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August 7, 2026

Lunaris
Bruce Liu•
Frédéric Chopin•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alexander Scriabin•
John Cage
19 tracks
August 7

Glass: Etude No. 5 (Arr. for 7 Celli by C. Thomas and L. Francisco)
Philip Glass•
Camille Thomas•
Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
1 tracks
July 31

Philip Glass: Evening Song No.3
Philip Glass
1 tracks
July 31

Stringsongs: I. Cliff Light
Meredith Monk
1 tracks
July 24

Currier: Ringtone Variations for Violin and Double Bass, Pt. 3
Sebastian Currier•
Anne-Sophie Mutter
1 tracks
July 17

Terry Riley & Samuel Clay Birmaher: The Holy Liftoff
Terry Riley•
Claire Chase•
JACK Quartet
22 tracks
July 10

Mythology - A Musical Odyssey Through Ancient Legends
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Aaron Jay Kernis•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alonso Mudarra•
Ambroise Thomas•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Campra•
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry•
Anonymous•
Antoine Forqueray•
Anton Rubinstein•
Antonio Caldara•
Antonio Sacchini•
Antonio Salieri•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arnold Bax•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Honegger•
Arvo Pärt•
Barbara Strozzi•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Heinrich Graun•
Carl Loewe•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Orff•
Charles Gounod•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Darius Milhaud•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Edward German•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Bloch•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Florent Schmitt
148 tracks
June 26

Philip Glass: Orbit (Arr. for Cello by Ophélie Gaillard)
Philip Glass•
Ophélie Gaillard
1 tracks
June 12

Monolithes
Steve Reich
3 tracks
June 12

55
Katia Labèque•
Philip Glass•
Marielle Labèque•
Claude Debussy•
Maurice Ravel•
Arvo Pärt
55 tracks
June 5

Hourglass
Philip Glass•
Simone Dinnerstein•
Baroklyn
6 tracks
May 29

Reich: Different Trains - II. Europe – During the War
Steve Reich•
Quatuor Zaïde
1 tracks
May 22

"Cinema in Bloom: Iconic Soundtracks"
John Williams•
John Powell•
Ennio Morricone•
Philip Glass•
Thomas Newman•
Dario Marianelli•
John Corigliano•
Alexandre Desplat•
Howard Shore•
James Horner
76 tracks
May 22

"Cinema in Bloom: Iconic Soundtracks"
John Williams•
John Powell•
Ennio Morricone•
Philip Glass•
Thomas Newman•
Dario Marianelli•
John Corigliano•
Alexandre Desplat•
Howard Shore•
James Horner
76 tracks
May 22

John Adams: Saxophone Concerto
John Adams•
Stephen Page
2 tracks
May 21

No. 7, C#mb7
Julius Eastman•
Wild Up•
Christopher Rountree
2 tracks
May 14

Glass: Tirol Concerto (Piano Concerto No. 1) - Movement III
Philip Glass•
Simone Dinnerstein•
Baroklyn
1 tracks
May 8

Calm Classical for Studying
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Andrea Morricone•
Anonymous•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arvo Pärt•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charlie Chaplin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Johann Baptist Vanhal•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
John Eccles•
John Field•
John Williams•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael Nyman•
Philip Glass•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Regino Sáinz de la Maza•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann
174 tracks
May 8

Calm Classical for Studying
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Andrea Morricone•
Anonymous•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arvo Pärt•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charlie Chaplin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Johann Baptist Vanhal•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
John Eccles•
John Field•
John Williams•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael Nyman•
Philip Glass•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Regino Sáinz de la Maza•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann
174 tracks
May 1

Corigliano: The Red Violin Caprices (Arr. Bell for Solo Violin)
John Corigliano•
HIMARI
6 tracks
May 1

Nagoya Guitars
Steve Reich
1 tracks
April 21

No. 4, Melt To and Back Again
Julius Eastman•
Wild Up•
Christopher Rountree
1 tracks
April 17

Philip Glass: Prison and Protest
Philip Glass•
Anton Batagov
2 tracks
April 16

Glass: Tirol Concerto (Piano Concerto No. 1) - Movement I
Philip Glass•
Simone Dinnerstein•
Baroklyn
1 tracks
April 10

Ticheli: Earth Song
Frank Ticheli•
National Youth Choir Of Great Britain
1 tracks
April 10

Steve Reich: The Sextets
Steve Reich•
Colin Currie•
Colin Currie Group
10 tracks
April 3

Frank Ticheli: Bash, Lux perpetua & Other Works
Frank Ticheli
9 tracks
April 3

Glass: Echoes
Philip Glass•
Célia Oneto Bensaid
10 tracks
March 27

G Song
Terry Riley
1 tracks
March 26

Her Sonic Realm - The Creative Legacy of Women in Music
Louise Farrenc•
Agathe Backer Grøndahl•
Amy Beach•
Augusta Holmès•
Augusta Read Thomas•
Barbara Strozzi•
Comtessa de Dia•
Yi Chen•
Clara Schumann•
Cécile Chaminade•
Ethel Smyth•
Fanny Mendelssohn•
Florence Beatrice Price•
Francesca Caccini•
Gabriella Smith•
Galina Ustvolskaya•
Germaine Tailleferre•
Grażyna Bacewicz•
Hildegard von Bingen•
Isabella Leonarda•
Julia Wolfe•
Kaija Saariaho•
Lili Boulanger•
Margaret Bonds•
Maria Theresia von Paradis•
María Grever•
Mel Bonis•
Meredith Monk•
Nadia Boulanger•
Naomi Shemer•
Olga Neuwirth
77 tracks
March 20

