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download for $4.25 by going past the first to tracks of the album and just downloading the Mass:
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bought this for The Ruins of Athens conducted by Klee, but a whole lot more comes with it for a reasonable priced download....
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This was my other choice so I decided to have both.
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Shirley Verrett is AWESOME!
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More with English Subs (and several more of other composers at this person's channel):
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Couple of rarities, and with English subs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xsjSl6wP_Q
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Yes, I avoided La Traviata for years because I wasn't interested in a story about a whore. But when I saw a used copy featuring Renee Fleming at my music store one day, I bought it and was hooked. ...
Back when I watched the Solti DVD i gave it a 6 out of 10 rating. I just finished Gergiev and wow, it is worthy of a 9 or 10 out of 10.
I have ten Missa Solemnis recordings, but could not pass this one up at a great price:
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Sometimes I can live with the no happy ending: Tosca because Scarpia gets paid back for all the women he abused and Traviata because Violetta gives up her new found joy for the sake of her beau's...
I don't have Rusalka because the story did not appeal to me.
I have two videos, one with Teresa Stratas, and one with Lucia Popp. Both good. It is a delightful opera with much wonderul music and enough ballet music to make me happy (too much ballet is not...
This is an amateur production, sung in English. Might be worth a watch. I haven't really had a chance to explore it yet.
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Picked this up for around $26 on a special sale last year. I think the assessment below is a good one.
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I watched the Solti set a few years back, so started this one. Am 32 minutes in. Weird story.
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