But reviewers agree that the recording succeeds--in spite of Domingo, and in spite of James Levine's overblown conducting (Alan Blyth, the Daily Telegraph )--mainly because of the cast, which includes soprano Cecilia Bartoli and Thomas Hampson.
Bartoli and Hampson save the recording, because they are among the best at their trade.
mnli hypothesis: Bartoli and Hampson save the recording, because they are among the best at their trade. premise: But reviewers agree that the recording succeeds--in spite of Domingo, and in spite of James Levine's overblown conducting (Alan Blyth, the Daily Telegraph )--mainly because of the cast, which includes soprano Cecilia Bartoli and Thomas Hampson.