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...

Edition France is the fourth entry in this series. First, we will select and vote on composers. Second, we will select and vote on compositions. For each of the two categories, the top ten will then be available for additional national/regional games. Composer Selection Rules: 1. You may vote...

Which opera was your first, which made you like the genre ? Also, do you have stories about operas which worked well for "recruiting" your friends or loved ones, otherwise new to opera ? And finally, do you have a story about an opera, which renewed your interest after a longer period of time...

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...

I love string music and just following another forum friend example am going to dedicate every day of the week time enough to listen quietly a string quartet. I will google for info about the particular opus and post any important info that I found, specially performers interview and so on...