Search - Carlos Kleiber - New Year's Concert 1989, Vienna on DVD

Kleiber at is best

Peter Barach | Cleveland, OH | 10/06/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Here are wonderful performances of typical Vienna New Year's fare, led with great joy by Carlos Kleiber. I find his performances here to be fresher than the 1992 New Years DVD. Picture quality and sound are beyond reproach."

I wish there was a 6 or 7 star ratings

T. Q. Nguyen | Boston, MA | 01/03/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Carlos Kleiber is music himself. And since I'm such a big fan of this great musician, I just have to write this review. Kleiber's performances are always refreshing, so detailed and refined, yet so direct and simple, like there can't be another way since it's utterly convincing. You can rediscover how wonderful music is from watching and listening to them. And whether he wanted it or not, Kleiber made the likes of the widely popular Karajan look like a business man on podium.
This particular concert would give you a joyous, energetic and exciting spirit for a beautiful new year. If you like the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concerts, this and Kleiber's 1992 are wonderful to have.
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Same as in 1992 - simply brilliant!

from California | USA | 04/06/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Both DVD's with New Years' concerts from Vienna are unsurpassed in artistic quality and photography. A serious document of arguably the most phenomenal conductor of all times!"

New Year Concert 1989, Vienna

Gregory C. Lam | 02/04/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This was the first Laser Disc. I purched in 1990. The DVD was much better than the Laser Disc. Since I do not have to turn the DVD the music is much more cohesive than the Laser Disc., Carlos Klieber was young then. He seemed more energetic than his later years. Recommend the DVD without any reservation for anyone who loves Klieber's style of conducting."