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The *historical* music genre encompasses compositions and performances that evoke, recreate, or are inspired by past musical traditions. This includes medieval and Renaissance music, military and folk tunes, period-authentic classical works, and historical reenactment soundtracks. Artists in this genre often use authentic instrumentation, archival melodies, or historical themes to immerse listeners in bygone eras. From fife and drum marches to Baroque opera to public domain hymns, *historical* music serves as both an artistic and educational bridge to history, preserving and celebrating musical heritage.

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20th Century Rolls - Novelette

Frédéric Chopin•

Camille Saint-Saëns•

Claude Debussy•

Felix Mendelssohn•

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•

Franz Schubert•

Robert Schumann•

Bedřich Smetana•

Johann Sebastian Bach•

Johannes Brahms

Album - 89 Tracks - Released February 23, 2025

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Medieval Cat

U.S. Drill Sergeant Field Recordings

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February 23, 2025

20th Century Rolls - Novelette
Frédéric Chopin•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Claude Debussy•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Franz Schubert•
Robert Schumann•
Bedřich Smetana•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms
89 tracks
February 20

Impressions of Orient
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Albert Ketèlbey•
Albert Roussel•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Koechlin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Cui•
Edvard Grieg•
Emmanuel Chabrier•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Florent Schmitt•
Francisco Tárrega•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Fritz Kreisler•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Giacomo Puccini•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Holst•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Iannis Xenakis•
Igor Stravinsky•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jacques Ibert•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Baptiste Lully
79 tracks
January 31

Hearts of Iron IV - Arms Against Tyranny (Original Game Soundtrack)
Andreas Waldetoft•
Paradox Interactive
9 tracks
January 29

057 Great Piano Rolls - Amoureuse
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Richard Wagner•
Richard Strauss•
Bedřich Smetana•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Vincenzo Bellini•
César Franck•
Antonín Dvořák•
Edvard Grieg
62 tracks
January 24

Hearts of Iron IV - Trial of Allegiance (Original Game Soundtrack)
Paradox Interactive
6 tracks
December 26, 2024

Scenes from Childhood
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Alexandre Tansman•
Anton Webern•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Aram Khachaturian•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Charles Gounod•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Dmitry Kabalevsky•
Edvard Grieg•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Federico Mompou•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Ferruccio Busoni•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Pierné•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Henri Dutilleux•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jan Dismas Zelenka•
Johannes Brahms•
Joseph Haydn•
Leoš Janáček•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Reger•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Olivier Messiaen•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams
60 tracks
December 13

Smetana: Má vlast. Symphonic Works
Bedřich Smetana•
Petr Popelka•
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
17 tracks
December 13

Christmas Night
Thoinot Arbeau•
Ulli Boegershausen
1 tracks
November 29

Smetana: Festive Symphony – III. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
Bedřich Smetana•
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Petr Popelka
1 tracks
November 18

SEJNA PROFILE, VOL. IV (Remastered 2024)
Bedřich Smetana•
Czech Philharmonic
6 tracks
November 15

Hearts of Iron IV - Götterdämmerung (Original Game Soundtrack)
Paradox Interactive
11 tracks
November 9

Drømmen om å fly
Luftforsvarets Musikkorps
1 tracks
November 8

Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 “From my Life” – IV. Vivace
Bedřich Smetana•
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Petr Popelka
1 tracks
October 18

Smetana: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2024) [Live]
Bedřich Smetana•
Boston Symphony Orchestra•
George Szell
8 tracks
October 18

Bedrich Smetana - Mein Vaterland / My Fatherland
Bedřich Smetana•
Philharmonia Slavonica•
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra•
Czech Philharmonic
6 tracks
October 15

Smetana Arias
Bedřich Smetana•
Czech Philharmonic•
Tomáš Netopil
12 tracks
October 9

Con fuoco: Romantic Works
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Antonín Dvořák•
Jean Sibelius•
Edvard Grieg•
Gabriel Fauré•
Bedřich Smetana•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Edward Elgar•
Felix Mendelssohn
85 tracks
September 29

Airs by the River
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Bedřich Smetana•
Béla Bartók•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Frederick Delius•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Strauss II•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Richard Wagner•
Robert Schumann•
Edward Elgar•
Tomás Luis de Victoria
53 tracks
September 24

