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Exotica is a music genre that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, characterized by its blend of Latin, jazz, and lounge music with elements from non-Western cultures, aiming to evoke an air of international intrigue and faraway tropical locales. Pioneered by artists such as Martin Denny and Les Baxter, it often features unconventional instruments like vibes, bongos, and steel drums, combined with wildlife sound effects and lush orchestral arrangements. The genre revels in a fantasy of the exotic, transporting listeners to imagined paradises through its melding of worldly rhythms and ambient soundscapes. With a penchant for cosmopolitan exoticism and kitsch flair, exotica saw a revival in the late 20th century, resonating with both nostalgia and a timeless appeal for sonic escapism.

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Airs by the River

Johann Sebastian Bach•

Albert Heinrich Zabel•

Albert Roussel•

Antonio Vivaldi•

Arthur Bliss•

Bedřich Smetana•

Béla Bartók•

Charles Ives•

Christoph Willibald Gluck•

Claude Debussy•

Claudio Monteverdi•

Felix Mendelssohn•

Francesco Cavalli•

Francis Poulenc•

Franz Schubert•

Frederick Delius•

Frédéric Chopin•

Gabriel Fauré•

George Enescu•

George Frideric Handel•

Gioachino Rossini•

Giuseppe Verdi•

Gustav Mahler•

Henry Mancini•

Igor Stravinsky•

Jean-Joseph Cassanéa De Mondonville•

Jean-Philippe Rameau•

Johann Strauss II•

Johannes Schenck•

Julius Fučík•

Louis Vierne•

Ludwig van Beethoven•

Modest Mussorgsky•

Richard Wagner•

Robert Lowry•

Robert Schumann•

Tomás Luis de Victoria•

Album - 54 Tracks - Released September 28, 2025

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September 28, 2025

Airs by the River
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Albert Heinrich Zabel•
Albert Roussel•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arthur Bliss•
Bedřich Smetana•
Béla Bartók•
Charles Ives•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francesco Cavalli•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Frederick Delius•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
Henry Mancini•
Hugo Wolf•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa De Mondonville•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Jerome Kern•
Johann Strauss II•
Johannes Schenck•
Julius Fučík•
Louis Spohr•
Louis Vierne•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Ned Rorem•
Richard Wagner•
Robert Lowry•
Robert Schumann•
Tomás Luis de Victoria•
Traditional
54 tracks
August 13

The Mask of Sheba (Music From The Original Score)
Lalo Schifrin
18 tracks
July 30

Moon River
Johnny Mercer•
Henry Mancini
1 tracks
July 22

Works for Orchestra, 1936–1960 (Vol. 8)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
July 9

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Lalo Schifrin
15 tracks
July 9

Return From The River Kwai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Lalo Schifrin
18 tracks
July 4

Romantic Sea Cruise
101 Strings Orchestra•
The Ray Charles Singers•
Les Baxter
30 tracks
July 4

Romantic Sea Cruise
101 Strings Orchestra•
The Ray Charles Singers•
Les Baxter
30 tracks
June 20

Quintettes or Less, 1936–1949 (Vol. 5)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
June 6

Recordings from the Raymond Scott Collection, 1942–1954 (Vol. 1)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
June 3

Acoustic Soul Connection (instrumental)
The Polynesians•
Italian Mandolin Torna A Surriento
5 tracks
May 30

Beep Beep Boogie (Acoustic)
Hawaiian Pistoleros
1 tracks
May 16

Works for Orchestra, 1938–1947 (Vol. 7)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
May 16

