> 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.)
