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Title: Very dated
Review: This is one of the few recordings available of A. Scarlatti's Passion. It is very dated - although the CD date is 1998, the original recording is from the 70's. And it sounds like it. The solists' voices have a nice quality, but unfortunately their vibrato is so overbearing I have a hard time listening to it. The tenor soloist is particularly bad in this regard. The instruments have a somewhat heavy sound to them, so I wonder if they are modern rather than historical. For anyone like myself who has been spoiled by listening to great early music ensembles of the last couple of decades, this recording won't fit the bill. It could serve as a reference since this doesn't seem to be a well-recorded piece, but not one I'll be listening to very often.
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