Devil Wore A Sundress
Richie Allen
1 tracks
May 14

Bella ciao
Pink Martini
4 tracks
May 8

The Trumpet Fairy
Lucienne Renaudin Vary•
Alberto Ginastera•
Alexander Arutiunian•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Bert Kaempfert•
Carlos Gardel•
Darius Milhaud•
Engelbert Humperdinck•
Fritz Kreisler•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Frideric Handel•
George Gershwin•
Gioachino Rossini•
Irving Berlin•
Jacques Offenbach•
Johann Nepomuk Hummel•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Joseph Haydn•
Kurt Weill•
Leonard Bernstein•
Léo Delibes•
Manuel de Falla•
Maurice Ravel•
Nadia Boulanger•
Niccolò Paganini•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Richard Rodgers•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Sidney Bechet•
Vincenzo Bellini
41 tracks
May 2

The Thorn Birds (Original Television Soundtrack / Deluxe Encore Edition)
Henry Mancini
48 tracks
May 2

Works for Orchestra, 1937–1958 (Vol. 6)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
May 2

Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Vol. 5: Motets for the Liturgical Year
Choir of Girton College, Cambridge•
The Western Wyndes•
Gareth Wilson
23 tracks
May 1

Mganga! The Primitive Sounds of Tak Shindo
Tak Shindo
16 tracks
April 29

Peaceful Tunes for Relaxation
Festive Harp•
Hawaiian Explosion
23 tracks
April 29

Lofi Chillout Music for Evening Tranquility
Forest Sounds•
Hawaiian Explosion
22 tracks
April 25

Moon River
Henry Mancini
1 tracks
April 23

Bella ciao
Pink Martini
1 tracks
April 18

Quintettes or Less, 1934–1949 (Vol. 4)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
April 18

Up North
Sim Nagai
15 tracks
April 14

Calming Orchestra Symphony: Peaceful Sounds
Hawaiian Explosion
11 tracks
April 11

J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio - Magnificat
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Cantata Collective•
Nicholas McGegan
23 tracks
April 4

Quintettes or Less, 1937-1958 (Vol. 3)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
March 28

J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: III. Aria: Quia respexit
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Cantata Collective•
Nicholas McGegan
1 tracks
March 21

101 Strings Orchestra Presents Big Band Classics
101 Strings Orchestra•
The New 101 Strings Orchestra
30 tracks
March 21

Sharatin (შარათინ)
Ensemble Marani
24 tracks
March 21

BRAZUCA
Haroloid•
MaoTheKid
1 tracks
March 21

Vlone
Young Aleexx•
Gremlin Shawty
1 tracks
March 14

Cocktail Piano
Frankie Carle
10 tracks
March 14

J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249: I. Sinfonia
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Cantata Collective•
Nicholas McGegan
1 tracks
March 7

Fernande Decruck - Concertante Works, Vol. 2
Mahan Esfahani•
Jackson Symphony Orchestra•
Matthew Aubin
11 tracks
March 7

A Rage to Live
Nelson Riddle•
Ferrante & Teicher
12 tracks
March 7

Fernande Decruck - Concertante Works, Vol. 2
Mahan Esfahani•
Jackson Symphony Orchestra•
Matthew Aubin
11 tracks
March 7

You Had Me At Whiskey
Richie Allen
1 tracks

September 28, 2025

Airs by the River
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Albert Heinrich Zabel•
Albert Roussel•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arthur Bliss•
Bedřich Smetana•
Béla Bartók•
Charles Ives•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francesco Cavalli•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Frederick Delius•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
Henry Mancini•
Hugo Wolf•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa De Mondonville•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Jerome Kern•
Johann Strauss II•
Johannes Schenck•
Julius Fučík•
Louis Spohr•
Louis Vierne•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Ned Rorem•
Richard Wagner•
Robert Lowry•
Robert Schumann•
Tomás Luis de Victoria•
Traditional
54 tracks
August 13

The Mask of Sheba (Music From The Original Score)
Lalo Schifrin
18 tracks
July 22

Works for Orchestra, 1936–1960 (Vol. 8)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
July 9

Return From The River Kwai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Lalo Schifrin
18 tracks
July 9

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Lalo Schifrin
15 tracks
July 4

Romantic Sea Cruise
101 Strings Orchestra•
The Ray Charles Singers•
Les Baxter
30 tracks
July 4