Crusader Kings III: Roads to Power (Original Game Soundtrack)
Paradox Interactive
11 tracks
September 17

Éclats. Piano Music from the Golden Age (Extended Edition)
Percy Grainger•
Bedřich Smetana•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Liszt•
Robert Schumann•
Johann Sebastian Bach
47 tracks
September 5

Amazing Grace
John Newton•
Grupo Nueva Vida
1 tracks
August 28

Evolution Of Fife And Drum Music 2: Hickhala Creek
Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band
8 tracks
August 27

Má Vlast (LoFi Version)
ClassicFi•
Bedřich Smetana
1 tracks
August 9

Smetana: Libuše, T. 107, JB 1:102: Prelude
Bedřich Smetana•
Czech Philharmonic
1 tracks
August 9

Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15: III. Finale. Presto
Bedřich Smetana
1 tracks
August 9

Smetana: The Devil´s Wall
Bedřich Smetana•
Zdeněk Chalabala
39 tracks
August 2

The Secret and Viola (fragment)
Bedřich Smetana•
Zdeněk Košler
39 tracks
August 1

Wiener Philharmoniker: Elgar & More
Wiener Philharmoniker•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Jean Sibelius•
Bedřich Smetana
57 tracks
July 26

Age of Wonders 4: Empires & Ashes (Original Game Soundtrack)
Paradox Interactive
6 tracks
July 26

Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104
Bedřich Smetana•
František Vajnar
29 tracks
July 19

Smetana: The Two Widows, JB 1:108
Bedřich Smetana
38 tracks
July 12

The Best Workout
U.S. Drill Sergeant Field Recordings•
US Military Bands
32 tracks
July 12

Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live)
Bedřich Smetana•
Zdeněk Košler
31 tracks
July 8

Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change (Original Game Soundtrack)
Paradox Interactive
9 tracks
July 8

Europa Universalis IV: King of Kings (Original Game Soundtrack)
Paradox Interactive
12 tracks
July 5

Smetana: Dalibor
Bedřich Smetana
36 tracks
June 28

Smetana: The Bartered Bride
Bedřich Smetana•
Zdeněk Košler•
Czech Philharmonic
40 tracks
June 28

Má vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava, "The Moldau"
Bedřich Smetana•
Andris Nelsons•
Wiener Philharmoniker
1 tracks
June 27

Let It In
Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band
1 tracks
June 24

J.S. Bach: Inventions Nos. 1-5
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Public Domain
10 tracks

February 23, 2025

20th Century Rolls - Novelette
Frédéric Chopin•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Claude Debussy•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Franz Schubert•
Robert Schumann•
Bedřich Smetana•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms
89 tracks
February 20

Impressions of Orient
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Albert Ketèlbey•
Albert Roussel•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Koechlin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Cui•
Edvard Grieg•
Emmanuel Chabrier•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Florent Schmitt•
Francisco Tárrega•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Fritz Kreisler•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Giacomo Puccini•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Holst•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Henry Purcell•
Iannis Xenakis•
Igor Stravinsky•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jacques Ibert•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Baptiste Lully
79 tracks
January 31

Hearts of Iron IV - Arms Against Tyranny (Original Game Soundtrack)
Andreas Waldetoft•
Paradox Interactive
9 tracks
January 29

057 Great Piano Rolls - Amoureuse
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Richard Wagner•
Richard Strauss•
Bedřich Smetana•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Vincenzo Bellini•
César Franck•
Antonín Dvořák•
Edvard Grieg
62 tracks
January 24

Hearts of Iron IV - Trial of Allegiance (Original Game Soundtrack)
Paradox Interactive
6 tracks
December 26, 2024

Scenes from Childhood
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Alexandre Tansman•
Anton Webern•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Aram Khachaturian•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Charles Gounod•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Dmitry Kabalevsky•
Edvard Grieg•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Federico Mompou•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Ferruccio Busoni•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Pierné•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Henri Dutilleux•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jan Dismas Zelenka•
Johannes Brahms•
Joseph Haydn•
Leoš Janáček•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Reger•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Olivier Messiaen•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams
60 tracks
December 13

Smetana: Má vlast. Symphonic Works
Bedřich Smetana•
Petr Popelka•
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
17 tracks
November 18

