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Title: Great performances, horrible sound.
Review: I ordered this CD based on the cast and price. I was not disappointed by the cast. The performances by the cast are uniformly great with moving interpretations of this classic.Unfortunately, the sound on the transfer is *terrible*. There is very noticeable distotortion of most (if not all) of the portions where the volume is moderately loud or louder. It sounds like you're listening to a cheap walkman with blown headphones.I'd like to give this disk 2 stars, but the extreme distortion at so many points in the soundtrack really can't compensate for the excellent performances by the cast. There are many other great recordings of Corelli and Nilsson as Calaf and Turandot (particularly EMI's #69327, use the Classical Power Search feature). I recommend that you pass on this one.
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