Title: Not the film soundtrack
Product review: While this is a perfectly serviceable reading of THE GREAT GATSBY, it is not the great Academy Award winning Nelson Riddle adaption as suggested in the previous review.If you wish to have the book on cd, this is your only option. The sound recording quality is fine and it is an unabridged version of the text. The reader achieves the sort of chilly undertone that I associate with the work; the detachment of the really rich from humanity.The film soundtrack is an amazing landmark effort and we can only hope that it will soon be released on cd. Nelson Riddle's adaptions are sumptuously beautiful and very well chosen for the film. The opening, a bewitchingly orchestrated version of Irving Berlin's "What'll I do", is worth the price of the album alone and it moves from there through a treasure trove of great songs from the twenties. But DO NOT buy this cd expecting that soundtrack!
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