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Title: Magnificent singing but inferior conducting
Review: Something that Verdi himself said that would make a perfect Il Trovatore was to have the four greatest singers in the world. This was certainly the case on this recording. Every one sings their part beautifully. The beauty and power of Björling, the sacrifice and dedicated sound of Milanov, the selfish, evil and seducting singing of Warren and then the vendictive singing of Barbieri.All singers make such an impact that it almost overshadows the sloppy conducting of Cellini. He lets the orchestra make so many queer sounds, his tempi is at times strange. The conducting is only thing that for me sets this set apart from being perfect. The sound on the CDs are at times a little strange. Like the engineers try to mix a mono master into stereo.To conlude, this set is definitly worth buying for the singing alone
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