Carmen “Flower Song” – Placido Domingo, 1978

January 22, 2010

This voice has a sort of muffled quality to it. I don’t quite understand it, but its different somehow. It’s more apparent in the top. It doesn’t quite feel solid. It seems akin to standing on ice somehow. The notes slide in and out of each other. I’d hate to think that it is just the advance of the recording technology, but there seems to be a little more fire in this performance than in Bjorlings. Especially around 2:23. That didn’t jump out at me at all in Bjorlings, but here it definitely did. Also the drama of 3:32 is more emphasized here.

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I have a printed catalogue of items available from Premiere. Two have particularly caught my attention – DVD 5724 Le Cid; and DVD 5158 Leontyne Price at the White House. Does anybody know how I can obtain them since they are not on the website?
by Stanley Henig February 11, 2010 at 5:44 am

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