Unless you revere conductor Carlos Kleiber -- and it should be noted that many listeners rate him as the finest conductor of the latter part of the twentieth century -- you should absolutely stay away from this undated pirate recording of Verdi's Otello from the Bavarian State Opera. Why? Because frankly it sounds as if it were taped by someone in the audience using a tiny handheld microphone: it's dim in quiet passages, distorted in loud passages, and distant all the time. And even if you do revere Kleiber, this should ...
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Unless you revere conductor Carlos Kleiber -- and it should be noted that many listeners rate him as the finest conductor of the latter part of the twentieth century -- you should absolutely stay away from this undated pirate recording of Verdi's Otello from the Bavarian State Opera. Why? Because frankly it sounds as if it were taped by someone in the audience using a tiny handheld microphone: it's dim in quiet passages, distorted in loud passages, and distant all the time. And even if you do revere Kleiber, this should probably not be the first recording of his Otello you should hear. There's a 1976 pirate recording from La Scala with Plácido Domingo in the title role and Mirella Freni as Desdemona that far surpasses this one not only in quality of sound but in vocal performance as well.But if you revere Kleiber, you have the La Scala recording, and you can take awful sound, you should definitely check out this recording. Carlo Cossutta's Otello has a tremendously virile voice and if his...
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Add this copy of Otello to cart. $129.99, like new condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Golden Melodram.
