Complex sentence: Fortunately, the sound of Battistini's high-placed baritone voice took well to the primitive acoustic recording process and he also handled the trying conditions of the early sound' studio' much better than did many of his contemporaries.
Split into simpler sentences: Fortunately, the sound of Battistini's high-placed baritone voice took well to the primitive acoustic recording process. He also handled the trying conditions of the early sound' studio' much better than did many of his contemporaries.