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4.0 out of 5 stars
First rate soloists., February 8, 2007
This review is from: Die Gartnerin Aus Liebe / Mozart Edition 34 (Audio CD)
Even if the conducting may not be to your taste. Even if the singspiel version lacked the elaborate recitatives but substituted for by German spoken dialogue, this version is still very attractive in that Cortubas, Norman and Trayanos gave outstanding performances, especially the young Jessye Norman as the secondo donna Arminda.
Prey and Unger did not gave their best performances here. Helen Donath may not be as good as Gruberova's Sandrina in Harnoncourt's Italian version of the same opera.
But Norman and Trayanos gave very touching portrayals to the two 'secondary roles'. The young Norman is such a sweet yet rich sound that you really need to hear it if you are interested in her singing.
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