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. 1. Bizet - Carmen 2. Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 3. Brahms - Requiem 4. Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande 5. Puccini - La Bohème 6. Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 1 7. Sibelius - Violin Concerto 8. Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht 9. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 10. Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King 11. Wagner - Tristan and Isolde 12. Tchaikovksy - Violin Concerto 13. Elgar 14. Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtensk 15. Offenbach