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5th instalment of the Michael Gielen / ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna series on Orfeo. What makes Olivier Messiaen’s œuvre so special is, to a great extent, his ability to coalesce various influences, inspirations, and convictions into a wholly individual and perfectly coherent musical language.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed the substantial Mass in C minor (K. 139) for the consecration of the Waisenhaus (Orphanage) Church in the Rennweg when he was just twelve years old.

Pink Floyd was an English rock band formed in 1965. With her music and the visual design of her records and stage performances, she created a new style. The unusual name goes back to the blues musicians Pink(ney) Anderson and Floyd Council, who were still alive at the time the band was founded.

With “Merry Christmas from Vienna”, the world-famous boys are presenting a Christmas CD featuring the most popular Christmas carols and tunes from all over the world, such as Feliz Navidad, Jingle Bells, Winter Wonderland, Il est né le divin enfant, Adeste fideles, We wish you a merry Christmas, Joy to the world. The Vienna Boys' Choir, the oldest boys' choir in the world, whose roots date back to the 14th century, is one of Vienna's and Austria's most famous cultural exports. Whether in the music city of Vienna, with its traditional venues, or in Europe, Japan and the USA – the performances of these young singers from Vienna have delighted the world for generations. This brand new album is a must have for all fans of the Vienna Boys’ Choir and Christmas tunes!

Scherchen was one of the leading conductors in the middle part of the 20th Century, especially valued for his pioneering performances of the contemporary music of his time. He was essentially self-taught as a musician, and became a violist in the Blüthner Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic when he was sixteen. In 1911 he was an assistant to Arnold Schoenberg in the preparation of Pierrot Lunaire for performance.

New Vienna is the fourth concert recording to be released from Keith Jarrett’s final European solo tour. It follows Munich 2016, Budapest Concert and Bordeaux Concert. Why New Vienna? As Jarrett aficionados will know, his discography already includes a legendary Vienna Concert (recorded at the Vienna State Opera) whose music, he once claimed, spoke “the language of the flame itself”, after long years of “courting the fire”. Keith Jarrett’s 2016 return to the Austrian capital brought the flames of inspiration to another historic location with lively acoustic properties, the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, where, at the start of the previous century, Schoenberg, Berg and Webern had premiered works that challenged and changed the course of modern music. New Vienna, shaping its new music in the moment, is near-encyclopedic in scope. The album is issued as Keith Jarrett turns 80.

New Vienna is the fourth concert recording to be released from Keith Jarrett's final European solo tour. It follows Munich 2016, Budapest Concert and Bordeaux Concert.

Polizeibands, Staatsorchester, Militärorchester aus Tschechien, Kanada, Litauen, Deutschland, Holland, Frankreich, Russland - 2CDs voller Klassiker, moderner Popmusik, Märschen - und einem ganz besonderen Finale: Mit allen Bands gleichzeitig!