Title: A terrible abridgement
Review: Franz Lehar must be rolling over in his grave over this one! Go ahead and tear your hair out, they have abridged this masterpiece. Had I known that, I would never have laid down cash for this atrocity. The Decca version of "Die Lustige Witwe" remains the standard by which others will be judged. Not only is this disc abridged, the musical quality is not particularly good. There seems to be a problem in the mixing, where some portions seems overly loud, and other sections seems tinny and distant. Abridging a work like this is sort of like culling bits out of "Hamlet." It just isn't done, but some lunatic attempted this hatchet job. Do yourself a favor and avoid this. Stick with the Decca version.
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