New Year's Concert 2010

Georges Prêtre / Wiener Philharmoniker

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New Year's Concert 2010 Review

by Patsy Morita

This is the official recording of the 2010 Vienna Philharmonic traditional New Year's Day concert, led by conductor Georges Prêtre. Prêtre is known for his opera and operetta conducting, so it's no surprise that he opened the concert with the overture to Die Fledermaus or that a couple of other overtures also found their way into the program. He expanded the list of composers beyond that of the Strauss family and other Austrians -- the historic custom for these concerts -- to include fellow Frenchman Jacques Offenbach and the Danish Hans Christian Lumbye. For those looking for the familiar, however, there are still the favorite waltzes and polkas: Wine, Women and Song; Perpetual Motion; Vienna Bon-Bons; On the Beautiful Blue Danube; and the compulsory finale, the Radetzky March. The complete concert, including Prêtre's New Year's greeting to the audience, is just under two hours of infectious music to celebrate the holiday.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
Die Fledermaus
1	Overture Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	09:12	Amazon
2	Frauenherz. Polka mazur, Op. 166 Josef Strauss	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	05:37	Amazon
3	Im Krapfenwald'l. Polka française, Op. 336 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	04:31	Amazon
4	Stürmisch in Lieb' und Tanz. Polka schnell, Op. 393 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	02:33	Amazon
5	Wein, Weib und Gesang. Walzer, Op. 333 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	10:41	Amazon
6	Perpetuum mobile. Musikalischer Scherz, Op. 257 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	03:08	Amazon
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
7	Overture Otto Nicolai	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	08:41	Amazon
8	Wiener Bonbons. Walzer, Op. 307 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	09:50	Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Champagner-Polka. Musikalischer Scherz, Op. 211 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	02:27	Amazon
2	Ein Herz, Ein Sinn. Polka mazur, Op. 323 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	04:32	Amazon
3	Der Carneval in Paris. Galopp, Op. 100 Johann Strauss II / Johann Strauss I	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	02:31	Amazon
Die Rheinnixen
4	Overture Jacques Offenbach	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	06:15	Amazon
5	Helenen-Quadrille (on themes from the operetta "La Belle Hélène" by J. Offenbach), OP. 14 Eduard Strauss	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	04:48	Amazon
6	Morgenblätter. Walzer, Op. 279 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	11:58	Amazon
7	Champagner-Galopp Hans Christian Lumbye	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	02:28	Amazon
8	Auf der Jagd. Polka schnell, Op. 373 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	02:27	Amazon
9	Neujahrsgruß (New Year's Address) Georges Prêtre / Spoken Word	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	00:53	Amazon
10	An der schönen blauen Donau. Walzer, Op. 314 Johann Strauss II	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	11:27	Amazon
11	Radetzky-Marsch, Op. 228 Johann Strauss I	Wiener Philharmoniker / Georges Prêtre	03:46	Amazon

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