Romantic Sea Cruise
101 Strings Orchestra•
The Ray Charles Singers•
Les Baxter
30 tracks
June 20

Quintettes or Less, 1936–1949 (Vol. 5)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
June 6

Recordings from the Raymond Scott Collection, 1942–1954 (Vol. 1)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
June 3

Acoustic Soul Connection (instrumental)
The Polynesians•
Italian Mandolin Torna A Surriento
5 tracks
May 16

Works for Orchestra, 1938–1947 (Vol. 7)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
May 14

Bella ciao
Pink Martini
4 tracks
May 8

The Trumpet Fairy
Lucienne Renaudin Vary•
Alberto Ginastera•
Alexander Arutiunian•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Bert Kaempfert•
Carlos Gardel•
Darius Milhaud•
Engelbert Humperdinck•
Fritz Kreisler•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Frideric Handel•
George Gershwin•
Gioachino Rossini•
Irving Berlin•
Jacques Offenbach•
Johann Nepomuk Hummel•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Joseph Haydn•
Kurt Weill•
Leonard Bernstein•
Léo Delibes•
Manuel de Falla•
Maurice Ravel•
Nadia Boulanger•
Niccolò Paganini•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Richard Rodgers•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Sidney Bechet•
Vincenzo Bellini
41 tracks
May 2

Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Vol. 5: Motets for the Liturgical Year
Choir of Girton College, Cambridge•
The Western Wyndes•
Gareth Wilson
23 tracks
May 2

The Thorn Birds (Original Television Soundtrack / Deluxe Encore Edition)
Henry Mancini
48 tracks
May 2

Works for Orchestra, 1937–1958 (Vol. 6)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks
May 1

Mganga! The Primitive Sounds of Tak Shindo
Tak Shindo
16 tracks
April 29

Peaceful Tunes for Relaxation
Festive Harp•
Hawaiian Explosion
23 tracks
April 29

Lofi Chillout Music for Evening Tranquility
Forest Sounds•
Hawaiian Explosion
22 tracks
April 18

Quintettes or Less, 1934–1949 (Vol. 4)
Raymond Scott
20 tracks

July 30, 2025

Moon River
Johnny Mercer•
Henry Mancini
1 tracks
May 30

Beep Beep Boogie (Acoustic)
Hawaiian Pistoleros
1 tracks
May 16

Devil Wore A Sundress
Richie Allen
1 tracks
April 25

Moon River
Henry Mancini
1 tracks
April 23

Bella ciao
Pink Martini
1 tracks
March 28

J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: III. Aria: Quia respexit
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Cantata Collective•
Nicholas McGegan
1 tracks
March 21

BRAZUCA
Haroloid•
MaoTheKid
1 tracks
March 21

Vlone
Young Aleexx•
Gremlin Shawty
1 tracks
March 14

J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249: I. Sinfonia
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Cantata Collective•
Nicholas McGegan
1 tracks
March 7

You Had Me At Whiskey
Richie Allen
1 tracks
February 28

Bells Ringing
The Black Lagoons
1 tracks
February 19

Moon River
Henry Mancini
1 tracks
February 18

On Top of Their Game (2025 Remaster)
Surfer Joe
3 tracks
February 14

Sonate en ut# pour saxophone (ou alto) et orchestre: III. Fileuse
Matthew Aubin•
Jackson Symphony Orchestra
1 tracks
February 14

Sonate en ut# pour saxophone (ou alto) et orchestre: III. Fileuse
Matthew Aubin•
Jackson Symphony Orchestra
1 tracks
February 7

Flying Free (Nujabes Tribute)
Sim Nagai
1 tracks
February 1

Backwood
MaoTheKid
1 tracks
January 31

My Mind Works So Quickly
The Black Lagoons
1 tracks
January 24

Heaven Had A Backroad
Richie Allen
1 tracks
January 21

A-Frame (2025 Remaster)
Surfer Joe
2 tracks