Riccardo Muti Archive

Vienna Philharmonic 2018 New Year’s Concert = Works by Johann STRAUS I; Johann STRAUS II; Josef STRAUSS; SUPPE; CZIBULKA – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Riccardo Muti – Sony 

by Audiophile Audition | Jan 25, 2018 | Classical CD Reviews

In his fifth year of leading the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s concerts, Riccardo Muti adds six new items to the sparkling elixir of musical champagne.  Vienna Philharmonic 2018 New Year’s Concert = Marches, Dances, and Concert Pieces by JOHANN STRAUSS II; JOHANN STRAUSS I; JOSEF STRAUSS: ; SUPPE; CZIBULKA – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Riccardo Muti – Sony 88985477002 (2 CDs) 56:00; 60:00 (1/26/18) ****: [Complete list of pieces follows below] An ardent collector of the recorded Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s concerts since 1951—led by Clemens Krauss—I have followed the progression of the stellar conductors who have inaugurated Vienna’s New Year with the graceful and often scintillating melodies and rhythms of the Strauss family and their worthy colleagues. Riccardo Muti leads this year’s jubilant concert, offering six new items to an already illustrious gathering of waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and marches. Muti’s affinity for the Viennese lilt comes across with lush authenticity, especially in the perennial 1868 Tales from the Vienna Woods and the equally hypnotic 1880 Roses from the South, but no less so in a marvelous novelty, the 1881 Myrthenblueten of Johann Strauss II, meant to celebrate Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Princess Stephanie of Belgium, whose tragic story […]