VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles Philharmonic: Complete Decca Recordings Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca / 38 CD Box Set - released 29/May/2020 ] This 38-CD collection provides proof of just how catholic Mehta's tastes were. The foundation of his music making continues to lie in the central European masterworks and he has never lost sight of that tradition. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
LA Phil 100: The Los Angeles Philharmonic Centennial Birthday Gala Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel [ C Major / 2 DVD - released 17/Apr/2020 ] "A century to the day after the orchestra's first concert on 24th October 1919, the centennial season culminates in a "splashy gala night" (San Francisco Classical Voice) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the current and former chief conductors... |
RAVEL
The Best of Ravel: Bolero; Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2; etc Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Monteux [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 21/Aug/2002 ] 'the visceral excitement Mehta produces is most compelling one marvels at the vivid Decca sound' Penguin Guide to CDs (2000 Yearbook) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Original Three Tenors Concert in Rome - 25th Anniversary Edition (CD plus DVD) Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras / Zubin Mehta [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD/DVD - released 10/Jun/2010 ] To celebrate the event that changed the course of classical music history this is a remastered and repackaged version (on CD plus bonus DVD) of the most famous classical concert ever staged. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Original Three Tenors Concert in Rome (CD plus DVD): 30th Anniversary Edition Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras / Zubin Mehta [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD/DVD - released 21/Jul/2020 ] Celebrate the most iconic concert of our time with this special edition produced for the 30th Anniversary CD album of original concert + DVD of the complete concert including "making of" documentary 64-page glossy collectors booklet. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos DVD / 2 DVD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina Naforniţa. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte (complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Valentina Nafornita, Benedetta Torre, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Matthew Swensen, Thomas Hampson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The production of Mozart's classic comic opera from 2021 is directed by the acclaimed German director Sven-Eric Bechtolf. Conducted by Zubin Mehta, the cast includes Thomas Hampson as Don Alfonso, and the Moldovan soprano Valentina Naforniţa. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino(complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Saioa Hernandez, Roberto Aronica, Amartuvshin Enkhbat / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 18/Feb/2022 ] 'Three hours of a convincing performance, which managed to ignite reflections and questions about multiple aspects of human destiny, enriched by some brilliant artists and an open musicality.' - Lyric Opera Journal |
WAGNER
Orchestral Music (Incls 'Good Friday Music') New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Classical Masters / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "Zubin Mehta became the Philharmonic's Music Director in 1978. Mehta's 13-year tenure as the New York Philharmonic's Music Director - during which he conducted more than 1,000 concerts - was the longest in the Orchestra's history." (nyphil.org) |
WAGNER
Götterdämmerung (complete opera recorded in Valencia, 2009) BLU-RAY Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia / Juha Uusitalo / John Daszak / Matti Salminen / Anna Larsson / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Mar/2010 ] In this production "the visual codes of the digital era become elemental and dazzlingly employed means of narration" (Opernwelt). |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Il Trovatore (complete opera recorded in 1969) Plácido Domingo, Fiorenza Cossotto, Leontyne Price, Sherrill Milnes / New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Zubin Mehta [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "The soaring curve of Leontyne Price's rich vocal line is immediately thrilling in her famous Act 1 aria, and it sets the style of the RCA performance, full-bodied and with dramatic tension consistently high." Rosette. Penguin Guide |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
European Concert 1995: Berliner Philharmoniker from Florence Sarah Chang (violin) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Zubin Mehta [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 21/Mar/2011 ] In 1540 Cosimo de'Medici moved with his family and court into the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. On 1st May 1995 the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performed its jubilee concert - conducted on this occasion by Zubin Mehta - in the same building. Since... |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 Sydney Harth (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Feb/2001 ] Two classic works now reissued at a very special price |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Kristin Lewis, Fabio Sartori, Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Aug/2016 ] STAGED BY: Peter Stein Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Aida at La Scala in Milan is an experience in itself. Consequently, this new production is an event barely to be surpassed, especially when played before La Scala's notoriously critical audience.... |
VERDI
Il trovatore (complete opera recorded in 1990) Luciano Pavarotti, Shirley Verrett, Antonella Banaudi, Leo Nucci / Orchestra e Coro di Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Operas / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2012 ] "Verrett's portrayal, always one of her best roles, is given here with more feeling and involvement than anyone else in the cast." (Gramophone) |
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Popular Orchestral Works (Incls 1812 Overture & Marche Slave) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 24/May/2000 ] |
THE STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert 2015 BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Sony Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2015 ] Sony Classical release the much-anticipated annual 'New Years Concert' release - The New Year's Concert live from Vienna is one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events. It is broadcast from the flower-filled Golden Hall of... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Salvatore Licitra, Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Alastair Miles / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "Stemme is an involving Leonore, with a lovely rich lower and mid-register tone, but she is strained and variable above the stave...Krasteva throws herself into cowgirl Preziosilla with gusto. Mehta conducts effectively." International Record Review |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La forza del destino (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Salvatore Licitra, Nina Stemme, Carlos Alvarez, Alastair Miles / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Feb/2012 ] "Nina Stemme's Leonora? A hugely well-acted assumption of the role, with (in the 'Pace! Pace, mio dio' scena) the uncanny presence and vocal fury offered by Price, Barstow or Freni." Gramophone |
BEETHOVEN / SAINT-SAENS / WEBER / BEN-HAIM / RAVEL
Joint Concert Tel Aviv (From the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium Tel Aviv 1990) Viviane Hagner (violin), Sharon Kam (clarinet) Berliner Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Arthaus DVD / DVD - released 10/Nov/2012 ] Includes 11 minutes of documentary footage |