Vienna Philharmonic - Summer Night Concert 2023 (CD) - CD

Details: With this open-air concert in Schönbrunn, the Vienna Philharmonic wishes to provide all Viennese, as well as visitors to the city, with a special musical experience in the impressive setting of Schönbrunn Palace and it's beautiful baroque gardens, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. Since 2008 the Vienna Philharmonic has provided an outstanding experience for the audience. In the recent years the orchestra has been conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, Franz Welser-Möst, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, Zubin Mehta and Andris Nelsons. Among the previous guest soloists were: Renée Fleming, Lang Lang, Rudolf Buchbinder, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Anna Netrebko, Yuja Wang, Jonas Kaufmann, Igor Levit and Gautier Capuçon. It is Sony Classical´s eleventh release of the Summer Night Concert. This year's SNC exclusively presents popular melodies from French composers, including musical highlights from Bizet and Ravel to Berlioz, Saint-Säens and Gounod The soloist on the evening's program will be the Latvian Mezzo soprano Elina Garanca, who will perform the famous Habanera by Bizet's Opera Carmen, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"by Camille Saint-Säens (Samson et Dalila) and Gounod's "O ma lyre immortelle" from Opera Sapho.