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Title: What A Surprise!
Review: I must disagree with the 3 star review, I thought the sound quality was great for a live recording. This was recorded in 1971 and you can sure tell a difference between this and 1950s recordings. Swallicsh's conducting is very similar to Solti and Nilsson is still in great voice, it's amazing how long her voice lasted but then eveything about her was near miraculous and she sounds almost as good here as on the Solti recording. Everyone else is good to although I think I still prefer either Regina Resnik or Astrid Varnay as Klytamnestra. If you like this opera you should have this in your collection. My only negative comment is the choice of cover art which I think is putting a lot of people off from buying this set. The painting is rather impressionist in style with a beautiful girl sitting on a rock in a beautiful full evening or ball gown with what looks like a typical large Victorian house in the background. This is in no way reflective of the opera.
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