Stars: Raphael Christ, Dorothea Roschmann, Rene Pape, Staatskapelle Berlin

Director: Gabriele Faust

Summary: Daniel Barenboim's 1997 New Year's Day Concert. Works include: Mozart: La Ci Darem La Mano, Saint-Saens: Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso and Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot.

This release features the 1997 New Year's Day Concert, performed by the Berlin Staatskapelle (plus soloists), with Daniel Barenboim at the helm. Featured works include the Mozart aria LA CI DAREM LA MANO and Saint-Saens' virtuosic work for violin, INTRODUCTION AND RONDO CAPRICCIOSO.

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One of the things DVD can do is capture the sense of an occasion: Berliner Luftadmirably gives us the feeling of how it was to be at this 1997 gala in the Unter den Linden State Opera of a reunited Berlin. Daniel Barenboim gives us a mixture of light and very light music; the weightiest items here are the duet "La ci Darem" from Mozart's Don Giovanniperformed with charm and energy by Dorothea Roeschmann and Rene Pape, and Saint-Saens' Introduction and Rondo Cappriciosogiven with real fire by the young violinist Raphael Christ. Much of the rest of the programme is standard German lightweight cheerfulness--with songs such as "Untern Linden", Gluhwurmchen-idyll" and "Berliner Luft"--but Barenboim also gives us a couple of slightly rarer items: Shostakovich's "Tahiti Trot", an endlessly inventive paraphrase of "Tea for Two" and Kurt Weill's celebratory "Berlin im Licht" performed with aplomb by the gravel-voiced HK Gruber. All this accompanied by cutaways of waltzing couples and magicians moving among them doing interesting things with cards and handkerchiefs... --Roz Kaveney

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Year:	1997
Release Date:	April 2, 2001
Runtime:	53 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	100 094
Keywords:	Music, Day, Gala, New, Berlin, Concert, Daniel, Den, Wide, Screen, Orchestral, Barenboim, Classical, Berliner, Performing, Arts, Year's, Unter, Linden, Staatskapelle, Luft
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts