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Verdi: Otello
Giuseppe Verdi, Gabriele Santini, San Carlo Theater Orchestra (Naples)
Verdi: Otello
Genre: Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (11) - Disc #2


     
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Terrible sound
jonsj | New York, NY United States | 07/25/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)

"Although I am a huge fan of historic opera performances and listen to plenty old pirates with awful sound, this one is particularly unpleasant. It's certainly not derived from radio tapes, but from an audience member. There is an enormous amount of distortion at climaxes. You can make out the voices ok, but considering that Vinay and Tebaldi have both left several recorded performances of these roles, I'm not sure of the particular value of this recording. They are both in terrific voice here, to be sure, and sing with a great deal of intensity, but I don't ultimately think it's worth paying full price for this set."