Sad to know there are folks here getting butthurt over my reply to a question the OP asked directly. More than getting over me, someone might want to start getting over himself, LOL
Infantilism is alive and well in audio.
Recording as Artifact
The more I listen to classical music the more I feel as though the sound of the recording influences my opinion of a performance as much as the interpretation. The recording is an artifact of its own and necessarily should be judged as a total entity. Of course there are exceptions, such as horrid performances in great sound and visa versa. A legendary performance doesn’t have to have great sound to be appreciated. But other than that, generally I appreciate a recording as a combination of interpretation and sonics.