Dynamic's recording of Luisa Miller is taken from a live 2006 performance at Teatro La Fenice. The sound is above average for a live recording; there is little extraneous noise, the balance is good, and the voices are always clearly audible. If anything, the singers are miked a little too closely, so the sound can become strident in the louder passages. This set has the advantage of being the first recording of the opera made using Jeffrey Kallberg's 2002 critical edition of the score. Kallberg's findings don't drastically ...
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Dynamic's recording of Luisa Miller is taken from a live 2006 performance at Teatro La Fenice. The sound is above average for a live recording; there is little extraneous noise, the balance is good, and the voices are always clearly audible. If anything, the singers are miked a little too closely, so the sound can become strident in the louder passages. This set has the advantage of being the first recording of the opera made using Jeffrey Kallberg's 2002 critical edition of the score. Kallberg's findings don't drastically alter the opera, but in correcting errors that diverge from Verdi's manuscript, he gets us a step closer to the composer's intentions. Darina Takova brings a warm rounded tone to Luisa, and negotiates both the character's tenderness and passion with dramatic conviction and persuasive musicality. Giuseppe Sabbatini's Rodolfo makes a strong match for Takova, with a secure, colorful tenor and a dramatically compelling presence, which more than compensate for some raggedness at his more...
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