Neujahrskonzert 2020
New Year's concert 2020

"These New Year's concert recordings tend not to remain available for very long unless they are exceptional as, for example, was Herbert von Karajan's in 2007 ... The 2020 concert was good - well worth obtaining in one form or another - but not, I think, up to the standard of the Karajan or the two which Carlos Kleiber conducted (1989 and 1992) ... As usual, several of the items were receiving their first outing at the New Year's concerts. Ziehrer's Overture Die Landstreicher, one such, made a rousing opening, followed by the first of five items from Josef Strauss, two of them receiving their first appearance at these concerts ... Though this is not quite a classic New Year's Day concert, it's a very enjoyable one".

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