SEJNA PROFILE, VOL. IV (Remastered 2024)
Bedřich Smetana•
Czech Philharmonic
6 tracks
November 15

Hearts of Iron IV - Götterdämmerung (Original Game Soundtrack)
Paradox Interactive
11 tracks
October 18

Bedrich Smetana - Mein Vaterland / My Fatherland
Bedřich Smetana•
Philharmonia Slavonica•
Prague Philharmonic Orchestra•
Czech Philharmonic
6 tracks
October 18

Smetana: Orchestral Works (Remastered 2024) [Live]
Bedřich Smetana•
Boston Symphony Orchestra•
George Szell
8 tracks
October 15

Smetana Arias
Bedřich Smetana•
Czech Philharmonic•
Tomáš Netopil
12 tracks
October 9

Con fuoco: Romantic Works
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Antonín Dvořák•
Jean Sibelius•
Edvard Grieg•
Gabriel Fauré•
Bedřich Smetana•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Edward Elgar•
Felix Mendelssohn
85 tracks
September 29

Airs by the River
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Bedřich Smetana•
Béla Bartók•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Frederick Delius•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
Igor Stravinsky•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Strauss II•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Richard Wagner•
Robert Schumann•
Edward Elgar•
Tomás Luis de Victoria
53 tracks
September 24

Crusader Kings III: Roads to Power (Original Game Soundtrack)
Paradox Interactive
11 tracks
September 17

Éclats. Piano Music from the Golden Age (Extended Edition)
Percy Grainger•
Bedřich Smetana•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Franz Liszt•
Robert Schumann•
Johann Sebastian Bach
47 tracks
August 28

Evolution Of Fife And Drum Music 2: Hickhala Creek
Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band
8 tracks
August 9

Smetana: The Devil´s Wall
Bedřich Smetana•
Zdeněk Chalabala
39 tracks
August 2

The Secret and Viola (fragment)
Bedřich Smetana•
Zdeněk Košler
39 tracks
August 1

Wiener Philharmoniker: Elgar & More
Wiener Philharmoniker•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Jean Sibelius•
Bedřich Smetana
57 tracks

December 13, 2024

Christmas Night
Thoinot Arbeau•
Ulli Boegershausen
1 tracks
November 29

Smetana: Festive Symphony – III. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
Bedřich Smetana•
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Petr Popelka
1 tracks
November 9

Drømmen om å fly
Luftforsvarets Musikkorps
1 tracks
November 8

Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 “From my Life” – IV. Vivace
Bedřich Smetana•
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra•
Petr Popelka
1 tracks
September 5

Amazing Grace
John Newton•
Grupo Nueva Vida
1 tracks
August 27

Má Vlast (LoFi Version)
ClassicFi•
Bedřich Smetana
1 tracks
August 9

Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15: III. Finale. Presto
Bedřich Smetana
1 tracks
August 9

Smetana: Libuše, T. 107, JB 1:102: Prelude
Bedřich Smetana•
Czech Philharmonic
1 tracks
June 28

Má vlast, JB 1:112: II. Vltava, "The Moldau"
Bedřich Smetana•
Andris Nelsons•
Wiener Philharmoniker
1 tracks
June 27

Let It In
Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band
1 tracks
April 7

Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie
Thoinot Arbeau
1 tracks
March 19

Twilight Princes
Dragonage•
Medieval Cat
1 tracks
March 15

Vltava
Bedřich Smetana
1 tracks
March 6

Set Me Free
Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band
1 tracks
February 23

Vltava
Bedřich Smetana
1 tracks
February 23

Smetana: Die Moldau "Vltava"
Bedřich Smetana•
Staatskapelle Dresden
1 tracks
February 16

Stellaris: Astral Planes (Original Game Soundtrack)
Andreas Waldetoft•
Paradox Interactive
3 tracks
February 9

Smetana: Má Vlast: II Vltava
Bedřich Smetana•
Czech Philharmonic•
Semyon Bychkov
1 tracks
February 8

Großer Gott, Wir Loben Dich
Public Domain
1 tracks
January 19

Memories of the Moldau (After "Vltava", JB 1:112/2; T.111)
Louis Philippson•
Bedřich Smetana
1 tracks