The annual New Year’s Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond: on New Year’s Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new. This exclusive 20-DVD edition is a unique compilation of 20 years of the much-celebrated New Year’s Eve Concerts of the Berliner Philharmoniker and features more than 29 hours of world-class music.

The New Year’s Eve concerts from 2005 and 2006 conducted by Simon Rattle have not previously been released and are being made available for the first time in this boxset. Featuring 60 star soloists such as Emanuel Ax, Elīna Garanča, Evgeny Kissin, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Menahem Pressler, Dianne Reeves and Mitsuko Uchida, the collection is an absolute must-have for collectors and fans of the celebrated annual event.

The box itself will take pride of place on the shelves of music lovers worldwide. The design features a painting by the celebrated German painter Katharina Grosse.

Contents:

DVD 1: 1977 (70 min.)
Beethoven - Symphony no.9 in D minor ‘Choral’
- Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, René Kollo, José Van Dam, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
- Herbert von Karajan

DVD 2: 1983 (51 min.)
Works by Rossini, Smetana, Sibelius, R. Strauss, J. Strauss II
- Herbert von Karajan

DVD 3: 1988 (57 min.)
Works by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky
- Evgeny Kissin
- Herbert von Karajan

DVD 4: 1996 (73 min.)
Works by Berlioz, Brahms, Ravel
- Maxim Vengerov, Swedish Radio Choir
- Claudio Abbado

DVD 5: 1997 (90 min.)
Works by Brahms, Bizet, Falla, Sarasate, Rachmaninov, Ravel
- Roberto Alagna, Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel, Gil Shaham, Mikhail Pletnev
- Claudio Abbado

DVD 6: 1998 (92 min.)
Works by Berlioz, Bizet, Mozart, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Verdi
- Marcelo Álvarez, Mirella Freni, Simon Keenlyside, Christine Schäfer
- Claudio Abbado

DVD 7: 1999 (108 Min.)
Works by Beethoven, Dvořák, Kollo, Lincke, Mahler, Nicolai, Prokofiev, Schoenberg, Stravinsky
- Klaus Maria Brandauer, RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Claudio Abbado

DVD 8: 2000 (94 min.)
Works by Verdi
- Andrea Rost, Alan Titus, Ramón Vargas, Prague Radio Choir
- Claudio Abbado

DVD 9: 2001 (97 Min.)
Works by Abreu, Bach, Brahms, Carli, Dvořák, Kodály, Mozart, Salgán, Sibelius, J. Strauss II, Tchaikovsky
- Daniel Barenboim

DVD 10: 2002 (76 min.)
Works by Bernstein
- Wayne Marshall, Kim Criswell, Audra McDonald, Thomas Hampson, Brent Barrett, Karl Daymond, Timothy Robinson, Michael Dore, Simone Sauphanor, European Voices
- Sir Simon Rattle

DVD 11: 2003 (91 min.)
Works by Fauré, Gershwin, Ravel
- Dianne Reeves, Peter Martin, Reuben Rogers, Greg Hutchinson
- Sir Simon Rattle

DVD 12: 2004 (89 min.)
Works by Beethoven, Handel, Orff
- Sally Matthews, Lawrence Brownlee, Christian Gerhaher, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Knabenchor des Staats- und Domchores Berlin
- Sir Simon Rattle

DVD 13: 2005 (86 min.)
Works by Mozart
- Emanuel Ax, Camilla Nylund, Magdalena Kožená, Christiane Oelze, John Relyea, Gerald Finley, Burkhard Ulrich, Konstantin Wolff
- Sir Simon Rattle

DVD 14: 2006 (92 min.)
Works by Mozart, R. Strauss, J. Strauss II
- Mitsuko Uchida, Laura Aikin, Dale Duesing, Magdalena Kožená, Camilla Nylund
- Sir Simon Rattle

DVD 15: 2007 (91 min.)
Works by Borodin, Mussorgsky, Shostakovich
- Sir Simon Rattle

DVD 16: 2008 (81 min.)
Works by Adams, Barber, Copland, Gershwin, Kern, Sousa
- Pauline Malefane, Thomas Quasthoff
- Sir Simon Rattle

DVD 17: 2010 (90 min.)
Works by Berlioz, Bizet, Falla, Saint-Saëns, Chapí, Lara
- Elīna Garanča
- Gustavo Dudamel

DVD 18: 2011 (88 min.)
Works by Brahms, Dvořák, Grieg, Ravel, R. Strauss, Stravinsky
- Evgeny Kissin
- Sir Simon Rattle

DVD 19: 2014 (90 min. concert + 45 min. Documentary “The Life I Love” by Grete Liffers)
Works by Brahms, Chopin, Dvořák, Khachaturian, Kodály, Mozart, Rameau
- Menahem Pressler
- Sir Simon Rattle

DVD 20: 2015 (90 min.)
Works by Brahms, Chabrier, Poulenc, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Massenet
- Anne-Sophie Mutter
- Sir Simon Rattle

Picture format: 16:9 – NTSC DVDs 4-20 • 4:3 NTSC DVDs 1-3
Sound format: PCM Stereo (all) • DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 (DVD 1,2,3,8,9,10,12,13,14,15,17,18,19,20)
Region code: 0 (worldwide)    
Running time: 1,734 mins (29h)
Subtitles (Documentaries): English, German, French
Production years: 1977-2015