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December 22, 2010
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This is simply beautiful... One of the immortal Verdi performances, in style and the voices are phenomenal. Most opera houses would be hard-pressed to cast a Traviata this well, at the present. DO NOT MISS... Find a used copy and be MOVED. This is the best this classic recording will ever sound. Too ... more |
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December 22, 2010
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OUTSTANDING! The best recording of the great Russian classic opera and it's on SACD!!! WOW...
The singing is great, the orchestra plays beautifully, and there's almost NO slavic wobble in the singers. Recording stems from live performances in 2003, so there is plenty of frisson.
I have heard the ... more |
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December 20, 2010
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The sound of Rex Harrison screaming into a lavalier microphone...
Jack Warner decided to buy the greatest musical of its time on Broadway and turn it into a 70mm roadshow spectacle. He cast Rex Harrison to recreate his Broadway role and hired Audrey Hepburn, who was not an accomplished, ... more |
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July 27, 2010
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A mess... STAY AWAY!!!
Buying this make of SACD is always a matter of surprise and lots of vsriability. The label usually manages to get some sort of master tape and issue it in the format, but this one is terrible. The tapes and performances are up to the usual with Nat King Cole, but the ... more |
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June 24, 2010
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Good sonics, awful performances. The symphony that is the middle of this disc sounds like leftover music from the Matrix movies and is a professional great orchestration of musical ideas that are third-rate, at best.
This conductor plays John Adams' music loud and fast. Every chug chug chug is ... more |
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