Associations

It's time to play, "name that association!" Where you name a composer and I name a conductor or orchestra who is associated with them (we're talkin' symphonic music here). 

Composer	Conductor	Orchestra
Beethoven	Kleiber	-
Berlioz	Munch	BSO
Mozart	Szell	Cleveland
Wagner	Solti	-
Mahler	Bernstein	-
Tchaikovsky	Koussevitzky
Verdi	Toscanini
Shostakovitch	Mravinsky
Stravinsky	Monteux
J. Strauss	-	Vienna Philharmonic

Radetzky March through the (New) Years

A long-time favorite of mine are the New Year's Concert put on by the Vienna Philharmonic, and in particular, Strauss' 'Radetzky March.' I took it upon myself to painstakingly cull youtube to present this list.

1987 - Karajan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFf7NIwOHQ&feature=related

1989 - Kleiber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYB4c163dJA

1991 - Abbado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-G5HwYQRkE

1993 - Muti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB0ayPXf5Y0

1996 - Maazel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5-yCg0OxYs

2001 - Harnoncourt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmHP2h2bYVw

2002 - Ozawa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfB3sUlS0Ck

2003 - Harnoncourt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK53FUaMAbs

2004 - Muti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OoqkS_obY

2007 - Mehta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSKKLROWgOI

2008 - Prêtre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46k7Gp5L0v4

2009 - Barenboim 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ll9bZXgj3A

2010 - Prêtre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeoUARw1R78

2011 - Welser-Möst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VDzca0ycCg&feature=related

2012 - Jansons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO1mvXAsfCc

2013 - Welser-Möst


If you'd like to attend don't worry because tickets are sold on a lottery system and you might get lucky -- you'll have to commit by the second week of January though! For those who wanted to know more about the concerts...there's always wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_New_Year's_Concert