I recently bought the Membran Music-produced disc of the Callas/Karajan Butterfly. It is a complete recording of the original EMI version. The transfer sounds fine, but I've noticed something. On this transfer, disc 1 ends with track 17 in the middle of Act 2, Non lo sapete insomma. Disc 2, track 1 starts where disc 1 left off, in mid-scene; the aria is A voi pero guierere fede costante. So my question is, does the EMI version also stop and start in mid-scene at this place? This aria-interruptus is not noticeable on my iPod but on disc it is awful: right in the middle of the action, almost enough to make me buy the EMI version if disc 1 ends in a logical place. The two discs time out at 68:54 and 69:43 respectively, so perhaps there is simply not enough room to move the last four tracks on disc 1. However, in the only other version I have -- Chandos's Opera in English -- the transition comes at a different place and is not so abrupt. Mitch Friedfeld *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html