary event. Welser-Most is the music director of The Cleveland Orchestra,General Music Director of the Vienna State Opera and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards.

The Vienna New Year s Concert is unique and has often been imitated, but not equaled, with a live broadcast on television in over 70 countries around the world with over 40 million viewers. This package contains the complete New Year s Eve concert as seen on TV. . Included as bonus track the film Honeymoon , which was broadcasted during the intermission as well as 2 ballet sequences. The Blu-ray also contains three additional bonus tracks which are concert footage (from the hall) for tracks which are showing landscapes from Austria during the TV broadcast.

Track Listing:
1. Opening Credits
2. Die Soubrette, Polka schnell, op. 109
3. Kuss-Walzer, op. 400
4. Theater-Quadrille, op. 213
5. Leichte Kavallerie, Ouvertüre
6. Sphären-Klänge, Walzer, op. 235
7. Die Spinnerin, Polka francaise, op. 192
8. Lohengrin, Vorspiel zum Dritten Aufzug
9. Unter vier Augen, Polka Mazur
10. Hesperusbahnen, Walzer, op. 279
11. Melodien-Quadrille, op. 112
12. Don Carlo, Prestissimo, Balletmusik 3. Akt
13. Erinnerung an Ernst oder Der Carneval in Venedig, Fantasie, op. 126
14. Plappermäulchen, Polka schnell, op. 245
15. Neujahrsgruß / New Year's Address / Allocution du Nouvel An
16. Radetzky-Marsch, op. 228
17. End Credits
18. Galoppin, Polka schnell, op. 237 (Ballett)
19. Wo die Citronen blüh'n, Walzer, op. 364 (Ballett)
20. Honeymoon (Intermission Programm)
21. Aus den Bergen, Walzer, op. 292 (Saalbilder)
22. Steyrische Tänze, op. 165 (Saalbilder)
23. An der schönen blauen Donau, Walzer, op. 314 (Saalbilder)

New Year's Concert 2013 [Blu-ray] Review

This is one of the long series of New Year's Day concerts from Vienna and features the conducting of Franz Welser-Most for the second time. This may not come as too much of a surprise as Welser-Most's Viennese credentials have been recognised and supported by a major bank in Upper Austria for over 25 years as a cultural envoy for upper Austria. This level of commitment to Welser-Most is more than justified by this particular release.

There is an unusual number of first performances in this year's concert, partly to do with the 2013 anniversary celebrations of Wagner and Verdi's bicentenaries. As a result we hear Wagner's Lohengrin Prelude to Act 3 and Verdi's Act 3 ballet music from Don Carlo. In addition there are other references such as J. Strauss II's Melodies Quadrille based on Verdian themes.

Another emphasis in this year's concert is the music of Josef Strauss with seven of his works of which five receive début performances at these concerts. His popular Music of the Spheres waltz is included and is a reminder of his own qualities as a composer of Viennese music. One extra link with Josef Strauss was the presence of his great-granddaughter whose 90th birthday took place the previous July and who was briefly identified on film, clearly enjoying the concert.

Hellmesberger II and Lanner, both important figures in the Viennese musical world, are included too and the concert includes Suppe's Light Cavalry overture, last heard here in a gripping performance with Muti very much in charge. Welser-Most takes a more genial view which fits in with his whole approach to the concert.

Geniality is a strong feature of the Carnival of Venice Fantasy by J. Strauss I which allows individual members and sections of the orchestra to be highlighted as the piece progresses. Once again, this is not the first time it has been played in recent memory with the last performance being conducted by Pretre in 2010. On this occasion each of the highlighted members receives a gift, mostly in the form of a soft toy which goes down very well with the audience and the orchestra. Welser-Most is presented with a chef's hat as befits his role as chief chef.

The concert then rapidly reaches the end with the traditional New year's greeting, the Blue Danube and the Radetzky March which is started with a particularly energetic and enthusiastic side-drummer. The audience clap very well and show considerable appreciation at the end.

The camera work has some remarkable shots from high up and which make use of phenomenal zoom capabilities of the lenses to cover all sorts of angles and views within the hall. This avoids rapid changes of cameras and inter-cutting and is a considerable technical advance. The imaging is especially crisp and with excellent colour. Attractive and short sequences of Austrian images are cut into the footage of the concert during some items. The sound is of an equally high standard and is presented in DTS 5.1 surround and stereo.

There are several bonuses including the ballet sequences which follow the usual pattern of mini-stories of dance-based romantic situations. There is also the option to watch the concert items previously shown with Austrian images seen as by the audience and therefore without the Austrian scenes. There is also a 24 minute feature called 'Honeymoon' which follows a newly married couple, attractively acted, touring round various Austrian venues. This is really a travelogue set to music largely played by sub-groups from the orchestra. All the venues, the music and the performers are sub-titled which makes the film far more informative than some previous films of this type. Once more, the photography is outstanding both artistically and technically.

I would suggest that this disc continues the fine standards of previous issues and surpasses some. As such it deserves to be considered seriously both as an 'only' purchase or one of a sequence for committed collectors.

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