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The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe

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I have just downloaded the whole MP3 album Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone and found that the first two pieces are mixed and truncated improperly. As a matter of fact, the last 50 seconds of the first piece Gabriel's Oboe is actually the begining of the second piece The Falls. So both pieces are defective. I will report this and see how Amazon responds.

This is a beautiful piece of classical music. YoYo Ma's does a beautiful job of playing the piece on his cello. I would have given it five stars, but Amazon's MP3 file is truncated near the end. I have downloaded the file more than once and both copies were truncated. Not having ever heard this piece before, I can't say whether this abrupt ending is intentional or not. If any one else is familiar with this piece let me know and I will correct this review.

As a side note, Amazon does not make it very easy to report a defective MP3 download. In the case of this tune I believe the copy on their server is defective. I have submitted a complaint to their help desk. We shall see what happens. I have asked Amazon to either offer a corrected full version, or refund my 99 cents.