This box contains one of the most famous complete recording of Aida as well as one of the few testimony of Franco Corelli performing a complete Verdian opera, in the modern interpretation by Zubin Mehta. Zubin Mehta received his first musical education under his father's guidance, who was a noted concert violinist and the founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra. After a short period of pre-medical studies in Bombay, he left for Vienna in 1954 where he eventually entered the conducting program under Hans Swarowsky at the Akademie fÃ¼r Musik. Zubin Mehta won the Liverpool International Conducting Competition in 1958 and was also a prize-winner of the summer academy at Tanglewood. By 1961 he had already conducted the Vienna, Berlin and Israel Philharmonic Orchestras and has recently celebrated 50 years of musical collaboration with all three ensembles. The present recording was made in 1966.

Tracklist:

Aida~Preludio
Aida~Atto I. SÃ¬, corre voce cbe l'Etiope ardisca
Aida~Atto I. Se quel guerrier io fossi... Celeste
Aida~Atto I. Quale insolita gioia nel tuo sguardo!
Aida~Atto I. Alta cagion v'aduna
Aida~Atto I. Ritorna vincitor!
Aida~Atto I. Possente FthÃ
Aida~Atto I. Nume custode e vindice
Aida~Atto II. Chi mai fra gl'inni e i plausi
Aida~Atto II. Fu la sorte dell'armi a' tuoi funesta
Aida~Atto II. Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside
Aida~Atto II. Marcia trionfale e Balletto
Aida~Atto II. Vieni, o guerriero vindice
Aida~Atto II. Salvator della patria
Aida~Atto II: O Re, pei sacri Numi
Aida~Atto III. O tu che sei d'Osiride
Aida~Atto III. Qui Radames verrÃ
Aida~Atto III. O patria mia, mai piÃ¹ ti rivedrÃ²
Aida~Atto III. Cielo! Mio padre!
Aida~Atto III. Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce
Aida~Atto III. Ma, dimmi: per qual via eviteremo
Aida~Atto IV. L'abborrita vivale a me sfuggia
Aida~Atto IV. GiÃ i sacerdoti adunansi
Aida~Atto IV. OhimÃ¨!... morir mi sento
Aida~Atto IV. Spirto del Nume sovra noi discendi!
Aida~Atto IV. La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse
Aida~Atto IV. O terra, addio
Aida~Atto IV. [Final chord]

UPC: 8051773573934
Label: Urania
Release Date: 7.16.21
Format: CD

Verdi / Mehta / Giaiotti - Aida (CD)