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5.0 out of 5 stars
If you like the Barber of Seville, you'll love this one!, September 9, 1998
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This review is from: Rossini - La Cenerentola / Bartoli, Dara, Matteuzzi, Corbelli, Pertusi; Chailly [highlights] (Audio CD)
I was unfamiliar with La Cenerentola until I bought this disk. It's great! It has the same style of rythm and melody in the vocal lines that pervades the Barber and which, to me, makes Rossini great. I'm not usually a huge fan of Cecelia Bartoli, but she does a really nice job in this recording - much less of the harsh glare I often hear in her voice. William Matteuzzi is a great lyric singer as well. I originally bought the disk because he was on it.
If you're an audiophile, you will find the recording above par, but the soundstage is a little narrow. I guess I'd give the performance 5 stars and the recording 4 stars.
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LOVE THE SINGER AND ROSSINI, September 24, 2008
This review is from: Rossini - La Cenerentola / Bartoli, Dara, Matteuzzi, Corbelli, Pertusi; Chailly [highlights] (Audio CD)
TAPED THIS OFF SKY PERFORMANCE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BEFORE THE CHANNEL DETERIORATED INTO THE MESS IT WAS BEFORE BEING SCRAPPED RECENTLY, THIS USED TO BE AN EXCELLENT CHANNEL 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO BUT OF LATE WAS SO BAD I KNEW IT WAS DOOMED JUST LIKE SKY ARTS BEING GIVEN THE KISS OF DEATH BY ITS NEW OWNERS SKY, WHEN WILL THIS GO THE SAME WAY?
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