Title: New Year’s Concert / Neujahrskonzert 2014
Release Date: 2014
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Production/Label: Sony Classical
Duration: 02:03:26
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 24998 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3938 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 41.75 GB
Daniel Barenboim conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2014 New Year’s Day concert from the Musikverein, Vienna. Alongside waltzes, polkas and marches from the Strauss family, the programme features music by Richard Strauss.
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Title: New Year’s Concert / Neujahrskonzert 2013
Release Date: 2013
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Franz Welser-Most
Production/Label: Sony Classical
Duration: 02:03:04
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 24998 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3821 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 41.75 GB
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs the 2013 New Year’s Concert from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in the annual celebratory concert of waltzes, polkas and marches, this year conducted by Franz Welser-Möst for the second time.
As well as popular works by members of the Strauss family, we hear from anniversary composers Verdi and Wagner as well as Lanner and Hellmesberger.
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Title: New Year’s Concert / Neujahrskonzert 2012
Release Date: 2012
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Mariss Jansons
Production/Label: Sony Music
Duration: 01:51:35
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 32400 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 4037 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 39.45 GB
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs the 2012 New Year’s Concert in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna featuring waltzes, polkas and marches. This years event is conducted by Mariss Jansons for the second time.
The works featured this year are by members of the Strauss family, as well as Tchaikovsky, Joseph Hellmesburger Jr and Hans Christian Lumbye.
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Title: New Year’s Concert / Neujahrskonzert 2011
Release Date: 2011
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Franz Welser-Most
Production/Label: Decca
Duration: 01:56:05
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 32400 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 4037 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 39.45 GB
The first major TV event of the year on Blu-ray:
The Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert – this year conducted by Franz Welser-Möst
For decades, the Vienna Philharmonic has been presenting its audiences with a cheerful yet contemplative program from the rich repertoire of the Strauss dynasty and its contemporaries at the turn of the year. These New Year’s concerts are not only very popular in the Musikvereinssaal in Vienna, but also enjoy a high degree of recognition and popularity at home and abroad thanks to worldwide television broadcasts, which now reach over 70 countries. Today, millions of people all over the world are touched by this sometimes light-hearted, sometimes profound music, giving them joy and optimism for a new year.
It is the wish of the Philharmonic Orchestra not only to offer musically valuable interpretations of the masterpieces of this genre, but also to convey a greeting in the spirit of hope, friendship and peace to all people as musical ambassadors of Austria.
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Title: New Year’s Concert / Neujahrskonzert 2009
Release Date: 2009
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Production/Label: Decca
Duration: 01:56:05
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 3000 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 4091 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 41.38 GB
Neujahrskonzert / New Year’s Concert 2009 Review by Blair Sanderson
Daniel Barenboim led his first New Year’s Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic in 2009, thus becoming the 14th maestro in this series’ 69th year. This illustrious orchestra maintains a tradition of playing the most popular waltzes and polkas by Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II, but there are two other composers honored on this program, Joseph Hellmesberger II, with his Valse espagnole, and Franz Joseph Haydn, with the Finale of the “Farewell” Symphony; the latter selection was picked to honor the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death. When it comes to Viennese light music, no ensemble plays it better, and the Vienna Philharmonic gives its all, no matter how frequently it has performed this extremely familiar repertoire. The audience contributes its own energy to the proceedings, and the recordings derive much of their fun from its participation, particularly in the rousing Radetzky March. There is really only one issue with this double-disc from Decca, pertaining to the bass-heavy audio quality that lends the music a thickness that runs counter to the bubbly spirit of the concert. But beyond that technical matter, which is due to the microphone positions, this is a relaxing and jovial celebration, and certainly a fine set of Strauss staples for beginners to explore.
