Verdi – Requiem – Fritz Reiner

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Messa da Requiem *
Quattro pezzi sacri +

Leontyne Price - soprano *
Rosalind Elias - mezzo-soprano *
Jussi Björling - tenor *
Griogio Tozzi - bass *
Yvonne Minton - mezzo-soprano +
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde *
Los Angeles Master Chorale +
Wiener Philharmoniker *
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra +
Fritz Reiner - conductor *
Zubin Mehta - conductor +

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Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto – Itzhak Perlman

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35 *
Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770):
Sonata for Violin and Piano "The Devil's trill" +
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Liebesleid +
Serguei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
March from "The Love for Three Oranges" +
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Nigun +
Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880):
Caprice in A minor (arr. Kreisler) +
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Andante cantabile from String Quartet, op.11 (arr. Kreisler) +
Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897):
La Ronde des Lutins, op.25 +

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Janet Goodman Guggenheim - piano +
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra *
Zubin Mehta - conductor *

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Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1, Violin Concerto – Gilels, Oistrakh

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, op.23 *
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35 +

Emil Gilels - piano *
David Oistrakh - violin +
New York Philharmonic *
The Philadelphia Orchestra +
Zubin Mehta - conductor *
Eugene Ormandy - conductor +

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Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante, Concertone for 2 Violins – Perlman, Zukerman

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat major KV 364
Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra in C major KV 190

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Pinchas Zukerman - viola and violin
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Beethoven – Violin, Triple Concertos; Brahms – Violin, Double Concertos – Stern

CD 1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op.61
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Double Concerto in A minor, op.102

CD 2:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Concerto for Violin in D major, op.77
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Triple Concerto in C major, op.56

Issac Stern - violin
Leonard Rose - cello
Eugene Istomin - piano
Philadelphia Orchestra
New York Philharmonic
Eugene Ormandy - conductor
Daniel Barenboim - conductor
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Verdi – Il Trovatore – Mehta

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):
Il Trovatore - opera in four acts

with:
Leontyne Price
Placido Domingo
Sherrill Milnes
Fiorenza Cossotto
Bonaldo Giaiotti
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Ryland Davies
Stanley Riley
Neilson Taylor

The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ben-Haim – Violin Concertos – Perlman

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1896-1968):
Violin Concerto No.2, op.66 "I Profeti" (The Prophets)
Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1974):
Violin Concerto

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Schmidt - Symphony No. 4; Schoenberg - Chamber Symphony No.1 - Mehta

Franz Schmidt (1874-1939):
Symphony No.4 in C major *
Armold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Chamber Symphony No.1, op.9 +

Wiener Philharmoniker *
members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra +
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Bruch - Scottish Fantasy & Violin Concerto No. 2 - Perlman, Mehta

Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Schottische Fantasie, op.46
Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.44

Itzhak Perlman - violin
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Sarasate, Chausson, Saint-Saëns, Ravel - Violin and orchestra - Perlman, Mehta

Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908): Fantaisie de Concert sur de motifs de lOpéra "Carmen", op.25
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899): Poème, op.25
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Havanaise, op.83
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Tzigane
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso, op.28

Itzhak Perlman - violin
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Strauss - Eine Alpensinfonie - Mehta

Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Eine Alpensinfonie

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, Serenade Mélancolique, Mélodie - Zukerman

Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Concerto for Violin and orchestra, op.35 in D major
Sérénade Mélancolique for Violin and orchestra, op.26
Mélodie for Violin and orchestra, op.42, No.3

Pinchas Zukerman - violin
Israel Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta - conductor

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Saint-Saëns - Organ Symphony; Poulenc - Organ Concerto

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) - Symphony No.3 in C minor, op.78 "Organ Symphony" *
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) - Organ Concerto +

Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra *
Anita Priest - organ *
Zubin Mehta - conductor *

George Malcolm - organ +
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields +
Iona Brown - conductor +

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