Product Details

• Actors: Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Wynton Marsalis
• Directors: Claudio Abbado
• Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: July 31, 2007
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000Q66Q06
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,225 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A 1992 New Year's Eve Concert recorded at the Philharmonie in Berlin, celebrating the works of Richard Strauss. Claudio Abbado conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Don Juan
tone poem for orchestra with Toru Yasunaga

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks)
tone poem for orchestra

Burleske for piano and orchestra
with Martha Argerich

Der Rosenkavalier
Trio and Finale (Act III)
with Kathleen Battle, Renée Fleming, Andreas Schmidt, Frederica Von Stade

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knockout Concert, November 30, 2007

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T. Schmalz (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New Year's Eve Concert 1992 - Richard Strauss Gala / Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Renee Fleming (DVD)

This DVD can be described with one word: wow! The sound is incredible, the performances are of the highest caliber and, visually, the concert is breath-taking.

Watching the chemistry between Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado is wonderful - they have so much fun playing the Burleske. Both the Don Juan and the Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche performances are right up there with Karajan's famous recording.

This is a no-brainer, if you love classical music this DVD is for you! Wonderful sound, performance and picture; highly recommended.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Good, March 18, 2008

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Marko Velikonja (Yerevan, Armenina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Year's Eve Concert 1992 - Richard Strauss Gala / Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Renee Fleming (DVD)

I first saw this concert when it was broadcast on New Years Eve 1992 (back with PBS used to carry the Berlin show) and was completely blown away. I was looking for this DVD for years and recently acquired it. My impression hasn't changed in the intervening years. The Berlin Philharmonic and Abbado are in great form throughout. Argerich in the Strauss Burleske is her usual amazing self, and the final scene from Rosenkavalier is lovely, with Battle in good form not too long before her MET firing, Von Stade in great form, and Renee Fleming before she became a huge star. Spectacular.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Argerich + Abbaddo = A+++++!!!, June 25, 2009

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Patrick M. Mcdermott (Greenwich CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New Year's Eve Concert 1992 - Richard Strauss Gala / Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade, Renee Fleming (DVD)

The 1992 Berlin Philharmonic concert for New Year's Eve is an outstanding event on DVD. In particular, the empathy shown between Martha Argerich -- the phenomenal pianist, Claudio Abbaddo -- the consummate conductor, and the unnamed tympanist--in perhaps the biggest orchestral role for the instrument (apart from the Berlioz "Symphonie Fantastique"), makes richard Strauss' "Burleske" more than a humorous display piece -- the close interplay between the three makes for one of the most electric concert performances I've ever witnessed. BRAVISSIMO!