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Um ... well ... I was just about to buy this .. and had a quick listen at JPC. I am hesitant to disparage based on an online sample .. but frankly her intonation appears absolutely woeful. Track 5 or 10 or 14, for instance. All over the place/// ?????????????
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Post by Jonty February 3, 2011 (3 of 7)
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I now have this disc and I am much more concerned about the glutinous recording than Ms Watts intonation. I will play it few more times but I don't think it is a keeper.
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Wish i'd seen a review before i bought, as this is very mediocre. The sound is, as jonty says, a bit glutinous but its also sharp one minute, soggy the next. And as for intonation, Miss Watts' is a bit of a scooper (and a mild hooter) - she doesn't articulate a lot of the time, just settles for wash of sound. And her German seems far from idiomatic (not that I can talk).
The disc is better than a 2 star but not better than a three. I'll keep it until Suzuki or Kujiken give us 199.
What it does do is remind us in 199 just how brilliant Lorraine H-L was. And she was recorded in 16 bit for RBCD. What a loss.
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Post by Jonty February 4, 2011 (5 of 7)
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It is a shame about this disc. Ms Watts is rather good in Linn's recording of Arne's Artaxexes and that is very well recorded.
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Jonty, the Arne is for play tomorrow. Will listen out for her.
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they should have released Lucy Crowe's Handel recording on SACD. Not this one.
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