Recording Criticism

Recording Criticism is a branch of music criticism that analyzes and evaluates sound recordings of musical performances in terms of their interpretive, technical, and production characteristics, as well as their aesthetic and historical significance, as distinct from criticism of live performance.

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1.5K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Music Criticism

Children

Archival Recording AnalysisAudio Fidelity CriticismAuthenticity In RecordingsCanonical Recording AssessmentComparative Recording AnalysisCompilation ReviewCover Art CriticismCritical Listening MethodologyDigital Recording CriticismDynamic Range Criticism

Publications

The poetics of rock: cutting tracks, making records

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 236 citations

Humanities, Literature, Genre Studies +8

Deadness: Technologies of the Intermundane

Jason Stanyek, Benjamin Piekut · TDR/The Drama Review · 2010 · 211 citations

Humanities, Musicology, Performing Arts +10

Name that tune: Identifying popular recordings from brief excerpts

E. Glenn Schellenberg, Paul Iverson, Margaret C. McKinnon · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review · 1999 · 134 citations · Full text

Humanities, Musicology, Genre Studies +6

Unfree Masters: Recording Artists and the Politics of Work

John Dougan · Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas · 2014 · 117 citations

Humanities, Cultural Studies, Performance Practice +5

Beethoven recordings reviewed: a systematic method for mapping the content of music performance criticism

Elena Alessandri, Victoria J. Williamson, Hubert Eiholzer et al. · Frontiers in Psychology · 2015 · 76 citations · Full text

Humanities, Musicology, Music Analysis +13

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Authors

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Victoria J. Williamson
Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom
2 publications · 107 citations
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Elena Alessandri
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
2 publications · 107 citations
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John Mansfield Thomson
2 publications · 35 citations
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AW
Aaron Williamon
Royal College of Music, United Kingdom
2 publications · 107 citations
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Anthony Rowland-Jones
2 publications · 35 citations
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Institutions

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Venues

Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 5 publications · 388 citations
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Popular Music & Society
3 publications · 88 citations
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Frontiers in Psychology
2 publications · 107 citations
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Notes
2 publications · 41 citations
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Support for Learning
SfL · 1 publications · 14 citations
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