>> 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.)
