Title: The worst of the worst
Product review: Universal has used its PR department to hype a substandard performance of the Verdi Requiem. They obviously do not care about music - they care only about capitalizing on Bocelli's popularity. This performance is perhaps the worst of the worst! Bocelli lacks the weight, nuance, tone and musicianship necessary to sing the tenor part in the Requiem. As for Gergiev and the others - they should hang their head in shame. How anyone like Renee Fleming could participate in a recording like this mystifies me. Anyone who wishes to buy a truly great performance of this work should search [...] for the newly reissued Giulini/Philharmonia on EMI or the Ormandy/Philadelphia recording on Sony or the Muti/Philharmonia on EMI Forte. This recording is just plain POOR!
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