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African-american Classical

African-American classical music stands as a rich, diverse genre that reflects the intricacies of Black cultural experience and musical innovation. It builds on a sturdy foundation of European classical traditions, interwoven with the rhythmic complexities, spiritual depth, and improvisational elements emblematic of African and African-American musical legacies. The genre encompasses a broad time span, featuring ragtime pioneers like Scott Joplin, the genre-fusing compositions of Duke Ellington, and contemporary maestros such as Michael Abels. Innovators like William Grant Still broke racial barriers, while others like Tyshawn Sorey and George Lewis continue to push the musical conversation forward, incorporating techniques from modern experimentalism and Free Jazz. African-American classical music serves as a resounding voice for a community's historical struggles, triumphs, and ongoing narrative.

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The Feline Beat - A Classical Cattitude

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•

Aaron Copland•

Alan Rawsthorne•

Alberto Ginastera•

Arthur Sullivan•

Benjamin Britten•

Camille Saint-Saëns•

Claudio Monteverdi•

Domenico Scarlatti•

Felix Mendelssohn•

Francis Poulenc•

Franz Lehár•

Gabriel Fauré•

George Frideric Handel•

Georges Bizet•

Gioachino Rossini•

Giuseppe Verdi•

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•

Henry Mancini•

Igor Stravinsky•

Johannes Ciconia•

Karlheinz Stockhausen•

Maurice Ravel•

Modest Mussorgsky•

Philippe Sarde•

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•

Samuel Barber•

Sergei Prokofiev•

Album - 38 Tracks - Released August 8, 2026

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August 8, 2026

The Feline Beat - A Classical Cattitude
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Aaron Copland•
Alan Rawsthorne•
Alberto Ginastera•
Anonymous•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Lehár•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•
Henry Mancini•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jerome Kern•
Johannes Ciconia•
Karlheinz Stockhausen•
Louis Ganne•
Maurice Ravel•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Nino Rota•
Philippe Sarde•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Traditional
38 tracks
August 7

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206: No. 3, Nigra sum
Claudio Monteverdi•
Traditional•
I Fagiolini
1 tracks
August 7

MY MOTHER'S SONG
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Fatoumata Diawara
1 tracks
August 1

Wildflowers Sleep
Traditional•
Anonymous
53 tracks
August 1

Summer Solace
Traditional•
Anonymous
41 tracks
August 1

Coastal Calm
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
August 1

Quiet Blossoms
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
August 1

Relaxing Blue
Traditional•
Anonymous
45 tracks
July 31

Bach: Johannes-Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Traditional•
Jordi Savall
68 tracks
July 31

Sunkissed Meadow
Traditional•
Anonymous
58 tracks
July 31

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: II. Allegro scherzando
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Simon Trpčeski•
Royal Scottish National Orchestra•
Thomas Søndergård
1 tracks
July 31

Traditional Gaelic Songs in Gaelic
Minim•
Traditional
10 tracks
July 31

Chiri Chuki Pahu Phuti
Traditional
1 tracks
July 31

de Machaut: Douce dame jolie
Guillaume de Machaut•
Chanticleer
1 tracks
July 31

Soft Canopy
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
July 31

Relax Summer Sounds
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
July 30

SUMMERTIME (feat. Duke Ellington)
Tumbao Experience•
Duke Ellington
1 tracks
July 30

Breathing the Open Air
Anonymous•
Traditional
43 tracks
July 29

NAPOLETANI EMIGRATI
Traditional
7 tracks
July 29

Resting Earth
Anonymous•
Traditional
58 tracks
July 26

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 14
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
July 26

The Musical World of Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti•
Wiener Philharmoniker•
Philadelphia Orchestra
17 tracks
July 25

Main Mor Hoon
Traditional
1 tracks
July 25

DOLCE VITA IN ITALIA
Traditional
8 tracks
July 24

J.S. Bach, Choralgesänge, Vol. 3
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Alessandro Simonetto
65 tracks
July 24

Heartland Poem
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
4 tracks
July 24

Symphony No.3 (Metaphysica) & Harp Concerto
Joe Hisaishi•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Emmanuel Ceysson
6 tracks
July 24

Hymn to the Sun
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Amilcare Ponchielli•
André Messager•
Antonio Caldara•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Antônio Carlos Jobim•
Arthur Sullivan•
Aulis Sallinen•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Daniel Auber•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Duke Ellington•
Déodat de Séverac•
Eduardo di Capua•
Edward Elgar•
Einojuhani Rautavaara•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Eugène Ysaÿe•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gerald Finzi•
Gioachino Rossini•
Gustav Holst
108 tracks
July 24

IGIRIGI
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
1 tracks
July 24

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206: No. 1, Deus in adiutorium meum intende
Claudio Monteverdi•
Traditional•
I Fagiolini
1 tracks
July 23

Canzoni Popolari Siciliane vol. 3
Traditional•
Anonymous
19 tracks
July 17

Main Theme (From "The Shape of Water") [Perf. on Piano]
Alexandre Desplat•
Alessandro Simonetto
1 tracks
July 17

The Art of Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman•
Alexander Glazunov•
Anton Arensky•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Christian Sinding•
Claude Debussy•
Cécile Chaminade•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edward Elgar•
Enrico Toselli•
Ernest Bloch•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Frank London•
Franz Lehár•
Fritz Kreisler•
Frédéric Chopin•
George Gershwin•
Henri Vieuxtemps•
Igor Stravinsky•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jacques Offenbach•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Jules Massenet•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Manuel de Falla•
Maria Theresia von Paradis•
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco•
Niccolò Paganini•
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov•
Oskar Rieding•
Percy Grainger•
Manuel Ponce•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Robert Schumann•
Scott Joplin•
Sergei Prokofiev
97 tracks
July 13

