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Neujahrskonzert 2002		  
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Composers
Johann Strauss II,
Josef Strauss,
Joseph Hellmesberger II,
Johann Strauss I

Artists
Seiji Ozawa,
Wiener Philharmoniker
Catalogue Number:
470 615-2 PSA
International Release Date:
November 2002
Audio clips:
Die Libelle
Die Schwätzerin


TRACKLISTING
1 Die Fledermaus Ouvertüre (Johann Strauss II)
2 Künsterleben Walzer (Johann Strauss II)
3 Zivio!* Marsch (Johann Strauss II)
4 Die Schwätzerin Polka Mazur (Josef Strauss)
5 Vorwärts! Polka schnell (Josef Strauss)
6 Aquarellen Walzer (Josef Strauss)
7 Die Libelle Polka Mazur (Josef Strauss)
8 Plappermäulchen! Polka schnell (Josef Strauss)
9 Danse diabolique* (Joseph Hellmesberger II)
10 Wiener Blut Walzer (Johann Strauss II)
11 Tik-Tak Polka schnell (Johann Strauss II)
12 An der schönen, blauen Donau Walzer (Johann Strauss II)
13 Radetzky-Marsch (Johann Strauss I)

* First performance at a New Year’s Concert
ABOUT THIS SACD
 The New Year’s Concert from Vienna on the morning of January 1st, 2002, has proved a phenomenon. At the time, Seiji Ozawa’s first appearance on the famous podium was greeted enthusiastically by the demanding Viennese audience, and even more enthusiastically by the Viennese press, who hailed the concert as musically one of the finest in the great tradition of New Year’s Concerts.

But the response in snowbound Vienna was nothing to the subsequent success of the concert with the CD-buying public. It has since become the biggest-selling New Year’s Concert of all time, with sales now exceeding three-quarters of a million copies.

As a further exciting development in this remarkable success story, Philips are proud to release the concert on Super Audio CD, offering, for the first time, the chance to enjoy the celebrated Musikverein acoustic in five-channel SACD surround sound.

This orchestral programme also demonstrates the advantages that SACD surround sound can bring to such a release – greater clarity, greater spacial separation, greater instrumental fidelity (particularly of string tone), plus an additional immediacy that brings the listener ‘into the presence’ of the performers.

The original high-resolution 48kHz / 24 bit PCM recording has been transferred to DSD for this SACD release. In addition to five-channel SACD surround, the disc features SACD stereo, plus CD stereo (offering compatibility with all CD players).

KEY FACTS
72 minutes SACD Surround / SACD Stereo /
CD Stereo		 Musikverein, Vienna
1 January 2002
48kHz / 24 bit five-channel PCM recording
English / French / German 468 999-2 PH
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