John W. Bubbles, William Warfield - Porgy & Bess: High Performance
|
Music CD Cover Artist: John W. Bubbles, William Warfield Conductor: Leontyne Price Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 1999-03-09 Music Label: RCA Soundtracks:
|
| New | New Usually ships in 1-2 business days | $8.13 | ||
| Used | Used Usually ships in 1-2 business days | $5.29 |
Your purchase is protected by the A-to-z Safe Buying Guarantee. Amazon.com automatically transfers your payment to the merchant so you'll never need to pay a merchant directly. Amazon.com A-to-z Safe Buying Guarantee covers both the delivery of your item and its condition upon receipt.
Free Music Notes for Porgy & Bess: High Performance Album
Free Music Review: Audio engineering disgraceful
Hit: 3 Stars
As wonderful and exceptional performers that Price and Warfield are, this recording is a disaster. It sounded as if the microphones were located in the second balcony and the voices come across as weak and lacking in spirit. The chorus, on the other hand, had a noticeably loud sonic presence, almost drowning out the principals, that made one think their voices were dubbed in later.Sportin' Life's rendition was lacking in spirit and intensity. Perhaps I'm too used to hearing Cab Calloway's and Sammy Davis Junior's version.
I've never been so disappointed in a CD purchase as this one.