Title: New Year’s Concert / Neujahrskonzert 2002
Release Date: 2012
Genre: Classical
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Artist: Wiener Philharmoniker, Vladimir Malakhov & Vienna Operaballett, Spanish Riding School of Vienna
Production/Label: King Records (Jp)
Duration: 01:47:51 + 00:20:52
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 37943 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD MA 5.0 / 48 kHz / 2054 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 38.55 GB
Anyone still reeling from the revisionist austerities of Harnoncourt’s recent New Year’s concerts will be thrilled to hear these somewhat more traditional performances, in which Seiji Ozawa strikes an excellent balance between a healthy serving of Viennese Schlag and an altogether welcome rhythmic discipline. It helps that three of the most enjoyable pieces are making their New Year’s Concerts debut: Zivio (March) and Elisen (Polka francaise), both by Strauss Jr., and best of all the wonderfully energetic Danse diabolique by Joseph Hellmesberger II. This last is a real find. All three add sparkle to the usual fare, including a high-spirited Fledermaus Overture, lilting renditions of the Artist’s Life, Vienna Blood, and Blue Danube Waltzes, and of course the concluding Radetzky March. Anyone cynical about Ozawa’s credentials in Strauss et al will find in this disc a welcome corrective: he makes wonderful music with what is now effectively his orchestra (in its operatic incarnation), and if you think that these pieces play themselves, try some of Lorin Maazel’s New Year’s outings. Excellent sonics too, bright and neat, top off a thoroughly entertaining concert. Pass the champagne! –David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com (more…)
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Carlo Maria Giulini, Wiener Philharmoniker – Bruckner: Symphonie No.9 (1989) [Japan 2019]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 68:37 minutes | Front, Scans NOT included | 1,83 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front, Scans NOT included | 1,66 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front, Scans NOT included | 1,44 GB
The Viena Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini performing Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor. The reissue of classical music masterpieces by Esoteric has attracted a lot of attention, both for its uncompromising commitment to recreating the original master sound. This series marks the first hybrid SACD release of historical recording selections. These new audio versions feature Esoteric’s proprietary re-mastering process to achieve the highest level of sound quality.
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Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm – Beethoven: Symphony 6 & Schubert: Symphony 5 (1971 & 80) [Japan 2018]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 74:03 minutes | Front/Rear Cover | 1,96 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Cover | 1,73 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Cover | 1,54 GB
This famous 1971 recording of Beethoven’s Sixth by the Wiener Philharmoniker under Karl Böhm, now considered a reference, has been called one of the best versions ever recorded and one of Böhm’s greatest career performances. On this programme it is paired with Schubert’s Symphony No. 5, a 1979 recording which Gramophone praised as a “superb version of this lovely symphony”.
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Semyon Bychkov & Wiener Philharmoniker – Schmidt: Symphony No. 2 – Strauss: Dreaming by the Fireside (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 55:14 minutes | 568 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical
Franz Schmidt was a cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra himself and he allowed the orchestra to premiere his symphony in 1913, which since then belongs in the orchestra’s main repertoire.
With Semyon Bychkov, they are a proven team to champion Schmidt’s Symphony…
The second symphony is the most brilliant and extroverted one with the largest instrumentation. The Strauss „Dreaming by the Fireside“ is a famous intermezzo from the same-named opera by Strauss.
On this album, the work is performed by The Strauss Orchestra.
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Riccardo Muti, Wiener Philharmoniker – New Year’s Concert 2018 (Neujahrskonzert 2018 / Concert du Nouvel An 2018) [Live] (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:53:09 minutes | 2,08 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical
With nearly five hundred waltzes, marches, quadrilles, polkas and so on in Johann Strauss’ son’s repertoire, it is no wonder that the world-famous Vienna New Year’s Concert – conducted on the 1st January by Riccardo Muti, who is no newcomer to the event since he has led the orchestra in 1993, 1997 2000 and 2004 – still finds new pieces for their “New Year’s Concert creations”. This year, it’s Brautschau op. 417 and Myrthenblüten op. 395. Further novelties come from the Viennese cirlce: father Johann Strauss, with Marienwalzer and Wilhelm-Tell-Galopp, Alfons Czibulka (1842–1894) who kicks off the New Year with Stephanie-Gavotte, as well as a work from Josef Strauss, Wiener Fresken. And of course, as tradition goes, we find The Blue Danube and the inevitable Radetzky March to which the audience applauds in rhythm. By the way, this comes from J. Strauss the father, not from his more famous son. In fact, the concert version is actually an arrangement, very common nowadays, thanks to a certain Leopold Weninger. We would like to add that Harnoncourt performed two versions in 2001, Strauss’ version for the military brass band and Weninger’s version for symphony orchestra, and then again in 2005 in memory of the victims of the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean where the march was not played due to its overly festive nature.
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Riccardo Muti & Wiener Philharmoniker – Neujahrskonzert 2021 / New Year’s Concert 2021 / Concert du Nouvel An 2021 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:44:47 minutes | 1,85 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical
The 2021 Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert takes place on January 1, 2021, under the baton of Riccardo Muti in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. After 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2018, this year’s concert will mark the 6th time that Riccardo Muti, whose close musical partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic has now extended nearly 50 years, conducts this prestigious concert event.
The 2021 New Year’s Concert will be broadcast in over 90 countries and followed by millions of television viewers around the world. The 2021 New Year’s Concert will take place without an audience.
