Maestro Riccardo Muti shared a close bond with the Wiener Philharmoniker (with whom he gave a superb cycle of Schubert symphonies) to the extent that he has been invited five times to conduct the famous New Year’s Concert! This album gathers the pieces by Johann Strauss II recorded during the 1997 and 2000 editions, with the best pieces from the Viennese waltz master.