A thrilling collection of Overtures and Preludes (with some popular orchestral pieces thrown in for good measure) from Zubin Mehta. As a showman of the best variety, his recordings remain one of the Decca catalogue’s richest legacies with more than half of this collection released on CD for the first time.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Candide
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: William Tell, The Silken Ladder, La gazza ladra
CARL MARIA VON WEBER: Oberon, Der Freischütz
GIUSEPPE VERDI:
La Forza del Destino
I vespri siciliani
La Traviata: Acts I & III
FRANZ VON SUPPE: Poet and Peasant
JOHANN STRAUSS, JR: Die Fledermaus
GEORGES BIZET: Carmen: Acts 1 & 4
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
Le nozze di Figaro
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne & Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ANTONIN DVORAK: Carnaval
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Egmont
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta