Wiener Philharmoniker - Sommernachtskonzert Schonbrunn (2011)

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An open-air concert in the gardens of the Schonbrunn palace in June 2011, given by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Benjamin Schmid is the soloist in the first movement of Paganini's 1st Violin Concerto. The Vienna Philharmonic: There is perhaps no other musical ensemble more consistently and closely associated with the history and tradition of European classical music than the Vienna Philharmonic. In the course of its over 160 year history, the musicians of this most prominent orchestra of the capital city of music have been an integral part of a musical epoch which due to an abundance of uniquely gifted composers and interpreters must certainly be regarded as unique. The orchestra's close association with this rich musical history is best illustrated by the statements of countless pre-eminent musical personalities of the past. Richard Wagner described the orchestra as being one of the most outstanding in the world; Anton Bruckner called it "the most superior musical association"; Johannes Brahms counted himself as a "friend and admirer"; Gustav Mahler claimed to be joined together through "the bonds of musical art"; and Richard Strauss summarized these sentiments by saying: "All praise of the Vienna Philharmonic reveals itself as understatement."

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Tracklist:
01. Opening Credit
02. Liszt: Les Preludes - Symphonic Poem S97
03. Paganini: Violin Concerto No.1 in D, Op.6
04. Sibelius: Kurkikotaus, Op.44, No.2
05. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade
06. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Gnomus
07. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade
08. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Old Castle
09. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade
10. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Tuileries Gardens
11. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Bydlo
12. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Promenade
13. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Ballet Of The Chickens In Their Shells
14. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
15. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Market-place At Limoges
16. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Catacombs (Sepulchrum romanum)
17. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
18. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Hut On Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
19. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition - The Great Gate Of Kiev
20. J. Strauss: Wiener Blut (Operetta)
21. J. Strauss: Vom Donaustrande Op.356 – Polka schnell
22. Closing Credits