Manossg, I don't even think it's a question of "right/wrong".
so while I might have been a little hurt at first by the rather harsh reception my sonata received on this forum, I'm aware that this is a few people's opinions. My cello sonata likewise was badly received in some quarters, but see how it was received here?
Even firmly established composers have favourite works of their own, that the public seems to shun. My favourite Puccini opera is Suor Angelica (also Puccini's favourite among his oeuvre) yet it is his opera that gets the fewest performances and probably the most luke-warm reception in performance.
I can think of so many composers who have a "most popular work" and what I think are far superior yet ignored works. There's the Rachmaninov example I gave in a previous post, and I could cite a few here:
Ravel: Bolero, Daphnis, Concerto in G... and I think L'Enfant et les Sortilèges and the Concerto pour la main gauche FAR outshine those pieces
Barber: Adagio for strings, Violin concerto... and I think much more highly of his cello concerto and Prayers of Kierkegaard.
Sibelius: Violin concerto, 5th symphony, Finlandia... and I think his 7th symphony is a FAAAR superiour work.
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis and the Mathis symphony... and I think Die Harmonie der Welt and Symphonia Serena are so much more worthy of attention.
evn in filmscores:
Williams: Star Wars... and I think Close Encounters is light years ahead (excuse the space metaphore)
Horner: Titanic, Braveheart, Apollo 13... and I think his earliest work is his best - Brainstorm, Testament
so, taste. personal. nothing more. unless one can actually find "errors" in a score that can justify a more objective criticism.