A thrilling collection of Overtures and Preludes (with some popular orchestral pieces thrown in for good measure) from Zubin Mehta. As a showman of the best variety, his recordings remains one of the Decca catalogue's richest legacies, and more than half of this collection is being released on CD for the first time.(... information source : buywell.com ...)

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Candide - Overture
2. GIOACHINO ROSSINI - William Tell - Overture
3. GIOACHINO ROSSINI - La scala di seta - Overture
4. CARL MARIA VON WEBER - Oberon - Overture
5. CARL MARIA VON WEBER - Der Freischutz - Overture
6. GIUSEPPE VERDI - La forza del destino - Overture
7. GIUSEPPE VERDI - La traviata - Prelude to Act I
8. GIUSEPPE VERDI - La traviata - Prelude to Act III
9. FRANZ VON SUPPE - Poet and Peasant - Overture
10. JOHANN STRAUSS - Die Fledermaus - Overture

Disc 2:

1. GEORGES BIZET - Carmen - Prelude to Act I
2. GEORGES BIZET - Carmen - Prelude to Act IV
3. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Le nozze di Figaro - Overture
4. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - I Allegro
5. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - II Romance (Andante)
6. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - III Menuetto (Allegretto)
7. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - IV Rondo (Allegro)
8. FELIX MENDELSSOHN - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music - Scherzo
9. FELIX MENDELSSOHN - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music - Nocturne
10. GIOACHINO ROSSINI - La gazza ladra - Overture
11. GIUSEPPE VERDI - I vespri siciliani - Overture
12. ANTONIN DVORAK - Carnival Overture
13. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - Egmont - Overture