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Title: 1989 New Year's Concert
Review: This CD contains all but one of the selections from the Vienna Philharmonic's 1989 New Year's Concert, conducted by Carlos Kleiber. Bei uns z'Haus, Op. 361, was cut in order to fit this concert onto a single CD. It remains on theDVDrelease as the third selection. The performances in this concert are among the very best these works have ever received on record, but where there is overlap I prefer Herbert von Karajan conducting the 1987 New Year's Concert [CD|DVD]. Karajan elicits more relaxed playing from the orchestra, whereas Kleiber pushes every piece to peak intensity. I consider both performances to be indispensable. (Kleiber conducted for this event again in 1992 [CD|DVD].)
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