I hate badging your comment so early because I've noticed it sometimes turns a comment into a "Final say on the issue" and hurts discussion, but I've been typing this argument out in as many words for, maybe not quite as long as you have, but long enough. People have been complaining about this shit, quality AND volume for well over two hundred years. This is ESPECIALLY frustrating because often classical music gets trotted out as if it's some sort of fucking paragon of creativity or some shit. But then they just fucking ignore how much classical music is legitimate turd (I know, i've played some of it), and how much of that legitimate turd is subsequently forgotten. We've had 200-500 years to lose the worst of the shit in classical music, and some it still won't wipe away. We're seeing a dietician about our fibre. People like shitty music because it's happy, it's danceable, and they don't have to think about it. Not everyone is serious about music, but it's everywhere and a useful substitute for conversation when you're doing shit alone, so those people turn to music that you don't need to be serious about. I do not begrudge them. And in terms of Volume? in the game of volume, Organs Win, and the rest of us just try to keep up with amplifiers. —Arturo Toscanini to the NBC Orchestra"After I die, I shall return to earth as a gatekeeper of a bordello and I won't let any of you enter."
Why do you think Bach had so many kids? He needed them to stoke the boilers and use the bellows for his church organs in Leipzig.
Hahaha, what an incredible douche! He's even worse than André Rieu. I saw another couple of videos with him, and he's clearly a fantastic player, but I don't know if I could ever get past that absolute trainwreck of a personality. I must admit, though, that as long as I don't watch him play, I kind of enjoy listening to him.