This is why I tend to prefer "auteur" music; music composed, arranged, produced, performed, and ideally even mixed by the same person/small group of people. It

This is why I tend to prefer "auteur" music; music composed, arranged, produced, performed, and ideally even mixed by the same person/small group of people. It's a shame we'll never get to hear Beethoven or Mozart playing their pieces themselves, in their intended locations and with their preferred instruments and seats and such. I suspect it'd sound much better than any other performer who's interpreted their work.