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Title: Absolutely worth while!
Review: The first time I heard this CD, I could not help wondering when I would hear Baltsa produce some dreadful sound on it. In other words, I felt she was walking on very thin ice. Well, she did not produce any horrible sounds so I managed to listen to the CD more relaxed the second time and have since then played this disc over and over again. Eventhough some people may feel that Rossini should be sung with more 'finesse', if that is the right word, Baltsa approaches each aria on this CD well-thought, intelligently and - most important - without making a showcase of the arias, as so many singers do with Rossini. The Maometto aria is a pure gem! But I guess as is always the case with Baltsa, you either like her, or you don't, there's no inbetween.
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