I actually own this full concert, which was essentially an arias concert forecasting the roles she would be singing for the next 4 years. The speed of this recording is off and sounds quite distorted. At some point, I plan to repost several of these recordings that have popped up online since Bumbry's death. I think everyone appreciates the sentitment behind these posts, but with such poor upload quality, they actually, to my way of thinking, do her a serious disservice as they don't sound like her.
Thank you for your comment. I do appreciate your point regarding poor recordings, but I think they still have historical value and some people may be happy to have a poor recording of a given event rather than not having a recording at all. This is the reason why I shared this recording (as well as others of not very high quality). I wish I were able to fix the speed and the sound, but unfortunately I am not. Fortunately, we have better recordings of Ms. Bumbry in this aria. Best regards.
I actually own this full concert, which was essentially an arias concert forecasting the roles she would be singing for the next 4 years. The speed of this recording is off and sounds quite distorted. At some point, I plan to repost several of these recordings that have popped up online since Bumbry's death. I think everyone appreciates the sentitment behind these posts, but with such poor upload quality, they actually, to my way of thinking, do her a serious disservice as they don't sound like her.
Thank you for your comment. I do appreciate your point regarding poor recordings, but I think they still have historical value and some people may be happy to have a poor recording of a given event rather than not having a recording at all. This is the reason why I shared this recording (as well as others of not very high quality). I wish I were able to fix the speed and the sound, but unfortunately I am not. Fortunately, we have better recordings of Ms. Bumbry in this aria. Best regards.