| Label: SONY CLASSICAL Catalog: 88843015642 Format: CD Daniel Barenboim, Vienna PhilharmonicA 2-CD set
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 five years, celebrated conductor Daniel Barenboim returns to the podium for this extraordinary event. Barenboim has had an illustrious career that includes tenure as the chief conductor of the Orchestre de Paris and music director of the Chicago Symphony, where he was named ''honorary conductor for life.'' 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. The program traditionally revolves around waltzes and polkas by the Strauss family and includes works by other composers of that era. This proven formula blends well-known classics with premieres of works that have never been recorded and rarely heard. |