New Year's Eve Concert - 20-DVD BOX - 20 Concerts between 1977 and 2015
It is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin - and beyond: On New Year‘s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. This exclusive edition is a unique compilation of 20 years of the much-celebrated New Year’s Eve Concerts of the Berliner Philharmoniker and features more than 29 hours of world-class music.
DVD 1 Concert from Berlin 1977 (70 mins)
Herbert von Karajan · Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Repertoire:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
A production of Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Munich. © 1977 Unitel.
DVD 2 Concert from Berlin 1983 (51 mins)
Herbert von Karajan
Repertoire:
Gioachino Rossini: William Tell (Overture)
Bedrich Smetana: Má Vlast – The Moldau (Vltava)
Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 – Lento from Kuolema
Josef Strauss: Delirium Waltz, Op. 212
Johann Strauss II.: The Gypsy Baron (Overture)
A coproduction of ZDF & Telemondial. © 2008 Sony Music Entertainment.
DVD 3 Concert from Berlin 1988 (57 mins)
Herbert von Karajan · Evgeny Kissin
Repertoire:
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 “Classical”
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat minor, Op. 23
A coproduction of ZDF & Telemondial. © 2008 Sony Music Entertainment.
DVD 4 Concert from Berlin 1996 (73 mins)
Claudio Abbado · Maxim Vengerov · Swedish Radio Choir
Repertoire:
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1; Hungarian Dance No. 10; Gipsy Songs, Op. 103; Hungarian Dance No. 7; Hungarian Dance No. 17; Hungarian Dance No. 21; „Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang“; Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52; Hungarian Dance No. 5
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane; La Valse
Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March
A coproduction of ZDF and EuroArts in co-operation with Deutsche Welle TV, NHK - Videal/brilliant Media. © EuroArts / ZDF 1996.
DVD 5 Concert from Berlin 1997 (90 mins)
Claudio Abbado · Roberto Alagna · Anne Sofie von Otter · Bryn Terfel · Gil Shaham · Mikhail Petnev
Repertoire:
Georges Bizet: Selection from Carmen
Sergej Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25
Maurice Ravel: Rhapsody Espagnole
Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo – Ritual Fire Dance
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
A coproduction of EuroArts, ZDF and Videal/brilliant Media in cooperation with Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Welle TV and NHK. © 1998 EuroArts, Videal/brilliant Media.
DVD 6 Concert from Berlin 1998 (92 mins)
Claudio Abbado · Marcelo Álvarez · Mirella Freni · Simon Keenlyside · Christine Schäfer
Repertoire:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni: „Deh, vieni alla finestra“; Die Zauberflöte: „Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen“; Don Giovanni: „Fin ch‘han dal vino“; Don Giovanni: „La ci darem la mano“
Georges Bizet: L‘Arlésienne
Gioachino Rossini: La gazza ladra – Overture
Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera
Hector Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
A coproduction of ZDF and EuroArts Music International. © 1999 EuroArts Music International, VIDEAL/brilliant media.
DVD 7 Concert from Berlin 1999 (108 mins)
Claudio Abbado · Klaus Maria Brandauer · Rias Kammerchor · Rundfunkchor Berlin
Repertoire:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
Igor Stravinsky: Firebird
Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
Arnold Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder
Paul Lincke: Grigri; Folies Bergères; Brandbrief-Galopp; Berliner Luft
Siegfried Translateur: Sportpalast-Walzer
Ernst Fischer: Sparkling Champagne
Otto Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Walter Kollo: Solang noch unter‘n Linden
A coproduction of ZDF and EuroArts Music, in cooperation with NHK. © 2000 EuroArts & VIDEAL/brilliant media.
DVD 8 Concert from Berlin 2000 (94 mins)
Claudio Abbado · Andrea Rost · Alan Titus · Ramón Vargas · Prague Radio Choir
Repertoire:
Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; La Traviata; Falstaff
Johann Strauss: Maskenfest – Quadrille
A production of EuroArts Music International in co-production with VIDEAL/brilliant media in cooperation with NHK. © 2000 EuroArts Music International, VIDEAL/brilliant media.
DVD 9 Concert from Berlin 2001 (97 mins)
Daniel Barenboim
Repertoire:
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestra Suite in D Major, BWV 1068
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento, K. 334
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida
Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No. 8, Op. 46
Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Jean Sibelius: Valse triste, Op. 44
Johann Strauss II.: Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437; Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324
Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galánta
Horacio Salgán arr. José Carli: A fuego lento
Zequinha de Abreu / Aloysio Oliveira arr. Cliff Colnot: Tico Tico
José Carli: El firulete
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
A production of ZDF, EuroArts Music International in cooperation with NHK, VIDEAL/brilliant media. © 2002 EuroArts Music International, VIDEAL/brilliant media.
DVD 10 Concert from Berlin 2002 (76 mins)
Sir Simon Rattle · Wayne Marshall
Repertoire:
Leonard Bernstein: Wonderful Town (Musical Comedy in Two Acts based on a libretto by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
A coproduction of ZDF and EuroArts Music International in coproduction with VIDEAL/brilliant media in cooperation with NHK, VRT, HRT, TVR, Mezzo. © 2003 EuroArts, VIDEAL/brilliant media.
DVD 11 Concert from Berlin 2003 (91 mins)
Sir Simon Rattle · Dianne Reeves · Peter Martin · Reuben Rogers · Greg Hutchinson
Repertoire:
George Gershwin: „Strike up the Band“ – Overture
Gabriel Fauré: Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50
George Gershwin: By Strauss; How Long Has This Been Going On?; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Embraceable You; ’S Wonderful; A Foggy Day
Maurice Ravel: La valse; Daphnis et Chloé – Suite No. 2
A coproduction of ZDF and EuroArts Music International in cooperation with NHK, Japan, BTV, China, ERT, Greece, TVR, Romania, RTP, Portugal. © 2004 EuroArts Music International.
