Zubin Mehta
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| Turandot, SC 91, Act III : Puccini: Turandot, SC 91, Act III - Nessun dorma! | Luciano Pavarotti, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra | 03:00 | |
| Turandot / Act 3 : Puccini: Turandot / Act 3 - Nessun dorma! | Andrea Bocelli, Coro de la Comunitat Valenciana, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta | 04:23 | |
| Di Capua, Mazzucchi: 'O sole mio | José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma | 02:42 | |
| La traviata / Act 1 : Verdi: La traviata / Act 1 - "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" | José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Los Angeles Music Center Opera Chorus | 03:05 | |
| Denza: Funiculì, funiculà | José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Los Angeles Philharmonic | 01:21 | |
| Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony" : Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony" - 2b. Maestoso - Più allegro - Molto allegro | Anita Priest, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, Camille Saint-Saëns | 07:18 | |
| Turandot / Act 3 : Puccini: Turandot / Act 3 - "Nessun dorma!" | Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta | 03:05 | |
| Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 364 : Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, K. 364 - 1. Allegro maestoso | Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta | 13:28 | |
| Turandot / Act 3 : Puccini: Turandot / Act 3 - Nessun dorma! | Luciano Pavarotti, Tom Krause, Pier Francesco Poli, Piero de Palma | 06:42 | |
| Das Land des Lächelns / Act 2 : Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns / Act 2 - "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" (Orch. Klickmann) | Plácido Domingo, Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta | 03:36 |
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The Three Tenors - In Concert - Rome 1990
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Holst: The Planets / John Williams: Star Wars Suite / Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra
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"Timeless" Brahms & Bruch Violin Concertos
by David Garrett, Max Bruch, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Brahms...
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante K.364; Concertone K.190
by Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
by Carol Neblett, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden...
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Internationally acclaimed Indian-born conductor Zubin Mehta, who is known for his flamboyant and charismatic style, has been music director and conductor of many of the world's top symphonic orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic, where he was named music director for life in 1981. Lauded for his operatic performances, he conducted Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras in the Three Tenors concert with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma at the Football World Cup Tournament in 1990. A recording of the concert won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance that year.
Born in Bombay, the maestro learned to play the violin and piano with his father Mehli Mehta, founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, and began conducting in his teens. He graduated from the Vienna State Music Academy and after wins in international competitions he made his professional conducting debut with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at the age of 21. In 1961 he became music director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and in '65 he made his debut with the Metropolitan Orchestra in New York. He was named music director and principal conductor there in 1978 having become music director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1977. He has held similar positions with the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and the opera house of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències in Valencia, Spain.
Over a very long career, Mehta has conducted memorable concerts in aid of the victims of the Balkan wars, combined members of the Bavarian State Orchestra with the Israel Philharmonic in a Holocaust memorial, toured India and China, and played at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Opera Magazine in 2009 said his style "favours bold attack and voluptuous sonority... no matter what he conducts, he retains completely cool and poised control."