Candide and Sweeney Blu Ray

[davidbrian81]

Posted: 11/8/16 at 5:40pm

Hey, just a quick question.

Has anyone gotten the new blu rays of Candide and Sweeney with Patti Lupone?  Is the image and sound any better than the dvd's or is it the same quality as the DVD's?  I'm wondering if they are worth the repurchase. They still look kind of fuzzy to me on the youtube clips, with edging artifacts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQe1pJtfdB8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz8J9EEixPo

Thanks,

Dave

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 11/8/16 at 6:21pm

The blu-ray cover artwork for both titles alone is enough to get me to stick with my DVDs. What the hell?

[Whateverjsays]

Posted: 11/8/16 at 7:59pm

I always wished they had made an album for the Candide performance. Kristin and Patti were great together 

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 11/8/16 at 8:11pm

Is it possible Sweeney was not recorded in HD and that's why it looks so meh?

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 11/8/16 at 9:14pm

Both look like downgrades to me. The Sweeney picture looks terrible and didn't get high marks from the Bluray.com review I linked below .  I'll stick with my dvds.  

 
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Candide-Blu-ray/166374/

 

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sweeney-Todd-The-Demon-Barber-of-Fleet-Street-in-Concert-Blu-ray/161468/

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Updated On: 11/8/16 at 09:14 PM

[davidbrian81]

Posted: 11/9/16 at 5:42pm

Thank you so much for the reviews.  I looked last week on blu-ray.com and they didn't have them up yet.  Sad to see they also went with 2.0 sound on both.  The dvd's both have 5.1.  Guess I'll be sticking with those.

https://www.amazon.com/Leonard-Bernsteins-Candide-Great-Performances/dp/B0007WFXZI

https://www.amazon.com/Sweeney-Todd-Concert-George-Hearn/dp/B0000648Y0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478730881&sr=8-2&keywords=sweeney+todd+in+concert

looks like the dvd of Sweeney is out of print now.  Thank goodness I already have it,

p.s.  it's not too hard to make an audio cd from a dvd.  Easily searchable on google and free software.  Just watch out for malware. (I believe handbrake does this)