The 2023 ALDA (Avoid Like Death Awards) Are Here, Featuring The Year's 10 Worst Recordings!

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  @dennischiapello7243 · 2 years ago

  "Bursting the bonds of the merely audible and transgressing into the olfactory!" My first hearty laugh of the day (after my Far Side daily calendar.)

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• LE

  @leestamm3187 · 2 years ago (edited)

  When my notification popped up for this year's ALDA's, I automatically expected something from Thielemann and/or Rattle in the list. You did not disappoint.

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• DM

  @dmntuba · 2 years ago

  Idea for possibly fun, entertaining video...The retro ALDA awards.<br>ALDA based on recordings from different eras, 1953,1958, 1963,etc 😊

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• DA

  @davekeyes5589 · 2 years ago

  I was going to make kabobs for NYE, but the stores are all out of skewers. &nbsp;That’s okay, for you used them splendidly.<br><br>Happy New Year, good sir.

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• KO

  @kostastopouzis7479 · 2 years ago

  First time I hear a prayer beginning with the word &quot;Dude...&quot;

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• KR

  @kristian6566 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This was my first time seeing the ALDA&apos;s: I was rolling on the floor laughing! Thanks so much for all the great reviews and other videos this year Dave!

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  @violamateo-on8pc · 2 years ago

  With all the proliferation of &quot;historically informed&quot; performances on instruments playing at 415 (instead of 440), gut strings, &quot;natural&quot; horns, etc., etc., my dream is that Händel would time travel into the present day and would choose as his favorite &quot;Water&quot; and &quot;Royal Fireworks&quot; recordings, those done of the Hamilton Harty version!:yougotthis:

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  @wheresmyespressobro · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QtpMPXV87I&amp;t=1602">26:42</a> Yes, please do a separate ALDAs for Bruckner; I think a lot of people would like it.

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• MA

  @mancal5829 · 2 years ago

  Mr. Hurwitz, have you thought of doing a &quot;Party record&quot; series? Records so bad they&apos;re good. Just a thought.

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• ST

  @stevemcclue5759 · 2 years ago

  Happy New Year, Dave! Lang may yer lum reek!

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• FO

  @foreignwindow · 2 years ago

  &quot;Surely, you&apos;re exaggerating Dave&quot;, I thought to myself as you described Mehta&apos;s Beethoven cycle; nope, you weren&apos;t exaggerating. It is horrible. You are performing an important service in exposing this mess. No one should spend a dime on this cycle and go away thinking that this is what Beethoven should sound like. Bravo, Mr. Hurwitz, bravo.

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  @ycloon · 2 years ago

  Thanks, Dave. A most entertaining takedown! Happy New Year!

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