New Year's Concert 1997 (recorded in 2007)
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BIZET / RACHMANINOV / SARASATE / RAVEL / de FALLA / BRAHMS
New Year's Concert 1997 (recorded in 2007)
Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Roberto Alagna, Gil Shaham, Mikhail Pletnev / Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
[ EuroArts DVD / DVD ]
Release Date: Thursday 10 July 2008
The Berliner Philharmoniker's annual New Year's Eve concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan.
The program of the New Year's Eve Concert 1997 bore the title "Dances of Life, Love, and Death", and was meant as a homage to Carmen.
The Berliner Philharmoniker, under the baton of Claudio Abbado, performed a cross-section of famous melodies from George Bizet's opera, plus famous dances that were influenced by it. Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy is played with fiery virtuosity by violinist Gil Shaham and transforms Bizet's melodies into a concentrated instrumental extravaganza. The Carmen theme continues with Ravel's Rhapsodie Espagnole and De Falla's Ritual Fire Dance. Including international superstars Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Roberto Alagna, Gil Shaham and Mikhail Pletnev.
Tracks:
Bizet: Carmen: Prelude to Act I
Bizet: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)
Bizet: Votre toast je peux vous le rendre 'Toreador Song' (from Carmen)
Bizet: Les tringles des sistres tintaient (from Carmen)
Bizet: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen)
Bizet: Les voici, voici la quadrille (from Carmen)
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance (from El amor brujo)
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor
