The Berliner Philharmoniker’s annual New Year’s Eve concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan. The 2018 concert was conducted by Daniel Barenboim, who can look back on an artistic partnership with the Berliner Philharmoniker spanning over fifty years.

The Berliner Philharmoniker played music by Maurice Ravel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The latter’s festive Piano Concerto in D major, K537, also saw Daniel Barenboim at the piano and is a work of sparkling beauty and nuanced expression. The glamourous evening included four famous works by Maurice Ravel, which created an impressive synthesis of elegance and originality. The final highlight was the Boléro, perhaps the most stunning crescendo in music history.

The Blu-ray version contains high-res audio (24-bit/96kHz).

Picture: 16:9 – NTSC
Sound: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: 90 mins
Production: December 2018