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Title: Intolerable overload distortion
Review: A critic I admired back in the day RAVED about this recording, both for the singing by the principals and conducting by Mehta. I bought the LP highlights. Domingo autographed my copy. Imagine my disappointment to hear distortion on almost every loud note. I assumed a bad pressing, since that was common from RCA in those days. When the CD set was released, I bought the whole opera expecting to hear high quality sound. Crap. The distortion is less, but still noticeable. It suggests either overload distortion caused by too high a recording level or else inferior quality master tapes. Despite the excellent performances, the distortion makes it unlistenable.
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