Goldsmith , known among his peers as an opinionated musician , was recommended by one of his instructors to become a music critic . Goldsmith began writing music criticism as a record reviewer for '' High Fidelity '' in 1960 , where he became an influential voice during the " heyday of the classical LP " . His friends claimed that he could remember " every note of music he 's ever heard " . In a 2013 interview with New York City culture critic Sara Fishko , he recalled a performance by Toscanini 60 years earlier : " The one that really blew me away is the '' Eroica '' he did on December 6 , 1953 , because I already was well familiar with the piece from his 1949 recording " . While Goldsmith could be effusive over performances , he became well known early in his criticism career for his barbed reviews . Remembering a review of Chopin preludes performed by Alexander Brailowsky , he said , " I really roasted it ... I said , ' Alexander Brailowsky indulges in cliches and vagaries of taste . His performance is grotesque , fragmentary and clumsy . ' " He went on to write for '' High Fidelity '' s successor publication , '' Musical America '' , as well as contributing to '' Opus '' , the '' New York Post '' , and '' The New York Times '' . He also provided liner notes for many re-releases of classical music recordings , and organized a 12 disc set recordings by Guido Cantelli , which he annotated . He shared a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album for his liner notes accompanying '' The Heifetz Collection ''
1995 Grammy Award
38th Annual Grammy Awards
Harris Goldsmith