Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Neujahrskonzert 2003

Rating:
Summary: How can you lose?
Review: This is all very well done. Harnoncourt is one of the best Strauss conductors alive, and the Vienna Philharmonic can play this stuff in their sleep, though they're wide awake here. When these musicians are in a groove it's Viennese swing. The DVD is a different version and better version than the PBS broadcast, which is rather dumbed down. Here, you get complete performances with only occasional extra-musical interruptions. No host, thank god.