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| New Year's Concert 1991 [DVD Video] | ![New Year's Concert 1991 [DVD Video]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518phz8qZSL._SL500_.jpg)
| Directors: Brian Large, Claudio Abbado
Actor: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 59990
Format: Ntsc, Color, Dts Surround Sound
Languages: English (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 94 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 001037909
UPC: 044007343623
EAN: 0044007343623
ASIN: B000UVLJIQ
Release Date: January 8, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
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| Customer Reviews:
Neujahrskonzert With Abbado, for collectors only October 2, 2008
I have been collecting the New Year's concerts for a while, since the 1987 one, this was the only one missing, so I was really happy when it finally was out. Even though it is indeed a great performance in general, the program of music included that year was not the best. I particularly don't find appealing the inclusion of the Schubert's pieces and the ones by Mozart does not mix well with the Strauss's music, at least for my taste, I found that music kind of interrupting the mood of the concert. It is interesting though, to listen to Rossini's "La Gazza Ladra" mostly because Abbado has proven over the years to be a master performing and recording this overture and the fact that this opens the concert makes it a "non intrusive" piece. Apart from the usual encores at the end, maybe the most known piece is the "Kaiser Walzer". The performance is great though I find Karajan's 1987 and Harnoncourt's 2003 better. Abbado also conducted this concert in 1988 and that one was much better than the 1991 one. If you are a collector of the New Year's concerts, or an Abbado's fan, go for it, if you are only interested in the music, you can find more satisfying recordings of it.
Great celebration of sound February 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is quite thrilling that this video finally appeared on DVD. It is a really great performance. However, this is not Abbado who we know from the Mahler DVDs with Lucerne orchestra. Of course, the performance is wonderfully musical, sensual and beautiful, but it is far from the ravishing concert that Kleiber offered in 1992 and even from the warmth of Georges Pretre's concert from 2008. It is much, much better than Mehta and Maazel and it is probably a little less exciting that Muti. Nevertheless, Abbado is one of the few really great conductors who are still among us. I would highly recommend this video.
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