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Title: lyrical and handsome, epochal in its scope...
Review: What do you get when you put Corelli, Ghiaurov, Sutherland and Massard in the same room with Gounod? You get wonderful ensemble singing! Interpretation? That's a highly individual issue with any collection of individual stars singing against the backdroop of a heavier, darker libretto. Musicologists may not enjoy this recording from 1966 as much as ordinary folks but, of course, it's their job not to enjoy it for what it is: simply, stars on parade! Those of you who don't like sutherland when she goes low will not be happy in those several moments....but the rest is grand Gounod -- (remember, this is NOT puccini or verdi).
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