Title: Much Better Than I Expected
Product review: I have been toying with purchasing the Goodall recording for sometime. First, I'm not a fan of operas that are not in their original tongue. Second, I'd heard horror stories about the slow tempi that Goodall used in this recording. As to the first point, the Porter translation is wonderful and the English gives the piece an immediacy that I lose with the German. Second, the tempi that Goodall uses really give the music time to breathe. I hear details that are totally lost in either the Solti or Bohm recordings. As another writer said, if you already have a good German Ring, this one would make a worthy addition to your set.
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