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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 für 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. Album Tracks 1. Aida~Preludio 2. Aida~Atto I. Sì, corre voce cbe l'Etiope ardisca 3. Aida~Atto I. Se quel guerrier io fossi... Celeste 4. Aida~Atto I. Quale insolita gioia nel tuo sguardo! 5. Aida~Atto I. Alta cagion v'aduna 6. Aida~Atto I. Ritorna vincitor! 7. Aida~Atto I. Possente Fthà 8. Aida~Atto I. Nume custode e vindice 9. Aida~Atto II. Chi mai fra gl'inni e i plausi 10. Aida~Atto II. Fu la sorte dell'armi a' tuoi funesta 11. Aida~Atto II. Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside 12. Aida~Atto II. Marcia trionfale e Balletto 13. Aida~Atto II. Vieni, o guerriero vindice 14. Aida~Atto II. Salvator della patria 15. Aida~Atto II O Re, pei sacri Numi 1. Aida~Atto III. O tu che sei d'Osiride 2. Aida~Atto III. Qui Radames verrà 3. Aida~Atto III. O patria mia, mai più ti rivedrò 4. Aida~Atto III. Cielo! Mio padre! 5. Aida~Atto III. Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce 6. Aida~Atto III. Ma, dimmi per qual via eviteremo 7. Aida~Atto IV. L'abborrita vivale a me s
