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Title: The bad review is right--sorry
Review: This set is terribly let down by the two leads. Ludwig sounds like an Octavian stretching to become a Marschalin--it's a great stunt but the voice isn't right. Gwyneth Jones is a curse, with hher sqawlly, unfocused singing. So without the two leads, it doesn't matter to me how buoyant Bernstein is on the podium--and in truth he is often too hectic. This must have been a great event live, one of Lenny's Viennese triumphs, but the recording falls apart.
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