Manfred Honeck leads the prestigious Wiener Symphoniker on a musical journey through Austria on this release. For more than 40 years the Wiener Symphoniker's traditional "Springtime in Vienna" concert has been one of the great highlights of the Austrian capital's musical calendar. Broadcasted on live TV, featuring renowned conductors and a bouquet of spirited melodies, teh orchestra has drive out the winter and rang in the arrival of the new, spring season. For the first time ever, the 2016 edition, conducted by one of Austria's greatest present-day conductors, Manfred Honeck, has been recorded and will be released worldwide. This album contains a colorful program, including the Third Movement from Beethoven's Pastoral as well as special "delicacies" from Max Schronerr, Carl Michael Ziehrer and excerpts from Richard Strauss' rarely performed ballet "Schlagobers".
