- Audio CD (Jan 29 2002)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Universal Music Group
- ASIN: B00005RIH0
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #81,219 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Die Fledermaus |
| 2. Kunstlerleben |
| 3. Zivio! |
| 4. Die Schwatzerin |
| 5. Vorwarts! |
| 6. Aquarellen |
| 7. Die Libelle |
| 8. Plappermaulchen! |
| 9. Danse diabolique |
| 10. Elisen-Polka francaise |
| 11. Wiener Blut |
| 12. Tik-Tak |
| 13. Die Neujahrsansprache |
| 14. An der schonen, blauen Donau |
| 15. Radetsky-Marsch |
Product Description
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The Vienna Philharmonic New Year's concert remains as musically uplifting and orchestrally ravishing a tradition in 2002 as it's been for many a recent year. The Vienna Philharmonic, of course, can play Strauss waltzes, marches, and polkas in their sleep. Yet under Seiji Ozawa's firm baton in a mink glove, the players sound wide awake at every turn: effortlessly negotiating the Fledermaus Overture's tricky tempo transitions, bringing just the right combination of gravity and pizzazz to rarities such as "Zivio!," "Elisen-Polka Français," and Joseph Hellmesberger II's delightful "Danse Diabolique." Among the better-known items, "Künsterleben" moves with refreshing understatement and subtle lilt. Perhaps Philips's engineering doesn't pack the punch of Teldec's extraordinary 2001 edition with Harnoncourt, but at least the audience's rhythmic clapping during the inevitable "Radetsky-Marsch" encore doesn't overpower the musicians. Great sound, great playing, charming music: how can you go wrong? --Jed Distler
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En septembre 2002, le Japonais Seiji Ozawa présidera aux destinées de l'Opéra de Vienne, après qu'il eut galvanisé l'Orchestre symphonique de Boston plus d'un quart de siècle durant. Cette invitation à diriger le traditionnel concert du nouvel an viennois ne pouvait pas mieux tomber : premier chef japonais à se frotter à ce délicat exercice, il a réussi son examen de passage haut la main ; séduit les téléspectateurs du monde entier, scotchés devant leur écran de télévision ; et charmé les exigeantes instances musicales viennoises, qui fourbissaient déjà leurs armes. C'est que Seiji Ozawa, c'est avant tout un style, une pâte, une fulgurance même, qui sied aux valses et autres polkas. Des bonbons sucrés ? Pas vraiment. Car Ozawa – avec sa rythmique tranchante, ses coloris multiples – contourne avec autant de malice que de sagesse les pièges de ces musiques qui, à force de fondre sous les doigts, confineraient à la vulgarité si l'on n'y prenait garde. Belle démonstration que celle de ce prince de la baguette. --Pierre Guillaume
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5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the finest New Year's Concert in Vienna recordings,
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This review is from: 2002 New Years Day Concert (Audio CD)
Seiji Ozawa demonstrates his great affinity for the music of the Strauss family in this latest recording of the annual New Year's Concert in Vienna series. Under his baton the Vienna Philharmonic gives warm, brisk performances of classic works such as Johann Strauss II's "Die Fledermaus" Overture and the "Kunstlerleben" waltz. There are equally memorable performances of lesser known works such as the "Dragonfly" among others. These performances are certainly inspired, even if they fall short of the exquisite playing I heard under Nikolaus Harnoncourt's direction in the 2001 New Year's Concert. The sound quality is quite good, but not nearly as refined as Teldec's for the 2001 concert. Yet I am sure most will be quite pleased with this latest installment of the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert series.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unrecogniseable feast,
By Karina Milovidova (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 2002 New Years Day Concert (Audio CD)
If the music of Johann Strauss is familiar to you, you'll be greatly suprised while listerning to this CD. But this surprise is a pleasent one. Not long ago It was a great question for me what does conductor do. I mean I usually listerned to vocal arias never mantioned the role of the man who's leading the orchestra. But Ozawa made me know the real value of the professional and genious conductor. He makes the music sound sooooo special and breathtaking that you sometimes feel yourself a little bit shy as if you're breaking some kind of mistery. I believe it's impossible to get used to classical music, but I supose Ozawa is one of the few who shows the other side of classical music, touching, unexpected, unforgetible. If you are looking for something special and classical as well, don't hesitate and buy the CD.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best one in years!,
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This review is from: 2002 New Years Day Concert (Audio CD)
Like his great mentor Herbert von Karajan in 1987, Seiji Oszawa opened his program with the "Fledermaus" overture, an all-time Viennese favorite that had been avoided in recent years by conductors like Harnoncourt and Muti who like digging up the eclectic for a concert that cries for crowd-pleasers. Oszawa finds balance: popular pieces and lesser-played ones, like the "dragonfly". His touch with the orchestra is light, yet the pacing is wonderfully crisp and tight. In a program of waltzes and polkas you want to feel a certain airyness and lightness, and Oszawa finds it. The Vienna Philharmonic is brilliant as always and shines under his baton.
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