Customer Reviews

Don Quijote de la Mancha (Audio CD) (Spanish Edition)

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This classic contains many antiquated words, therefore an abridged audio book version was welcome. Unfortunately, this production has flaws that prompted me to give up three quarters into it. Firstly, such a heavily abridged version should have concentrated on the main story, i.e. the adventures of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza, rather than get bogged in the many secondary stories. For instance, it contains too much of the soap-opera-like story of Don Fernando and Luscinda, while the episode where Don Quijote frees the convicts is only hinted at. In many places there are such gaps in the telling of these digressive secondary tales that you get lost. Replacing ancient word forms ("formosura") by their modern equivalents ("hermosura") was a good idea but why not do so throughout instead of only in the beginning? In fact there is a drop in quality towards the end and the undisputed talent of the speakers was wasted when they kept reading out sentences in an intonation out of step with their meaning ; or when they rendered whole sentences unintelligible by missing words (verbs, prepositions etc.). Had the speakers got bored with their job in the end? Were they running out of time or out of budget?

El producto es muy bueno, el texto es accesible para un amplio sector de personas interesadas en el gran libro. La edición es bastante buena. Realmente muy util para acercar esta gran historia a un gran público.
Muy recomendable.

Fantastic !
It's better than reading the book. Obviously, it does not go into all the details, but as you listen to the interpreters voices, and the music, you feel as if you are in a theater.
I'd strongly recommend it to anyone interested in a Classic rendition of one of the best books ever written.
Angel Aguilar

The audio quality and dramatic production are excellent. My husband said the acting scared him when he walked in the room not knowing what they were saying in Spanish!

Una maravillosa produccion. Me rei mucho con Sancho Panza. Los felicito por un buen trabajo; lo disfrute mucho.