Wiener Philharmoniker, Willi Boskovsky
New Year's Day Concert (Decca Pure Analogue)

The 1979 New Year's Day concert in Vienna proved to be a watershed moment both musically and technically. It was both the end of an era for Willi Boskovsky, the Wiener Philharmoniker's longstanding concertmaster, and the dawn of a new age in recording technology. Long fêted as Decca's first digitally recorded release, recent research has unearthed a set of ¼-inch two-track analogue safety masters which have remained undisturbed in Universal Music's vaults for almost half a century.

Track Listing:
1. Loreley-Rheinklänge, Op. 154 (Johann Strauss I) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Bitte Schön!, Op. 372 (Johann Strauss II) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Ohne Bremse, Op. 238 (Eduard Strauss) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Wein, Weib Und Gesang, Op. 333 (Johann Strauss II) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
5. Die Emancipierte, Op. 282 (Josef Strauss) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Hereinspaziert, Op. 518 (Carl Michael Ziehrer) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Die schöne Galathee, Overture (Franz von Suppé) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Bei Uns Z'Haus, Op. 361 (Johann Strauss II) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
1. Moulinet, Op. 57 (Josef Strauss) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Tik-Tak, Op. 365 (Johann Strauss II) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Pizzicato Polka (Johann Strauss II/Josef Strauss) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Rudolfsheimer, Op. 152 (Josef Strauss) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
5. Sphärenklänge, Op. 235 (Josef Strauss) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Auf Der Jagd, Op. 373 (Johann Strauss II) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Auf Der Jagd - Zugabe - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Leichtes Blut, Op. 319 (Johann Strauss II) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
9. An Der Schönen Blauen Donau, Op. 314 (Johann Strauss II) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Radetzky March, Op. 228 (Johann Strauss I) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The colour of this vinyl is digitally rendered for illustrative purposes. The colour of the final product may vary slightly.