Steve, fear not, I'm not throwing all the Romantic babies out with the bath water. It's the over-blown, hyper emotional stuff that makes me think, "Oh, give me a break!". I feel the same about some modern "folk" interpretations as well (High Kings, I'm talking to you).
Some Brahms, some Schumann, even some Wagner. And no, I don't lump the great Beethoven in with the bunch- he stands alone.