Zubin Mehta: The Philharmonic Edition - Vienna, Israel, London, New York

Maestro Zubin Mehta celebrates his 90th birthday on 29 April 2026. As a long-standing exclusive artist with Decca, he created an extraordinary musical legacy in the 1960s and 1970s that combines European tradition with American dynamism. His interpretations blend depth with electrifying energy and continue to captivate listeners today with their sonic brilliance.

This comprehensive box set brings together recordings for Decca and Deutsche Grammophon spanning almost five decades (1965–2013), from Mozart to Mahler. Arranged alphabetically and accompanied by thematic programmes, it reflects Mehta’s main centres of activity in Israel and Vienna, as well as significant collaborations in Berlin, London, Florence and New York. It opens with Bruckner’s Ninth in Vienna in 1965 – a milestone to this day.

Included are, among other things, symphony cycles by Schubert and Schumann, as well as Beethoven’s piano concertos with Ashkenazy and Lupu. Featuring Pavarotti, Perlman and Lang Lang, live recordings and opera recordings, the edition brings together key stages of his career.

With original covers, rare photos and texts by David Patmore, James Jolly and Cyrus Meher-Homji, it is a fitting tribute.

Tracklisting:

CD 1

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra · Hungarian Sketches IPO

CDs 2–4

BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1–5 Vladimir Ashkenazy, WP

CDs 5–8

BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1–5 · 2 Rondos Op.51 · Piano Sonatas 19 & 20 Radu Lupu, IPO

CD 9

BEETHOVEN Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus Ballet music IPO

CD 10

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique NYP

CD 11

BERLIOZ Harold en Italie Daniel Benyamini, IPO

CD 12

BLOCH Voice in the Wilderness · Schelomo János Starker, IPO

CD 13

BRAHMS Symphony No.1 · Tragic Overture WP

CD 14

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1 Arthur Rubinstein, IPO

CD 15

BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 Vladimir Ashkenazy, LSO

CD 16

BRAHMS Violin Concerto · BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 David Garrett, IPO

CDs 17–18

BRUCKNER Symphony No.9 · Te Deum · Mass No.2 Wiener Staatsopernchor, WP

CD 19

CHOPIN Piano Concertos 1 & 2 Lang Lang, WP

CD 20

DVOŘÁK Symphony No.7 IPO

CD 21

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto · R. STRAUSS Don Quixote Mischa Maisky, Tabea Zimmermann, BP

CD 22

LALO Symphonie espagnole · VIEUXTEMPS Violin Concerto No.5

SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo capriccioso (1988) Shlomo Mintz, IPO

CD 23

LISZT Les Préludes

WAGNER Preludes Lohengrin Acts I & III · Parsifal · Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg WP

CD 24

MAHLER Symphony No.1 IPO

CD 25

MAHLER Symphony No.2 WP

CD 26

MAHLER Symphony No.4 Barbara Hendricks, IPO

CD 27

MENDELSSOHN Octet (orchestral version) IPO

CDs 28–29

MOZART Symphonies 34, 39 & 40 · Eine kleine Nachtmusik IPO

CD 30

PAGANINI Violin Concerto No.1 Boris Belkin, IPO

CD 31

PAGANINI Violin Concerto No.1 · CHAUSSON Poème

WAXMAN Carmen Fantasie · MILSTEIN Paganiniana Sayaka Shoji, IPO

CDs 32–33

PUCCINI La fanciulla del West Carol Neblett, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, ROH

CDs 34–35

PUCCINI Turandot Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, LPO

CD 36

SARASATE Carmen Fantasy · CHAUSSON Poème (1986)

SAINT-SAËNS Havanaise · Introduction and Rondo capriccioso (1986)

RAVEL Tzigane Itzhak Perlman, NYP

CD 37

SCHMIDT Symphony No.4 · EINEM Symphony No.1 “Philadelphia” WP

CDs 38–42

SCHUBERT Symphonies 1–6, 8, 9 · Rosamunde (excerpts) IPO

CDs 43–45

SCHUMANN Symphonies 1–4 · Overtures Genoveva · Manfred WP

CDs 46–47

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.5 · Swan Lake Suite · The Nutcracker Suite IPO

CDs 48–51

VERDI Il trovatore Antonella Banaudi, Shirley Verrett, Leo Nucci

VERDI La traviata Kiri Te Kanawa, Alfredo Kraus, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MMF

CD 52

VERDI Arias from Aida · Un ballo in maschera · Otello · Ernani Leontyne Price, IPO

MASSENET Manon Ah! dispar, vision Luciano Pavarotti, NYP

CD 53

ROSSINI La scala di seta Overture · VERDI La traviata Preludes I & III · I vespri siciliani Overture

WEBER Oberon Overture · MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream Nocturne & Scherzo IPO

CD 54

ROSSINI Guillaume Tell Overture · BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No.3

TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio italien · RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol IPO

CDs 55–56

HUBERMAN FESTIVAL, 1982 – VIVALDI Four Seasons · Concerto in B minor RV 580 (Op.3/10)

J.S. BACH Concerto for 2 Violins · MOZART Sinfonia concertante K.364; Concertone K.190 Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Ivry Gitlis, Shlomo Mintz, Ida Haendel, IPO

CD 57

SIR GEORG SOLTI: A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE IN MUSIC

BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture · MOZART Mass in C minor Laudamus te · Le nozze di Figaro Voi che sapete Anne Sofie von Otter

VERDI La forza del destino Pace, pace, mio Dio! · PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi O mio babbino caro Angela Gheorghiu

WAGNER Götterdämmerung Dawn, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey & Closing Scene LPO

BP = Berliner Philharmoniker

IPO = Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

LPO = London Philharmonic Orchestra

MMF = Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

NYP = New York Philharmonic

WP = Wiener Philharmoniker