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Background: The New Year's Concert in Vienna has been a glorious tradition for over six decades. The 2009 New Year's Day Concert will be conducted by the Argentinean-Israeli pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim for the first time. The concert programme will be the customary collection of Viennese delights, with six first time performances.

The first part of the concert is inspired by the conductor's biography. For example, the waltz Märchen aus dem Orient (Tales from the Orient), alludes to a modern 'fairy tale' - the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a symbol of inter-cultural tolerance. Other first performances in the first half include Johann Strauss II's Schnellpost-Polka (Express Mail Polka) and Hellmesberger's Valse Espagnole (Spanish Waltz).

The second part of the concert makes constant allusions to the life and work of Joseph Haydn, culminating with the final movement of Haydn's Symphony No.45 - 'Farewell Symphony'. This is the first time a work by Haydn has featured in the New Year's Concert programme, and it will launch a year of events marking the bicentenary of the death of this great Austrian composer who died in Vienna in May 1809. Other first appearances in the second half of the concert include Johann Strauss I's Zampa-Galopp and Johann Strauss II's Alexandrine's Polka.

CATALOGUE NR: 4781133
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 19-Jan-2009

COMPOSER: Johann Strauss II  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: New Year's Concert 2009
TRACKS: Ouverture zu Eine Nacht in Venedig - A Night in Venice : Overture. Marchen aus dem Orient Walzer op.444 - Fairy Tales from the Orient - Waltz op.444. Annen-Polka op.117 - Anna’s Polka op.117. Schnellpost-Polka Polka schnell op.159 - Express Mail Polka op.159. Rosen aus dem Suden Walzer op.388 - Roses from the South Waltz op.388. Freikugeln Polka schnell op.326 - Magic Bullets Polka op.326. Ouverture Zigeunerbaron - The Gypsy Baron : Overture. Einzugsmarsch Zigeunerbaron - The Gypsy Baron Entrance March. Schatz-Walzer op.418 - Treasure Waltz op.418 (Strauss II). Valse espagnole - Spanish Waltz (Hellmesberger). Zampa-Galopp op.62 - Zampa Galopp (Strauss I). Alexandrinen-Polka op.198 - Alexandrine’s Polka French Polka op.198. Unter Donner und Blitz Polka schnell op.324 - Thunder and Lightning Polka op.324 (Strauss II). Spharenklange Walzer op.235 - Music of the Spheres Waltz op.235 (Josef Strauss). Eljen a Magyar! Polka schnell op.332 - Hurrah for Hungary! Polka op.332 (Strauss II). Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell' : Abschiedssymphonie Finale (Haydn). ENCORES - So angstlich sind wir nicht! - We’re not that worried! Polka op.413. An der schonen blauen Donau - Blue Danube Waltz op.314 (Strauss II). Radetzky-March op.228 (Strauss I).
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim

- Apr-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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