Etude No. 11
Philip Glass•
Clara Yang
1 tracks
March 19

Glass: The Hours
Philip Glass•
Simone Dinnerstein•
Baroklyn
1 tracks
March 17

John Corigliano: Clarinet Concerto
John Corigliano•
Christian Lindberg•
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
3 tracks
March 13

Glass: Truman Sleeps (Music from the motion picture "The Truman Show")
Philip Glass•
Célia Oneto Bensaid
1 tracks
March 13

Figures of Glass (Piano Etudes - Edits)
Philip Glass•
Vanessa Wagner
10 tracks
March 13

Steve Reich: Dance Patterns
Steve Reich•
Colin Currie•
Colin Currie Group
1 tracks
March 13

To Be Certain of the Dawn: Hymn to the Eternal Flame
Stephen Paulus•
Irene Messoloras
1 tracks
March 12

Patterns in Motion - The Great Minimalists, Vol. II
Arvo Pärt•
Howard Skempton•
Michael Nyman•
Steve Reich•
Philip Glass•
Morton Feldman•
Erik Satie•
Graham Fitkin•
John Tavener•
John Adams•
John Cage
78 tracks
March 12

Patterns in Motion - The Great Minimalists, Vol. II
Arvo Pärt•
Howard Skempton•
Michael Nyman•
Steve Reich•
Philip Glass•
Morton Feldman•
Erik Satie•
Graham Fitkin•
John Tavener•
John Adams•
John Cage
78 tracks
March 12

Patterns in Motion - The Great Minimalists, Vol. II
Arvo Pärt•
Howard Skempton•
Michael Nyman•
Steve Reich•
Philip Glass•
Morton Feldman•
Erik Satie•
Graham Fitkin•
John Tavener•
John Adams•
John Cage
78 tracks

August 7, 2026

Lunaris
Bruce Liu•
Frédéric Chopin•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alexander Scriabin•
John Cage
19 tracks
July 17

Terry Riley & Samuel Clay Birmaher: The Holy Liftoff
Terry Riley•
Claire Chase•
JACK Quartet
22 tracks
July 10

Mythology - A Musical Odyssey Through Ancient Legends
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Aaron Jay Kernis•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alonso Mudarra•
Ambroise Thomas•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Campra•
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry•
Anonymous•
Antoine Forqueray•
Anton Rubinstein•
Antonio Caldara•
Antonio Sacchini•
Antonio Salieri•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arnold Bax•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Honegger•
Arvo Pärt•
Barbara Strozzi•
Benjamin Britten•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Heinrich Graun•
Carl Loewe•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Orff•
Charles Gounod•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Darius Milhaud•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Edward German•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Ernest Bloch•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Florent Schmitt
148 tracks
June 12

55
Katia Labèque•
Philip Glass•
Marielle Labèque•
Claude Debussy•
Maurice Ravel•
Arvo Pärt
55 tracks
June 5

Hourglass
Philip Glass•
Simone Dinnerstein•
Baroklyn
6 tracks
May 22

"Cinema in Bloom: Iconic Soundtracks"
John Williams•
John Powell•
Ennio Morricone•
Philip Glass•
Thomas Newman•
Dario Marianelli•
John Corigliano•
Alexandre Desplat•
Howard Shore•
James Horner
76 tracks
May 22

"Cinema in Bloom: Iconic Soundtracks"
John Williams•
John Powell•
Ennio Morricone•
Philip Glass•
Thomas Newman•
Dario Marianelli•
John Corigliano•
Alexandre Desplat•
Howard Shore•
James Horner
76 tracks
May 8

Calm Classical for Studying
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Andrea Morricone•
Anonymous•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arvo Pärt•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charlie Chaplin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Johann Baptist Vanhal•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
John Eccles•
John Field•
John Williams•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael Nyman•
Philip Glass•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Regino Sáinz de la Maza•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann
174 tracks
May 8

Calm Classical for Studying
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Andrea Morricone•
Anonymous•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arvo Pärt•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charles Gounod•
Charlie Chaplin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henry Purcell•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Johann Baptist Vanhal•
Johannes Brahms•
John Cage•
John Eccles•
John Field•
John Williams•
Leoš Janáček•
Luigi Boccherini•
Maurice Ravel•
Michael Nyman•
Philip Glass•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Regino Sáinz de la Maza•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann
174 tracks
May 1

Corigliano: The Red Violin Caprices (Arr. Bell for Solo Violin)
John Corigliano•
HIMARI
6 tracks
April 10

