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Title: No range
Review: I just don't understand how people can describe Russell Watson's voice as one having a "tremendous range". If he indeed has such a range, he needn't transpose, and he also won't sing as stridently as he did for this album. In fact, even if that "tremendous range" description is related to emotion, it still doesn't ring true, because Russell Watson sings everything in the same manner without much emotional variation. And I agree with those who say that by simplifying the music, instead of drawing listeners attention to those interesting details, Russell Watson is doing no service to the music or his audience, which cannot claim that they've heard opera, as opera is not sung in that karaoke-like way. If we're talking about cross over, then Groban and Safina are more honest with their claims. The type of recording as represented by this album is to be avoided.
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