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Title: Badly edited
Review: I have to concur; the performance is fine, but the editing is really bothersome. Face it: would you want to see a closeup of the oboist's beard, or watch the opera? At times, these cuts to the orchestra occur every 8 seconds! Kim Rasmussen (the editor listed) should be forced to spend the next few years listening to Billy Budd over and over again (and my apologies to all you Britten fans out there, but I couldn't think of anyone else that I dislike more)!Addendum: the video image itself is pristine, but all three audio tracks (inc. DTS) are very muffled. The DVD is probably my worst sounding opera.Addendum #2: Just played it again using the PCM digital through an Audio Research D-A over Kef speakers. The audio still sucks! The orchestra is sounds almost like a mono recording from the 50's. Given the quality of the video, they really could have done better.
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