Current Listening Vol VIII A new thread for the same subject matter. The previous thread, Current Listening Vol VII, has become another huge file and slow to load. Since this particular thread is the most popular one on the site, we have created this new volume to continue posting. Links to...

How can you "understand" a work, and not "appreciate" it? Maybe you think you "understand", but in reality there are still some things about the work you don't "understand", so you don't "appreciate" it? Does the term "understanding" have significant meaning when it comes to music appreciation?

Hi everyone, about a week ago I was going through Heifetz’s discography on Spotify and I saw chaconne. For some reason I didn’t look at the composer so I was expecting Bach’s famous chaconne and then through my speakers I heard a deep organ sound and I was transfixed. What followed was some of...

Welcome to the final of the "Concertante 1972-2021" game. We nominated 176 works, which were first voted on in eleven preliminary rounds, reducing the field to 48. Then there were three semi-finals, and now the final. Selections and line-ups can be found here. The rules: 1) you may vote once...

I thought this forum deserved a 'Currently Listening To...' topic, so here it is! Now Playing: Octavarium by Dream Theater (24 minutes of sheer genius!)