Carlos Païta (10 March 1932 – 19 December 2015) was an Argentine conductor. He was born in Buenos Aires.
His father was originally from Hungary, his mother was a singer from Italy. At a young age, Païta attended rehearsals by Wilhelm Furtwängler at the Teatro Colón. Later he studied conducting with Artur Rodziński. He started his professional career at the Colón Theater in Buenos Aires. He first conducted the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1966 and moved permanently to Europe in 1968. He made his US debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra in 1979. As of 2003, he was resident in Geneva.
Paita was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque for his 1968 recording on the London Records - Phase 4 Stereo Concert Series album A Wagner Festival. This LP featured selections from Tristan und Isolde, The Flying Dutchman and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
He was also awarded the Grand Prix du Disque for his 1978 LP recording of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique with the London Symphony Orchestra.
He is largely noted for a series of recordings issued on his own Lodia Records label. As of 2006, this label went out of business; these records are highly sought-after collector's items.
He died in Geneva, Switzerland on 19 December 2015 at the age of 83.
Discography Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, London Philharmonic Orchestra Beethoven, Leonore Overture III, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Beethoven, Third Symphony ("Eroica"), Scottish National Orchestra Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Beethoven, Seventh Symphony, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, London Symphony Orchestra Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Brahms, First Symphony, National Philharmonic Orchestra Bruckner, Eighth Symphony, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Dvořák, Seventh Symphony, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Dvořák, Eighth Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Dvořák, Ninth Symphony ("From the New World"), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Glinka, Ruslan and Ludmilla (overture), National Philharmonic Orchestra Mahler, First Symphony ("Titan"), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, National Philharmonic Orchestra Rossini, Overtures, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Schubert, Ninth Symphony ("Great"), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky, Capriccio Italien, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky, Hamlet Overture-Fantasia, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky, Marche Slave, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra Tchaikovsky, Fourth Symphony, Moscow New Russian Orchestra Tchaikovsky, Sixth Symphony ("Pathetique"), National Philharmonic Orchestra Verdi, Requiem, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Wagner, Götterdämmerung (extracts), Ute Vinzing, James King, Philharmonia Orchestra Wagner, Die Meistersinger Overture, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Wagner, Rienzi Overture, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Wagner, The Flying Dutchman Overture, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (Prelude and Liebestod), Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
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External links Homepage (with sound samples)