Instruct: Classify an Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Lifeless performances

There are 2 things which can invest a life into a performance of music, and they're technique and feeling. Alas, both are absent in this recording by Russell Watson. As a result, the performances here are lifeless, uninteresting and technically deficient.I think the characteristics of this recording can also be heard from the very 1st track. Thus, I suggest people listen to this recording first before buying. Otherwise, they may be in for a great disappointment, unless they somehow like this kind of lifeless singing.