THREE TENORS
The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 in Los Angeles (complete on CD & DVD) Luciano Pavarotti / Jose Carreras / Placido Domingo / Zubin Mehta [ Warner Classics / 2 CD/DVD - released 30/Jan/2015 ] This is the fantastic Los Angeles concert by the world famous three tenors. Complete on CD & DVD. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 34, 39, 40 / Eine kleine Nachtmusik / etc Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2019 ] Zubin Mehta was one of Decca's stars in the 1960s and 1970s, known more for his recordings of 19th and 20th-century repertoire than of the 18th. Yet, he has long had an abiding love for Mozart and conducts his symphonic and operatic music on a... |
BEETHOVEN / RICHARD STRAUSS / WAGNER / BRUCKNER / MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV
Berliner Philharmoniker [Berlin Philharmonic] - Great Recordings Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Seiji Ozawa, Herbert von Karajan, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Maazel, Gunter Wand, etc [ Sony Music / 8 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2015 ] The Berlin Philharmonic is consistently ranked as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. As is fitting such an eminent orchestra, they consistently work with the world's most renowned conductors and soloists. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera) Andrea Bocelli, Jennifer Wilson, Alexander Tsymbalyuk, German Olvera / Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta [ Decca / 2 CD - released 31/Jul/2015 ] In this new and much-anticipated complete opera recording from superstar Andrea Bocelli, the tenor heads up a fine cast to explore Puccini's last opera. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera filmed In The Settings And At The Times Of Tosca) Catherine Malfitano (soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (bass) / Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of Rai, Zubin Mehta [ Warner Classics DVD / DVD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] Contemporary Rome is the setting for this unique and highly innovative version of Puccini's Tosca, performed in the Roman locations - and at the same times of day - as Puccini had written into his score. |
Mozart, Wo
Die Entführung aus dem Serail Heltau, Rothenberger, Grist, Wunderlich, Unger, Corena, Chor d. Wiener Staatsoper; Wiener Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 4/Jul/1995 ] |
THREE TENORS
The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 Luciano Pavarotti / Jose Carreras / Placido Domingo / Zubin Mehta [ Warner Music Vision / DVD - released 24/Sep/2007 ] Carreras... Domingo... Pavarotti... These three great opera stars - possibly the most famous in the world - reunited for this this glorious concert at Dodger Stadium on July 16, 1994 |
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Shlomo Mintz, Isaac Perlman / Israel Philharmonic / Zubin Mehta [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jul/2001 ] Four leading violinists perform the popular Vivaldi work |
BRAHMS
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta [ Helicon Records / CD - released 28/Apr/2011 ] The performances of Symphonies 1 & 3 presented on this CD were recorded "in concert" in 2009 - The orchestra sounds warm, and the performances are alive with the beauty of the music. |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: The Symphonies Vol 1: Nos 1 - 4 & 8 "Unfinished" Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] "Mehta secures neat, articulate, musically fluent performances from his Israeli orchestra and the Decca engineers reproduce them with admirable lucidity and absence of fuss" (Gramophone on 4 & 8) |
ZOLTAN KODALY / BELA BARTOK
Bartok/Kodaly: Concerto for Orchestra (with Janacek's Taras Bulba) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta / Philharmonia Hungarica / Antal Dorati / etc [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] Three of the very best of Eastern Europe's orchestral exports. This is the first CD release of Zubin Mehta's sought-after Kingwsay Hall recording of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra coupled with the much lesser known Kodaly Concerto for Orchestra, and... |
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4 (with Saint-Saens - Symphony No 3 "Organ") The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Helicon Records / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] Brahms' Fourth Symphony, his last, was completed in 1885, twelve years before his death. Perhaps, having reached such perfection in his Fourth Symphony, Brahms was less inclined to write another. In his Third Symphony, Saint-Saëns, himself a highly... |
MAHLER
Symphony No. 7 in E minor The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Helicon Records / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: 60th Anniversary Concert BLU-RAY Israel Philharmonic / Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim [ EuroArts Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Feb/2014 ] The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the best orchestras in the world, celebrated its 60th Anniversary with a Gala Concert in 1996 conducted by Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim. |
FRANZ LISZT
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 7/Nov/2011 ] "This 1989 performance of the Hungarian Rhapsodies that Liszt (and his assistants) orchestrated has stunning sonics; Mehta conjures highly idiomatic performances out of the Israel Phil." BBC Music |
MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / PAUL BEN-HAIM
Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Ben-Haim: Violin Concertos Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Warner Classics Itzhak Perlman Edition / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "Two rare yet rewardingly highly coloured and intensely cantabile violin concertos." MusicWeb |
CHAUSSON / SARASATE / RAVEL / SAINT-SAENS
Virtuoso Favourites Itzhak Perlman (violin) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Deutsche Grammophon First Choice / CD - released 22/Apr/2012 ] "Perlman's playing is masterly...anyone who feels it essential to hear Sarasate's potpourri on Carmen themes - dazzling but far more trival than the other items - need not be daunted." (Gramophone) |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Cuban Overture (with Copland - Fanfare for a Common Man & Appalachian Spring) Ivan Davis (piano) / Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Zubin Mehta [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 6/Dec/1999 ] Eloquence - top recordings and artists at a special price |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete opera cycle recorded in Valencia, 2007-09) BLU-RAY Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia / Jennifer Wilson, Lance Ryan, Peter Seiffert, Juha Uusitalo / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / 4 Blu-ray Box Set - released 27/Jan/2011 ] "Quite a spectacle, brilliantly sung." The Sunday Times / "It looks like a landmark Ring cycle, it is outstanding." BBC Music Magazine |
VERDI / RAMEAU / WAGNER
State Opera (documentary recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Kirill Petrenko, Zubin Mehta, Ivor Bolton, etc [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 20/May/2020 ] The State Opera is the first film ever made about the Bavarian State Opera, one of the world's oldest, most prestigious and internationally esteemed companies. It charts the course of three operas. |