http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=7267 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=7267&cpage=1#comment-219082 Fred Miller Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:55:50 +0000 http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=7267#comment-219082 Despite Kozinn's great talents, the oily, shifting sands of the NYT's classical music staff are no surprise. Having been variously disturbed and outraged over decades of "grumpy" (not to say, pompous, elitist, and missing-the-point) reviews by a long standing Classical Music Editor, it seems that the criteria for excellence are as flaccid as those for taste or responsible reportage, at least in the Classical Music area. With condolences to Mr. Kozinn, he must have seen it coming. Despite Kozinn’s great talents, the oily, shifting sands of the NYT’s classical music staff are no surprise. Having been variously disturbed and outraged over decades of “grumpy” (not to say, pompous, elitist, and missing-the-point) reviews by a long standing Classical Music Editor, it seems that the criteria for excellence are as flaccid as those for taste or responsible reportage, at least in the Classical Music area. With condolences to Mr. Kozinn, he must have seen it coming.

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