Kevin Sutton writes: >Giuseppi Verdi: Manzoni Requiem. Renee Fleming, soprano; Olga Borodina, >mezzo soprano; Andrea Bocelli, tenor; Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, bass. Kirov >Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev, conductor. Philips 468079. > >This project should cost some record label executives their jobs. Billed >on its cover as "The Ultimate Verdi Requiem," this disaster of a recording >must surely have Verdi spinning in his grave. I have no opinions on the matter, but a rather different view is given by Richard Dyer in today's Boston Globe. He finds much to criticize about the performance, but is very positive about Bocelli. I found this surprising, since Dyer is usually rough on big reputaion stars who (in his opinion) don't perform up to reputation. Professor Bernard Chasan Physics Department, Boston University