Critics get it wrong: classical music's worst reviews
Beethoven's Ninth? Too long. Carmen? Pretty dull, actually. Discover the famous classical music ripped to shreds by critics of the time.
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1. Bizet - Carmen
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2. Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
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3. Brahms - Requiem
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4. Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande
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5. Puccini - La Bohème
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6. Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 1
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7. Sibelius - Violin Concerto
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8. Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht
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9. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1
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10. Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King
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11. Wagner - Tristan and Isolde
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12. Tchaikovksy - Violin Concerto
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13. Elgar
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14. Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtensk
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15. Offenbach