2017 New Year's Concert a/k/a Silversterkonzert

 

2017 New Year's Concert a/k/a Silversterkonzert by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon Rattle at the Berlin Philharmonie. Features mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato. Here is the program:

  • Antonín Dvořák Carnival Overture

  • Igor Stravinsky "Pas de deux" from Apollon musagète

  • Richard Strauss Zueignung (orch. by Robert Heger) with Joyce DiDonato

  • Richard Strauss Wiegenlied with Joyce DiDonato

  • Richard Strauss Müttertändelei with Joyce DiDonato

  • Richard Strauss Morgen with Joyce DiDonato

  • Richard Strauss Die heiligen drei Könige aus Morgenland with Joyce DiDonato

  • Leonard Bernstein, 3 Dance Episodes from On the Town

  • Leonard Bernstein, "Take Care of this House" from the White House Cantata with Joyce DiDonato

  • Dmitri Shostakovich Suite from The Golden Age

Released 2018, the disc has 5.1 dts sound. Grade: NA

What a relief to get something other than waltzes and polkas with which to celebrate!

Here's an official trailer:

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