Program

Josef Strauss/Johann Strauss II, Vaterländischer Marsch, WoO

Johann Strauss II, Rathhaus-Ball-Tänze, Walz, Op. 438

Johann Strauss II, Entweder - oder!, Fast Polka, Op. 403

Johann Strauss II/Gerald Wirth, Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 (Arr. G. Wirth)

Carl Michael Ziehrer, Wiener Bürger, Waltz, Op. 419

Johann Strauss II, Albion-Polka, Op. 102

Josef Strauss, Jokey-Polka, Op. 278

Josef Hellmesberger II, Danse diabolique

Josef Strauss, Künstler-Gruß, Polka française, Op. 274

Johann Strauss II, Freuet euch des Lebens (Enjoy Life), Waltz, Op. 340

Hans Christian Lumbye, Københavns Jernbane-Damp-Galop (Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop)

Josef Strauss/Gerald Wirth, Feuerfest!, Polka française, Op. 269

Eduard Strauss, Carmen-Quadrille, Op. 134

Marius Petipa/Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty

Panorama

Johann Strauss II/Josef Strauss, Pizzicato-Polka

Johann Strauss II, Persischer Marsch (Persian March), Op. 289

Josef Strauss, Brennende Liebe, Polka Mazur, Op. 129

Josef Strauss, Delirien (Deliriums), Waltz, Op. 212

Johann Strauss II, Unter Donner und Blitz, Fast Polka, Op. 324

Johann Strauss II, Tik-Tak, Fast Polka, Op. 365

Johann Strauss II, An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), Waltz, Op. 314

Johann Strauss I, Radetzky March, Op. 228

The 2012 Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert

With Mariss Jansons

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Vienna Philharmonic

Mariss Jansons — Conductor

Program notes

One of the most anticipated events of the classical calendar, the Vienna Philharmonic's exquisite New Year's Concert brings the musicians of the prestigious orchestra together under the baton of a different influential conductor each year. Centered around a wide variety of dances in the Viennese style—especially the world-famous waltzes of the Strauss family—every edition brims with stately serenity and a hint of mischief, the perfect way to begin your New Year in music.

Revisit this marvelous 2012 edition with Mariss Jansons, world-renowned Latvian conductor especially known for his passionate interpretations of Romantic repertoire. The maestro is in top form during this diabolical program which, alongside dances composed by the Strauss dynasty, includes Josef Hellmesberger Jr.'s Danse diabolique, Danish composer Hans Christian Lumbye's Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop, and extracts from Sleeping Beauty by one of Jansons's favorite composers, Tchaikovsky.

A closer look: featured composers

Johann Strauss II

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Further listening: featured works

Radetzky March, Op. 228

Johann Strauss I (Composer)

Sleeping Beauty

Marius Petipa (Choreographer) · Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), Waltz, Op. 314

Johann Strauss II (Composer)