Why do so many musicians avoid their own recordings?

Almost every performer or composer I've met cannot stomach hearing their own recordings - even when they're the best you could ever hope to hear. Why not?Talking to pianist Richard Goode for this week's Music Matters, he said something to me that seemed to take self-deprecation to new heights. I asked him if he listened to his recordings - "absolutely not!" he said, and looked shocked at the very idea. Thing is, that would be a weird reaction if it weren't so common: pretty well every musician o...

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