- Artist:
- Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta Edition
Release date: 24 July, 2026
Maestro Zubin Mehta celebrates his 90th birthday on 29 April 2026. For much of the 1960s and 70s an exclusive Decca artist, he forged a remarkable recorded legacy that bridged Central European tradition and American dynamism. His performances combined interpretative insight with electrifying energy, captured in recordings renowned for their brilliance and sonic splendour.
Spanning repertoire from Mozart to Mahler, this comprehensive box set gathers Mehta’s Decca and Deutsche Grammophon recordings over nearly 50 years from 1965 to 2013. Arranged alphabetically by composer and supplemented by thematic collections, it reflects two of his principal artistic homes – Israel and Vienna – while also showcasing landmark collaborations in Berlin, London, Florence, and New York. The Mehta/Decca story began in Vienna in 1965, when, just days after his 26th birthday, he recorded a Bruckner Ninth Symphony that remains a touchstone of the catalogue.
This Philharmonic anthology features complete symphony cycles of Schubert with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Schumann with the Wiener Philharmoniker, alongside two distinguished Beethoven Piano Concerto cycles – with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Wiener Philharmoniker, and with Radu Lupu and the Israel Philharmonic. Among the celebrated soloists represented are Lang Lang, Mischa Maisky, Shlomo Mintz, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Leontyne Price, Arthur Rubinstein, Joan Sutherland, and János Starker. A discerning champion of emerging talent, Mehta also partnered with David Garrett (in Bruch and Brahms) and Sayaka Shoji (in a programme of Romantic virtuoso works). Live recordings include highlights from the 1982 Huberman Festival (featuring a dream cast of violinists – Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Shlomo Mintz, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, and Pinchas Zukerman) and a 1988 celebration concert in memory of Georg Solti (with Angela Gheorghiu and Anne Sofie von Otter).
Not to be forgotten is the classic recording of Schmidt’s sheerly gorgeous Fourth Symphony, recorded at the request of the Wiener Philharmoniker, the iridescent incidental music for Beethoven’s Creatures of Prometheus and a suave Mendelssohn Octet in an orchestral version performed by the string section of the Israel Philharmonic. The set includes Mehta’s major opera recordings – Turandot, La fanciulla del West, Il trovatore and La traviata – and brings together several performances receiving their first international CD and digital release.
Presented with original jackets, a selection of rare photographs and newly commissioned liner notes by David Patmore, James Jolly and Cyrus Meher-Homji, this edition offers a fitting tribute to one of the great conductors of our time.
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 |
CD 23: |
LISZT Les Préludes |
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 |
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) |
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 |
CD 52: |
VERDI Arias from Aida · Un ballo in maschera · Otello · Ernani Leontyne Price, IPO |
CD 53: |
ROSSINI La scala di seta Overture · VERDI La traviata Preludes I & III · I vespri siciliani Overture |
CD 54: |
ROSSINI Guillaume Tell Overture · BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No.3 |
CDs 55–56: |
HUBERMAN FESTIVAL, 1982 – VIVALDI Four Seasons · Concerto in B minor RV 580 (Op.3/10) |
CD 57: |
SIR GEORG SOLTI: A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE IN MUSIC |
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BP = Berliner Philharmoniker IPO = Israel Philharmonic Orchestra LPO = London Philharmonic Orchestra MMF = Maggio Musicale Fiorentino NYP = New York Philharmonic WP = Wiener Philharmoniker |
