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Jose Echenique wrote:

Did anyone here saw the Tim Burton film?

Well, the music is far better than what was on offer there. In this live Munich recording, with real opera singers and a fine symphony orchestra, Sweeney Todd becomes an important and innovative score.
( I still have nightmares of Johnny Depp singing the title role).

I endured a few minutes of it and then gave up, my daughter loves it, I DON'T!

Ha, ha. The film was indeed dreadful, and the singing even worse.
But the musical is not that bad. Tim Burton made a gory, gothic thing, but that was not Sondheim´s idea. Sweeney Todd is Grand Guignol, it´s a farce, but Burton made something sick and ugly out of it.

sheer beauty... both disks.

no concerns needed Fergus, this disk is absolutely magnificent... really beautiful harmonies, performed and recorded to the very highest standard...

another great new purchase...

I believe this is the last volume of the Vivaldi complete bassoon concertos.
Sergio Azzolini takes bassoon playing to a different level, quite simply, incomparable.

Jared wrote:

no concerns needed Fergus, this disk is absolutely magnificent... really beautiful harmonies, performed and recorded to the very highest standard...

....a strong recommendation Jared, thank you.

Jose Echenique wrote:

I believe this is the last volume of the Vivaldi complete bassoon concertos.
Sergio Azzolini takes bassoon playing to a different level, quite simply, incomparable.

Yes Pepe, he makes bassoon playing sound exciting!

Lovely recording of a really fantastic piece.