Back in 2016, we had a wonderful exchange of views on the nature of profundity in the arts. The whole objectivist/subjectivist thang was aired as part of the discussion, as was the linked Understanding versus Appreciating a work. These topics have a life of their own, but I enjoyed this thread...

This is stage one of the eigth game in the "Favorite Recordings Of..." project. The goal here is to nominate recordings for Bach's Cello Suites. Separate participants may nominate the same recording several times, but the same person may not. Nominations end after 7 days, or 1 day of...

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...

Welcome to the "String Quartets 1972-2021" game. We nominated 160 works, which will be voted on in ten preliminary rounds, followed by three semi-finals, and one final. Selections and line-ups can be found here. The rules: 1) you may vote once during your calendar day. 2) you have 10 points to...

Welcome to the WORDLE composers game - inspired by the popular on-line five letter word word guessing game. 1. Only composers whose family name consists of five uninterrupted letters can be elected (so no du Fay or d'Indy). 2. The Wikipedia spelling is the guideline - otherwise, it will be my...