What are you listening 2 now?

[Madiel]

While I personally do not seek his opinion of anything out, I just wanted to note that I am glad when I hear of him enthusing about something, since I find his loudly opinionated dislikes utterly tiresome.

And yet, Hurwitz actually spends lots of his time enthusing. He has a lot more videos about recommendations than he does about the reverse.

So why is it that you and others seem to have a stereotype of him that only focuses on what he dislikes? Because his style is pretty much the same regardless of which way his opinion leans.

[Symphonic Addict]

All of these six pieces (two piano trios and 4 miscellaneous works for piano quartet) are very early Strauss (1877-1893), and despite they don't represent his distinguishable voice, the talent and charm are undeniable. A very entertaining disc.

[Karl Henning]

And yet, Hurwitz actually spends lots of his time enthusing. He has a lot more videos about recommendations than he does about the reverse.

So why is it that you and others seem to have a stereotype of him that only focuses on what he dislikes? Because his style is pretty much the same regardless of which way his opinion leans.

My impression was formed from a number of his Amazon reviews, in the days before his YouTube channel. If it were your impression, I shouldn't dismiss it as a stereotype. Perhaps at that time he was more eager to piss on recordings he didn't like, than to share the light of Enthusiasm.

[AnotherSpin]

Released on Bandcamp yesterday:

[Madiel]

My impression was formed from a number of his Amazon reviews, in the days before his YouTube channel. If it were your impression, I shouldn't dismiss it as a stereotype. Perhaps at that time he was more eager to piss on recordings he didn't like, than to share the light of Enthusiasm.

Frankly I think the most likely explanation is that negative reviews of things that a person personally likes are more likely to stick in the mind than any other combination of positives and negatives.

[Wanderer]

[Irons]

Coincidently Karl posted a YT link of the coupling earlier today. I listened to Serenata Concertante and found it to be a most interesting and surprising work. Made me sit up in my listening chair! Always a good sign.

[AnotherSpin]

[Traverso]

Mozart


pianoconcertos 20 & 24

Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux

Igor Markevich

[Madiel]

Mozart in all likelihood, Symphony no.42.

[Todd]

[Madiel]

Tubin: Symphony no.10



About time I got back to the Tubin series I bought, I stopped at the Requiem in mid-July! I don't have especially positive memories of my previous listen to no.10 some years back (though I think really it was the Requiem I struggled with more), but tonight it was thoroughly engaging.

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all,

First listen to Handel - Keyboard Suites (Richter, Gavrilov)



No.1 HWV 426 (Gavrilov)
No.2 HWV 427 (Gavrilov)
No.3 HWV 428 (Richter)

[Traverso]

Mozart


Mozart's Jupiter is a Symphony that appeals to me deeply, especially in the last movement, with a mixture of light and dark that never fails to make a crushing impression on me.  Not Mahler, Bruckner,  name them all, find their way so deeply to unsuspected places in my inner self. Like a sandstorm in the desert,  exposing elements that  were hidden.    I cannot sit still,so excited I am, long live Mozart 😍

[Brian]

Frankly I think the most likely explanation is that negative reviews of things that a person personally likes are more likely to stick in the mind than any other combination of positives and negatives.

In my professional experience, people are more likely to remember negative reviews in general, whether they like the object or not or even whether they have no experience of it at all. People still tell me their fond memories of reading negative reviews I wrote years ago, and we have stats to show how much more attention those "hits" get. (Not just readers but amount of time spent reading the article.)

Two days ago I bought a slim book of London critic Jay Rayner's harshest-ever reviews. In the intro, he notes that people think he's a professional hatchet-jobber even though he's negative about 20% of the time, positive 40%, and in the middle 40%. He also laments that, of course, there is no book of his nicest reviews because nobody would buy such a book. That observation made me very sad.

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Had a 10-hour flight yesterday and, before watching a couple movies, listened to these:



Now that I'm back in the office for the first time in 3 weeks, I'm streaming this new release:



Pärt - Fratres
Ravel - Sonata
L. Boulanger - Nocturne
Prokofiev - Sonata No. 2
Bacewicz - Humoresque; Lullaby; Slavonic Dance; Stained-Glass Window

[DavidW]

My impression was formed from a number of his Amazon reviews, in the days before his YouTube channel. If it were your impression, I shouldn't dismiss it as a stereotype. Perhaps at that time he was more eager to piss on recordings he didn't like, than to share the light of Enthusiasm.

Did DH do Amazon reviews?  I thought that was the Santa Fe Listener.  I always thought Hurwitz stuck to Classics Today.

[Spotted Horses]

Did DH do Amazon reviews?  I thought that was the Santa Fe Listener.  I always thought Hurwitz stuck to Classics Today.

I forgot about "Santa Fe Listener," to me one of the most exasperating presences on the internet.

It occurs to me I haven't come across and Santa Fe listener review in ages.

And memories of a "Matthew Tepper," who was ubiquitous on usenet, are coming back.

[Traverso]

Dvořák

Symphony No.9

Smetana
Má Vlast  (Moldau)

Liszt
Les Préludes

[Karl Henning]

Frankly I think the most likely explanation is that negative reviews of things that a person personally likes are more likely to stick in the mind than any other combination of positives and negatives.

That, in combination with Hurwitz' eagerness to be a self-important ass, essentially answers your initial q. I think.

[Karl Henning]

Did DH do Amazon reviews?  I thought that was the Santa Fe Listener.  I always thought Hurwitz stuck to Classics Today.

This was decades ago ....