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Title: A disgraceful release of a legendary performance
Review: First of all, the low rating is entirely for this particular DVD issue, NOT for the performance.The legendary Maximova-Vasiliev/Bolshoi "Nutcracker" has seen various VHS and now DVD releases over the years. This is undoubtedly one of the worst I ever came across. The editing is simply a disgrace. In the first Act white spots start appearing all over the screen and on a couple of places entire seconds of footage are missing. The sound has never been much to write home about and nothing has been attempted to improve it for this DVD. (Don't believe it is dolby surround, as the cover pretends.) The presentation is zero.The same performance has also been released by Kultur Video on VHS and DVD, and has to be preferred to this one.
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