Title: Worth one histroical listen, but that's it
Product review: All the defects noted about this set are true. The sound is extremely murky, and the ensemble is very ragged. Stravinsky could be a decent conductor of his own music, but on the night of this premiere he must have been nervous, since the tempi are lagging and dragging throughout. The continuo is a piano rather than a harpsichord (the instrument used on every other performance). The two leads, Rounseville and Schwarzkopf, do their best but are clearly hampered by Stravinsky's failure in the pit. All in all, this set is worth one listen for historical purposes, but that's about it.
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