Steve Reich: The Sextets
Steve Reich•
Colin Currie•
Colin Currie Group
10 tracks
April 3

Glass: Echoes
Philip Glass•
Célia Oneto Bensaid
10 tracks
April 3

Frank Ticheli: Bash, Lux perpetua & Other Works
Frank Ticheli
9 tracks
March 26

Her Sonic Realm - The Creative Legacy of Women in Music
Louise Farrenc•
Agathe Backer Grøndahl•
Amy Beach•
Augusta Holmès•
Augusta Read Thomas•
Barbara Strozzi•
Comtessa de Dia•
Yi Chen•
Clara Schumann•
Cécile Chaminade•
Ethel Smyth•
Fanny Mendelssohn•
Florence Beatrice Price•
Francesca Caccini•
Gabriella Smith•
Galina Ustvolskaya•
Germaine Tailleferre•
Grażyna Bacewicz•
Hildegard von Bingen•
Isabella Leonarda•
Julia Wolfe•
Kaija Saariaho•
Lili Boulanger•
Margaret Bonds•
Maria Theresia von Paradis•
María Grever•
Mel Bonis•
Meredith Monk•
Nadia Boulanger•
Naomi Shemer•
Olga Neuwirth
77 tracks
March 13

Figures of Glass (Piano Etudes - Edits)
Philip Glass•
Vanessa Wagner
10 tracks
March 12

Patterns in Motion - The Great Minimalists, Vol. II
Arvo Pärt•
Howard Skempton•
Michael Nyman•
Steve Reich•
Philip Glass•
Morton Feldman•
Erik Satie•
Graham Fitkin•
John Tavener•
John Adams•
John Cage
78 tracks
March 12

Patterns in Motion - The Great Minimalists, Vol. II
Arvo Pärt•
Howard Skempton•
Michael Nyman•
Steve Reich•
Philip Glass•
Morton Feldman•
Erik Satie•
Graham Fitkin•
John Tavener•
John Adams•
John Cage
78 tracks
March 12

Patterns in Motion - The Great Minimalists, Vol. II
Arvo Pärt•
Howard Skempton•
Michael Nyman•
Steve Reich•
Philip Glass•
Morton Feldman•
Erik Satie•
Graham Fitkin•
John Tavener•
John Adams•
John Cage
78 tracks
March 12

Patterns in Motion - The Great Minimalists, Vol. II
Arvo Pärt•
Howard Skempton•
Michael Nyman•
Steve Reich•
Philip Glass•
Morton Feldman•
Erik Satie•
Graham Fitkin•
John Tavener•
John Adams•
John Cage
78 tracks
March 6

Glassopedia: Etudes for Piano, Book I
Philip Glass
10 tracks

August 7, 2026

Glass: Etude No. 5 (Arr. for 7 Celli by C. Thomas and L. Francisco)
Philip Glass•
Camille Thomas•
Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
1 tracks
July 31

Stringsongs: I. Cliff Light
Meredith Monk
1 tracks
July 31

Philip Glass: Evening Song No.3
Philip Glass
1 tracks
July 24

Currier: Ringtone Variations for Violin and Double Bass, Pt. 3
Sebastian Currier•
Anne-Sophie Mutter
1 tracks
June 26

Philip Glass: Orbit (Arr. for Cello by Ophélie Gaillard)
Philip Glass•
Ophélie Gaillard
1 tracks
June 12

Monolithes
Steve Reich
3 tracks
May 29

Reich: Different Trains - II. Europe – During the War
Steve Reich•
Quatuor Zaïde
1 tracks
May 22

John Adams: Saxophone Concerto
John Adams•
Stephen Page
2 tracks
May 21

No. 7, C#mb7
Julius Eastman•
Wild Up•
Christopher Rountree
2 tracks
May 14

Glass: Tirol Concerto (Piano Concerto No. 1) - Movement III
Philip Glass•
Simone Dinnerstein•
Baroklyn
1 tracks
May 1

Nagoya Guitars
Steve Reich
1 tracks
April 21

No. 4, Melt To and Back Again
Julius Eastman•
Wild Up•
Christopher Rountree
1 tracks
April 17

Philip Glass: Prison and Protest
Philip Glass•
Anton Batagov
2 tracks
April 16

Glass: Tirol Concerto (Piano Concerto No. 1) - Movement I
Philip Glass•
Simone Dinnerstein•
Baroklyn
1 tracks
April 10

Ticheli: Earth Song
Frank Ticheli•
National Youth Choir Of Great Britain
1 tracks
March 27

G Song
Terry Riley
1 tracks
March 20

Etude No. 11
Philip Glass•
Clara Yang
1 tracks
March 19

Glass: The Hours
Philip Glass•
Simone Dinnerstein•
Baroklyn
1 tracks
March 17

John Corigliano: Clarinet Concerto
John Corigliano•
Christian Lindberg•
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
3 tracks
March 13

To Be Certain of the Dawn: Hymn to the Eternal Flame
Stephen Paulus•
Irene Messoloras
1 tracks