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Reviews: Bizet: Carmen - Bernstein

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Site review by Castor March 22, 2015
Performance:   Sonics:  
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Review by Luukas May 31, 2015 (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
Performance:   Sonics:  
Another wonderful addition to the REMASTERED CLASSICS. Lenny's approach of Bizet's "Carmen" is historical in every ways. His tempo choices were surprising: sometimes he used traditional tempi and the other tempi - for example the opening Prélude - were much slower than normally.
I think that 4.0 surround sound - the quadraphonic recording - reaches the best results in operas. I mean that it really works with operas. It awakes the famous stories to the full bloom!
This recording was a good example. There were many sound effects - the off-stage voices and knockings, for example - and they all were captured thrillingly at the original quadraphonic tapes. There were also a dreamy cast. Marilyn Horne was cool and sexy gypsy; her voice was always strong and convincing. James MacCracken was emotional and sensitive Don José. The other singers were also very good.
The discs were packaged beautifully: they arrived with the hardcover book (nearly 200 pages). As Pentatone says: "Sit back and enjoy". Highly recommend, absolutely.

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