The whole point of music reviews is to give an opinion of a recorded performance and judging by the footfall on this site, the existence of other websites of a similar nature, plus the long-time publication of well-known monthly journals, it is something many people find interesting.
Personally, I occasionally read reviews where the conclusions drawn lead me to question the reviewer's sanity. I'm sure the same thing happens when others read reviews penned by myself !
If everybody liked the same thing, the world would be a boring place. However it is always going to be inevitable that some recordings are better than others and whilst I have no doubt that Mr Fischer hasn't listened to as many recordings of Alexander Nevsky as Ralph Moore, the very fact that he has allowed a recording to be released of him conducting the work is inviting music critics, such as Mr Moore, to compare it to other available versions - it's what they do. No-one is obliged to agree with a critic's opinion and if the review appears "tiresome", perhaps not reading it in the first place would be a prudent thing to do.
Maybe with regards to this particular recording, the end results captured haven't quite done justice to the excitement and immediacy of the music-making as experienced by Mr Walz who attended the one of the concerts himself. It has happened to us all.
Best
lee
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