Title: Exceptionally Badly Recorded
Review: I will always make allowances for a recorded live performance: a cough here, a banged-against music stand there, occasional drop-outs as someone is suddenly distanced from a microphone, etc. But this CD sounds as if it were recorded using poor quality consumer-level equipment: think Radio-Shack home cassette recorder ca. 1975! The singers sound distant and the orchestra is not balanced. I cannot make any judgement as to how the singers and orchestra are performing, as it would be unfair to do so.A complete waste of money. Consider instead:Gheorghiu/Alagna (the most polished; Alagna is exceptional)orMoffo/Barioni (I like Moffo, although some of the other singers have pitch and/or technical problems occasionally)
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