Samurai wrote:
> Evelyn,
>
> Stop being so bitchy.
"Bitchy"? Because I point out that recorded concerts often contain
strictly orchestral material along with operatic selections by the
artist headlined on the cover?
> A CD can contain about 74 minutes of sound. I
> bought a CD billed as a Corelli recital with no mention that it
> included orchestral segments.
Given the multitude of commercial CD's by most of the artists I favor,
it would never occur to me to BUY a "pirate" CD! FWIW, many commercial
CD's headlining a particular singer also include orchestral selections -
the Forlane "Wagner" disk of van Dam, for example. (A lot of the
commercially available CD's of Callas "in concert" contain comparatively
little of the diva's singing, also - I haven't heard Callas fans
complaining.)
> I would have liked to know in advance
> that I was buying only 20 minutes of Corelli. What if you bought a
> CD billed as a Caballe concert and it included only nine minutes of
> her singing because she sang only two songs?
Why on earth would I WANT to buy ANY CD of Caballe? (She's a long, long
way from the top of my list of favorite sopranos!) Ed's listings
usually provide the date and venue of the performance - perhaps he
expects his customers to do their homework before ordering "pirate"
recordings of performances not available commercially?
The Corelli CD was
> deceptively advertised and Ed refused to make amends.
Really? The only time I thought I had cause to complain of a selection
from Premiere, Ed send me a better quality replacement, no argument.
(It's true, I did find delivery a bit slow once or twice, but I assumed
that was to be expected from a one-man operation - especially since one
presumes it is not Ed's principal source of income.)
