Claudio Abbado: New Years Eve is a three-disc double celebration of both the late maestro and the annual ritual of the Berlin Philharmonics New Years concerts, here highlighting consecutive festivities from 1996-98.
New Years 1996 Dances and Gypsy Tunes features Russian virtuoso violinist Maxim Vengerov,
New Years 1997 A Tribute to Carmen, starred Anne Sofie von Otter, Bryn Terfel and Roberto Alagna, among others
New Years 1998 Songs of Love and Desire, starred Christine Schäfer, Simon Keenlyside, Marcelo Álvarez and legendary Italian Primadonna Mirella Freni.