"065 Piano Essentials": Serenata
Various Artists
65 tracks
July 13

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 12
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
July 12

"068 Piano Essentials": Wild Rose
Various Artists
68 tracks
July 12

Canzoni Popolari Calabresi vol. 2
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
July 11

"077 Piano Essentials": Delicatessa
Various Artists
77 tracks
July 10

Suite from "The Theory of Everything": IV. Forces of Attraction (Perf. on Piano)
Jóhann Jóhannsson•
Alessandro Simonetto
1 tracks
July 9

Canzoni Popolari Calabresi vol. 1
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks

August 8, 2026

The Feline Beat - A Classical Cattitude
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Aaron Copland•
Alan Rawsthorne•
Alberto Ginastera•
Anonymous•
Arthur Sullivan•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Lehár•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•
Henry Mancini•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jerome Kern•
Johannes Ciconia•
Karlheinz Stockhausen•
Louis Ganne•
Maurice Ravel•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Nino Rota•
Philippe Sarde•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Traditional
38 tracks
August 1

Wildflowers Sleep
Traditional•
Anonymous
53 tracks
August 1

Relaxing Blue
Traditional•
Anonymous
45 tracks
August 1

Summer Solace
Traditional•
Anonymous
41 tracks
August 1

Coastal Calm
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
August 1

Quiet Blossoms
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
July 31

Soft Canopy
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
July 31

Bach: Johannes-Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Traditional•
Jordi Savall
68 tracks
July 31

Sunkissed Meadow
Traditional•
Anonymous
58 tracks
July 31

Relax Summer Sounds
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
July 31

Traditional Gaelic Songs in Gaelic
Minim•
Traditional
10 tracks
July 30

Breathing the Open Air
Anonymous•
Traditional
43 tracks
July 29

Resting Earth
Anonymous•
Traditional
58 tracks
July 29

NAPOLETANI EMIGRATI
Traditional
7 tracks
July 26

The Musical World of Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti•
Wiener Philharmoniker•
Philadelphia Orchestra
17 tracks
July 26

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 14
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
July 25

DOLCE VITA IN ITALIA
Traditional
8 tracks
July 24

J.S. Bach, Choralgesänge, Vol. 3
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Alessandro Simonetto
65 tracks
July 24

Symphony No.3 (Metaphysica) & Harp Concerto
Joe Hisaishi•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Emmanuel Ceysson
6 tracks
July 24

Hymn to the Sun
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Amilcare Ponchielli•
André Messager•
Antonio Caldara•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Antônio Carlos Jobim•
Arthur Sullivan•
Aulis Sallinen•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Loewe•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Daniel Auber•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Duke Ellington•
Déodat de Séverac•
Eduardo di Capua•
Edward Elgar•
Einojuhani Rautavaara•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Eugène Ysaÿe•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gerald Finzi•
Gioachino Rossini•
Gustav Holst
108 tracks

August 7, 2026

MY MOTHER'S SONG
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Fatoumata Diawara
1 tracks
August 7

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206: No. 3, Nigra sum
Claudio Monteverdi•
Traditional•
I Fagiolini
1 tracks
July 31

de Machaut: Douce dame jolie
Guillaume de Machaut•
Chanticleer
1 tracks
July 31

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: II. Allegro scherzando
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Simon Trpčeski•
Royal Scottish National Orchestra•
Thomas Søndergård
1 tracks
July 31

Chiri Chuki Pahu Phuti
Traditional
1 tracks
July 30

SUMMERTIME (feat. Duke Ellington)
Tumbao Experience•
Duke Ellington
1 tracks
July 25

Main Mor Hoon
Traditional
1 tracks
July 24

IGIRIGI
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
1 tracks
July 24

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206: No. 1, Deus in adiutorium meum intende
Claudio Monteverdi•
Traditional•
I Fagiolini
1 tracks
July 17

Main Theme (From "The Shape of Water") [Perf. on Piano]
Alexandre Desplat•
Alessandro Simonetto
1 tracks
July 10

Suite from "The Theory of Everything": IV. Forces of Attraction (Perf. on Piano)
Jóhann Jóhannsson•
Alessandro Simonetto
1 tracks
June 29

Bantureethi Koluvu
Traditional
1 tracks
June 26

Harp Concerto: Movement 2
Joe Hisaishi•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra•
Emmanuel Ceysson
1 tracks
June 26

Theme (From "Twin Peaks") [Performed on Piano]
Angelo Badalamenti•
Alessandro Simonetto
1 tracks
June 21

Waho Waho Gobind Singh Aape Gur Chela
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
June 19

Death Letter Blues
Taj Mahal•
Chineke! Orchestra
1 tracks
June 13

Remembering Emilie (From "War Horse") [Arr. for Piano by Alessandro Simonetto]
John Williams•
Alessandro Simonetto
1 tracks
June 9

Ram Naam Jap
Traditional
1 tracks
June 5

Orff: Carmina Burana: XXII. Tempus est iocundum
Carl Orff•
Chen Reiss•
Reginald Mobley•
Detroit Symphony Orchestra•
Jader Bignamini
1 tracks
June 3

Mann Beche Satgur Ke Paas
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks