Search - Georges Bizet, Armando La Rosa Parodi, Alfredo Kraus :: Bizet: The Pearl-Fishers

Misleading Information

M.J.Starr | Cambridge United Kingdom | 03/06/2001

(2 out of 5 stars)

"This is listed as a yr 2000 CD which is presumably the year it was issued. The accompanying notes state that it was recorded in 1960. Furthermore it was recorded at a live performance. The technical quality reflects both the age and the limitations of recording a live performance. Although the fervour of the live performance comes through perhaps it was not one of the best.If there are technical reasons why the 7th track on disk 2 is from some completely different recording, this should have been stated by the producers of the CD in the prepurchase notes so that one knew about it before purchasing, or did they just get them mixed up?All in all I would have chosen a different recording if I had known the true facts."

Better Than Carmen!

Cheryl E. Hatfield | Sun City, AZ USA | 09/23/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a lovely opera and deserves to be more widely known. It is beautifully sung here (except for one clinker by the soprano which I doubt is part of the score, but not having access to it I can't be sure) by lovely voices and backed by a fine orchestra and chorus. I hope someone can explain, though, why track 7 on the second cd is suddenly sung in English!"

Bizarro bizet

L. Mitnick | 05/20/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Have any reviewers mentioned yet that this opera is supposed to be sung IN FRENCH, not Italian? And, yes, cut#7 on CD #2, although listed properly in the liner notes, is some English song that has nothing to do with this opera. (I was listening to this coming home from work very late one night, and was convinced I'd finally gone around the bend, so strange was the effect!) And the soprano, Magarini,is majorly annoying. However!!!! Alfredo Kraus defies description,as always, and is so beguiling(and precise in diction, pitch and rhythm)that maybe you should buy this CD anyway."