Wonderful performance of the Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss II, from the new year's concert 1975, conducted by Willi Boskovsky.. | The World Music

The story behind Willi Boskovsky's legendary 1979 New Year's Day concert with the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker Liner notes written and narrated by Dominic Fyfe, A&R Director of Decca Classics. Watch the full video now on YouTube. Batch 1 of Decca Pure Analogue is out now, with Batch 2 titles available to pre-order. | Decca Classics

On this day, Austrian violinist Willi Boskovsky died in 1991 | Bovkovsky served as concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker from 1939 to 1971 and became conductor of the Vienna New Year's Concert in 1955, focusing primarily on the works of Johann Strauss II and his contemporaries | Here he performs Csardas from Johann Strauss II's Ritter Pazman ballet | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.com/violinist-willi-boskovsky-vienna-philharmonic-died-on-this-day-1991/ | The Vio