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Polish Songs

I downloaded the 24/96 incarnation of the Polish Songs too, and I wonder if what Mr. fmak hears as a "lack of purity" is just the natural vocal production of an Eastern European singer. He complains that Ms. Sobotka's voice isn't captured with the "purity" of [Kathleen] Battle's recordings (? - if I'm reading his post correctly), but, again, that's just a difference in vocal production (e.g., different rates and widths of vibrato, etc.), and different tastes will respond accordingly. I wouldn't think it would have anything to do with the engineering set-up per se. In any case, I kind of like her voice myself, and I'm happy to have a complete performance of the Chopin songs (which are still fairly rarely encountered, compared with the rest of his output or with other song/Lied/Romance/Melodie composers) at this high level of accomplishment.

BTW, thanks again for your generosity in allowing so many of us to download these fine recordings - I'll post my reactions to the Albeniz disc in a separate post.

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