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In Reply to: RE: Tosca. (NT) posted by Kal Rubinson on June 28, 2009 at 10:57:10
I assume you have two Tosca in the box. The former - mono, in excellent sound yet - under De Sabata, is the one all of us are (presumably) hinting at. The latter is a much weaker stereo remake under Pretre (if I recall correctly).
The same applies also to other operas. For instance for Traviata you will again have an earlier mono recording (recorded in Turin with the RAI forces) which, albeit far from perfect, is a good testimony to Callas in her prime.
L.
. . . on one of those funky EMI DVD's which is mostly audio but which has the Royal Opera House video except from Act II (with Callas and Gobbi). But this disc is not a DVD-Audio, so you don't need a special player to play it (just a regular DVD player). The reason I mention this is that the audio portion (i.e., the De Sabata recording) is 16/48, rather than 16/44.1 (if that tiny bit of sampling rate extension means anything!). I've got it, it sounds good, and it was cheap ($7.99)! The BRO code is 130008.EDIT: And I forgot to mention - it's all on one disc!
Edits: 06/29/09
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