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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
great music but dreadful sound,
By Jaromir Benesch (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas: Mignon (Mexico City, 28.06.1949) (Audio CD)
I bought this album after reading glowing reviews here. I already had some idea of the sweet charming music and badly wanted a recording. But the sound quality is probably the worst I have ever heard on an opera album. Recorded live in Mexico in 1949 the sound is like recordings from 20 years earlier. I find it almost impossible to listen. Mignon was recently performed live in New York City which means someone is interested in reviving it. I'd advise waiting for a new album no matter how desperate you are.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poorest sound quality ever,
This review is from: Thomas: Mignon (Mexico City, 28.06.1949) (Audio CD)
I myself sang in the chorus of this opera in New York City recently, and just wanna keep a CD recording for myself. After weeks of delay I finally got this CD, but it was so disappointing. The sound quality of the recording was the poorest I've ever heard. It could be worse than anything you could hear through a radio station when you are in the middle of a desert. And through the poor sound quality, somehow the lyrics didn't sound like French to me. Sorry, it is too unclear and I totally don't know what's going on.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ambroise at his best,
By chris jenkins (Slums of Madison) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thomas: Mignon (Mexico City, 28.06.1949) (Audio CD)
When I first heard this album I thought I had died and gone to heaven. It is a stunning example of Thomas Ambroise's genius. He is not well known to the average Joe on the street but he should be. If you are tired of the "old masters" then try Thomas Ambroise; you will find youself delight with his originality. The music is uplifting. His melodic sensibilities and mixing of voices is sublime. Go for it!
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ambroise at his best,
By chris jenkins (Slums of Madison) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Thomas: Mignon (Mexico City, 28.06.1949) (Audio CD)
When I first heard this album I thought I had died and gone to heaven. It is a stunning example of Thomas Ambroise's genius. He is not well known to the average Joe on the street but he should be. If you are tired of the "old masters" then try Thomas Ambroise; you will find youself delight with his originality. The music is uplifting. His melodic sensibilities and mixing of voices is sublime. Go for it!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, regretably overlooked opera,
By D. R. Schryer (Poquoson, VA United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Thomas: Mignon (Mexico City, 28.06.1949) (Audio CD)
I agree with reviewer Chris Jenkins that Mignon is a beautiful opera. Yet, despite its beauty, it inexplicably -- and, in my opinion, unjustly -- lies outside the standard repertory. I love this opera; it is on my personal top ten list -- ahead of many far more famous operas. If you are an opera lover looking for a hidden treasure please give Mignon a try.
Incidentally, the composer's name was Ambroise Thomas, not Thomas Ambroise, as stated in an earlier review. |
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