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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
The Best Recording Ever of Romeo & Juliet
15 Jan 2000
Format:Audio CD
Plasson is a noted interpreter of French repertoire, and it shows. Gheorghiu, and Alagna present themselves very well and make the characters very believable. Ghoerghiu's voice is so exciting in this version, and she fully develops the character.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Better than live
18 Mar 2001
Format:Audio CD
For once an opera recording is better than the live performance. While Alagna has a lovely sound and good height even on the top of his voice, the fact remains he's rather "small" vocally for large operatic stages. However, he comes across wonderfully in this recording, where his tone is greatly helped by not having topush to be heard over his wife. Gheorghiu, with her sharp attack and powerful voice, doesn't fare so well in recordings. There is a bit of that odd, over-amplified sound that one often gets with studio recordings of large voices; one really needs space for her to sound her best. Overall, the orchestra was technically good, but somehow lacking in feeling. Also, the tempo for the "Juliet's waltz" in Act 1 sounds very odd. Being just a hair too fast for comfortable listening, it feels as though it's being played at the wrong speed. The low point for Gheorghiu is definately the iffy chromatic scale in the waltz and some interesting liberalities she takes with rests, though some of her runs are spectacularly clean. It's too bad she has to scale back her voice so much to sing with Alagna, there's so much intensity in her voice. The high point of the recording, especially for a student or serious listener, is the beautiful diction throughout the recording. Every syllable is clean and precise, both a joy to listen to, and a great help for study.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
a terrific romeo
28 Dec 1999
Format:Audio CD
this is the best recording of romeo available now.alagna is the one and only romeo.he won the laurence olivier award and covent gardens performance of the year.he certainly is not just a cabaret singer.
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