Rieu Royale

'The most beautiful day of my musical career and the crowning glory of my work!'This is how Andre Rieu himself describes the concert he gave in Amsterdam with his Johann Strauss Orchestra to close the festivities around a historic event: the investiture of King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima. In front of an audience of tens of thousands of cheering people, he gave a Coronation Concert on 30 April 2013 on Museum Square in Amsterdam.For anyone who was not able to get to Amsterdam on that day, the live recording of this festive concert offers you the chance of feeling you were there. A unique concert, naturally with the Coronation Waltz that Andre Rieu wrote especially for the occasion, fabulous images of the new King and Queen, the formal investiture, the lovely young princesses, an emotional musical thank-you to the abdicating Queen Beatrix and an ecstatic audience who by the end no longer knew whether they were singing for the new King or for the king of the waltz. As well as the Coronation Concert of over 90 minutes, the DVD includes an interview with Andre Rieu in which he explains how he came to receive the honour of this invitation and how he looked forward to this very special day. You can see the preparations for the concert and feel yourself at Andre’s side as the tension rises in the run-up to the coronation concert.Finally you can see pictures of Andre meeting King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima at the Royal Palace.This is a unique DVD that you really canno

Tracks

1~1~Coronation Waltz
1~2~Wilhelmus (National Anthem)
1~3~Time To Say Goodbye
1~4~Willempie Van Oranje
1~5~Amsterdam Medley
1~6~Zij Gelooft In Mij (She Believes In Me)
1~7~Second Waltz
1~8~Don't Cry For Me Argentina
1~9~The Beautiful Blue Danube
1~10~Radetzky March
1~11~Strauss & Co.
1~12~Libiamo
1~13~Childrens Medley
1~14~Opera Potpourri
1~15~Zorba's Dance (Sirtaki)
1~16~The Red Rose Caf
1~17~Amazing Grace
1~18~Adieu, Little Captain Of My Heart
1~19~Het Laatste Rondje (It's My Life)
1~20~You'll Never Walk Alone
1~21~Special Feature: 'in Conversation With Andre Rieu'

Details

Format: DVD
Artist: André Rieu
Release Date: 12 July 2013
Genre: Classical Music
Label: Classics
Distributor: Universal Music