Wiener Philharmoniker, Willi Boskovsky : New Year’s Day Concert (Decca Pure Analogue)

The 1979 New Year’s Day concert in Vienna proved to be a watershed moment both musically and technically. It was both the end of an era for Willi Boskovsky, the Wiener Philharmoniker’s longstanding concertmaster, and the dawn of a new age in recording technology. Long fted as Decca’s first digitally recorded release, recent research has unearthed a set of -inch two-track analogue safety masters which have remained undisturbed in Universal Music’s vaults for almost half a century.

Track Listing:
1. Loreley-Rheinklnge, Op. 154 (Johann Strauss I) – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
2. Bitte Schn!, Op. 372 (Johann Strauss II) – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Ohne Bremse, Op. 238 (Eduard Strauss) – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
4. Wein, Weib Und Gesang, Op. 333 (Johann Strauss II) – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
5. Die Emancipierte, Op. 282 (Josef Strauss) – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Hereinspaziert, Op. 5