In his published " Record Shelf Guide ", Svejda himself describes the book as " an irreverent, selective and highly opinionated recordings guide of the best classical CDs and audiocassettes . " He often has viewpoints that might be considered divergent from those of many other music critics.
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While admitting that they sometimes have turned out excellent recordings, Svejda has been critical of such illustrious musicians as Vladimir Horowitz and Arturo Toscanini, as well as Herbert von Karajan ( whom he has excoriated for his alleged Nazi past ) and especially Nikolaus Harnoncourt, whom Svejda has called an " incompetent bozo . " He tends to favor conductors and musicians who " do not " follow a printed musical score literally, and his guidebook, " The Record Shelf Guide to the Classical Repertoire ", often will recommend a controversial recording of a piece ( such as Sir Thomas Beecham's 1959 recording of Handel's " Messiah " ), alongside a more traditional one.
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