The music deserves better
c | 03/13/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The attached program notes aren't very informative, but this recording seems to have been made at a live performance, which explains the occasional knocks and thuds. And the accoustics aren't great; the music often is unclear and distant. Washroom echoes. The singing is weak; here and there you may be reminded of mewing kittens. That said, the opera is wonderful, tuneful, gracious, and fun. I'd pass on this performance. The music deserves better. About 20 years ago DGG & Daniel Barenboim did a much better Matrimonio . Hope for for a re-release."
Cima-no-va...
Amy Glenn | San Francisco, CA | 10/01/2005
(2 out of 5 stars)
"This is the worst excuse for an opera recording I've ever heard. The singers are horribly out of tune, the strings aren't together, and there is no english translation in the liner notes."