John W. Bubbles, William Warfield - Porgy & Bess: High Performance
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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.
Free Music Review: Don't want to discourage...
Hit: 2 Stars
I don't want to discourage anyone from learning to love operatic singing, so if you love this CD, more power to you. I was mightily disappointed however. I am an opera "faniac" and of course a Leontyne Price admirer...but, here everything is wrong. The fact that it is "bleeding chunks" as one opera fan once described opera excerpts affected me more than I thought it would. The atmosphere just didn't establish The sonics were unappealing, but most of all the clincher for me was William Warfield's singing. He sounds threadbare in many places and his intonation was often cringe-worthy. I will never play this CD again.