DVD 12 Concert from Berlin 2004 (89 mins)
Sir Simon Rattle · Sally Matthews · Lawrence Brownlee · Christian Gerhaher · Rundfunkchor Berlin · Knabenchor des Staats- und Domchores Berlin
Repertoire:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore No. 3 – Overture
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi; Primo vere; Uf dem anger; In taberna; Cour d´amours; Blanziflor et Helena
George Frideric Handel arr. E. Goossens: Halleluja
A production of ZDF and EuroArts Music International in cooperation with NHK, Japan, BTV, China, Mezzo, France, ERT, Greece, HRT, Croatia, NTV, Turkey. © 2004 ZDF, EuroArts Music International.
DVD 13 Concert from Berlin 2005 (86 mins)
Sir Simon Rattle · Emanuel Ax
Repertoire:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “The Marriage of Figaro” (Overture & Finale); Concerto for Piano No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme”; Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 “Prague”; Ave verum corpus
A Production of ZDF and EuroArts Music International in cooperation with NHK, Japan, ERT, Greece, HRT, Croatia. © 2005 ZDF, EuroArts Music International.
DVD 14 Concert from Berlin 2006 (92 mins)
Sir Simon Rattle · Mitsuko Uchida
Laura Aikin · Dale Duesing · Magdalena Kožená · Camilla Nylund
Repertoire:
Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Richard Strauss: „Der Rosenkavalier“
Johann Strauss II.: „Eljen a Magyar“, Polka schnell, Op. 332
Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G minor
A production of ZDF and EuroArts Music International in coproduction with NHK in Cooperation with NTV, Turkey, ERT, Greece, TVR, Romania, HRT, Croatia, Artsworld, UK, RTBF, Belgium, NRK, Norway. © ZDF, EuroArts Music International 2006.
DVD 15 Concert from Berlin 2007 (91 mins)
Sir Simon Rattle
Repertoire:
Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from the Opera “Prince Igor”; Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Modest Mussorgsky: Introduction to the Opera “Khovantchina”; Pictures at an Exhibition
Dmitri Shostakovich: Dance from “The Golden Age“, Ballet Suite, Op. 22a
A production of ZDF and EuroArts Music International in coproduction with NHK, Japan and SMG, China in Cooperation with ERT, Greece, HRT, Croatia, Mezzo, France, MKRTV, Macedonia, NTV, Turkey. © 2008 ZDF, EuroArts Music International.
DVD 16 Concert from Berlin 2008 (81 mins)
Sir Simon Rattle · Pauline Malefane · Thomas Quasthoff
Repertoire:
George Gershwin: Cuban Overture; Porgy and Bess; An American in Paris
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Aaron Copland: Old American Songs
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Jerome Kern: Show Boat
John Phillip Sousa: Liberty Bell
A coproduction of ZDF and EuroArts Music International and NHK. © ZDF, EuroArts Music International 2008.
DVD 17 Concert from Berlin 2010 (90 mins)
Gustavo Dudamel · Elīna Garanča
Repertoire:
Hector Berlioz: La Carnaval romain, Op. 9; La Damnation de Faust
Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos
Ruperto Chapí: Las hijas del Zebedeo
Manuel de Falla: La vida breve
Agustín Lara: Granada
Gustavo Dudamel appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mbH.
Elīna Garanča appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mbH.
A production of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and EuroArts Music International in coproduction with NHK, Japan, SMG, China in cooperation with Mezzo, France, MYSCREENEVENT. © 2010 EuroArts Music International.
DVD 18 Concert from Berlin 2011 (88 mins)
Sir Simon Rattle · Evgeny Kissin
Repertoire:
Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No. 1 in C Major, Op. 46; Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C Major, Op. 72
Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dance No. 2 in A Major, Op. 64; Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Maurice Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Richard Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from “Salome”, Op. 54
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
A production of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and EuroArts Music International in coproduction with NHK, Japan. © Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and EuroArts Music International.
DVD 19 Concert from Berlin 2014 (90 mins concert + 45 mins documentary)
Sir Simon Rattle · Menahem Pressler
Repertoire:
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite from Les Indes galantes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 488
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne No. 1 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27
Antonín Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E minor, Op. 46; Slavonic Dance No. 7 in C Major, Op. 72
Zoltán Kodály: Háry János Suite
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor
Aram Khatchaturian: Gayaneh: Suite No. 1 "Lezginka"
A production of EuroArts in coproduction with BR, HR, MDR, NDR, RBB, SR, SWR, WDR and SMG, China. © 2014 EuroArts Music International.
The Life I Love – The pianist Menahem Pressler
A documentary by Grete Liffers
- Opening
- 3 Kinds of Life
- Beaux Arts Trio
- The Teacher
- Life Now and Then
- The Father and Husband
- The Musician
A production of EuroArts Music International GmbH in coproduction with BR, rbb, WDR, Deutsche Welle © EuroArts Music International 2014.
DVD 20 Concert from Berlin 2015 (83 mins)
Sir Simon Rattle · Anne-Sophie Mutter
Repertoire:
Emmanuel Chabrier: Overture to L‘Étoile
Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction et Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra in A minor
Jules Massenet: Pieces for Orchestra from "Le Cid" (Suite)
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane; La Valse
Francis Poulenc: Les Biches, Ballet Suite
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1
A production of EuroArts in co-production with rbb, BR, SMG, China in association with ARTE. © 2015 rbb, BR, EuroArts. Artwork & Editorial © 2015 EuroArts Music International.