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Rafael Kubelik, Orchestre de Paris, Wiener Philharmoniker, The Cleveland Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphonies 6, 7 & 8 (1973-75) [Reissue 2017]
SACD Rip | 2x SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 54:59 minutes | Scans included | 4,49 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 2,15 GB
Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | PentaTone # PTC 5186 250
PentaTone’s third release from Rafael Kubelik’s acclaimed Beethoven cycle of symphonies in its Remastered Classics series is his commanding reading of the sixth, seventh and eighth symphonies performed by the Orchestre de Paris, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Wiener Philharmoniker – Sommernachtskonzert 2023 / Summer Night Concert 2023 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:51 minutes | 1,38 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical
The Vienna Philharmonic’s Summer Night Concert is one of the most visited classical music concerts every year, because it takes place in the festively illuminated palace park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna in front of 100,000 visitors. In Germany, the popular concert will be broadcast by 3SAT, in Austria by ORF. in 2023, the Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garan\u010Da will be the star soloist for the first time, and for the first time Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be on the podium of the Vienna Philharmonic, which will take the audience to France with a varied program this year: the concert will open with two classics by Georges Bizet: the orchestral suite No. 1 with themes from his famous opera “Carmen” and with the famous “Habanera” aria from “Carmen”, sung by Elina Garan\u010Da. The piece “D’un matin de printemps” by the French composer Lili Boulanger, the first female laureate of the prestigious “Prix de Rome” of the Paris Conservatory, who tragically died at the age of only 24 and still left 50 works, is about a spring morning. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the overture “Le Corsaire” by Hector Berlioz and Suite No. 1 from “Daphnis and Chloe” by Maurice Ravel, as well as the famous “Bolero” as the crowning finale of the concert. Elina Garan\u010Da presents as a star soloist three arias from Georges Bizet’s “Carmen”, from Charles Gounod’s “Sapho” and from Camille Saint-Saën’s “Samson et Dalila”. The concert will be released by Sony Classical as a CD, as a digital album as well as on DVD and Blu-ray, which reflect the atmospheric staging in the festively illuminated park of Schönbrunn Palace particularly well.
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Philharmoniker – Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 (2004)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 73:06 minutes | Covers & PDF Booklet | 4,34 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Covers & PDF Booklet | 1,28 GB
Live Recording / Features Stereo and Multichannel surround sound
The word ‘vision’ is much misused these days yet to talk of Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s ‘view’ of Bruckner’s Fifth won’t quite do. This is more a realisation than an interpretation, musically vivid but spiritually serene.
I’ve seen it said that the real Bruckner is to be found in his themes, not his developments; that he was an embodier rather than a seeker. Not the least remarkable feature of Harnoncourt’s performance is his refusal to manipulate the structure of the long outer movements – the transitions in particular. This is risky. Scholars worry about what they call ‘disjunction’; so do conductors and listeners. I confess that after first hearing the performance I was more than happy to turn to Franz Welser-Möst’s more theatrical, structurally explicit reading, recorded live with the London Philharmonic in Vienna’s Konzerthaus during the 1993 Whitsun holiday.
Harnoncourt, however, drew me back to his serene – I suspect Baroque-inspired – view of this ‘Symphony of Faith’. Serene but now slow. By the clock, this is one of the quickest Fifths on record, though only the Adagio is taken more swiftly than usual. It was here that Bruckner began the symphony in the pit of despair in 1875 with a keening oboe melody which he marked ‘Sehr langsam’ but scored alla breve. Harnoncourt treats it allegretto after the manner of a threnody by Bach or Mozart, whose Requiem is quoted during the course of the movement. Furtwängler, surprisingly, took a similar view of the movement, as does Welser-Möst.
The ‘liveness’ of the live performance owes much to Harnoncourt – his persona fuelling the music-making not the concept, which is as it should be – though the superlative playing of the Vienna Philharmonic is also a factor. The light-fingered realisation of the exquisite string traceries is a constant source of wonder; tuttis are glowing and unforced. The hall of the Musikverein helps, too; with an audience present it offers a uniquely natural-sounding Bruckner acoustic.
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Wiener Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons – New Year’s Concert 2016 / Neujahrskonzert 2016 (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:52:40 minutes | 2,15 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical
The Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert took place under the baton of Mariss Jansons on January 1, 2016, in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. Mariss Jansons, whose musical collaboration with the Vienna Philharmonic goes back to 1992, conducted the New Year’s Concert for the third time, following 2006 and 2012. The New Year’s Concert 2016 also represented the 75th anniversary of this unique cultural event.
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