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Title: an opportunity missed
Review: Aside from 4 "previously unissued" tracks, everything on these CDs is available elsewhere especially Romophone and Myto. This is a dispapointing release that could have been far more valuable by making available Warren's live or privately recorded material. For example, the book mentions Warren's Met Audition on the Air. A fellow artist, John Carter, recorded his parts of the program - which included the duet from THE PEARL FISHERS with Warren. The annual CD for a UK magazine, THE RECORD COLLECTOR, included this track. Why couldn't it have been used by the Warren Foundation. Ditto for Warren's live Met material, much of which is beyond the 50-year copyright limit.The answer is that instead of celebrating Warren's art, their goal was a quick buck from readily availabe material. But, maybe such laziness complements the equally poor biography.
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