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Kantele music, originating from Finland, is a genre deeply rooted in the tranquil and ethereal tones of the kantele—an ancient stringed instrument that holds a pivotal place in Finnish folklore and culture. The genre encompasses a wide range of musical expressions, from the solo and introspective pieces echoing the serene landscapes of Finland, to the dynamic and rich ensembles that fuse traditional kantele sounds with contemporary musical elements. Artists such as Okra Playground and the Vilma Timonen Quartet push the boundaries of the genre, integrating electronic elements and global musical influences, while traditionalists like Martti Pokela and Arja Kastinen delve into the pure, historic melodies of the kantele, preserving its timeless beauty. Whether through innovative explorations or the conservation of traditional styles, kantele music offers a unique sonic journey that is both meditative and invigorating, deeply connected to the Finnish soul.

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Khachar Bhitor Achin Pakhi - Pakhi Kokhon Jani Mashup

Iman Chakraborty•

Single - Released August 17, 2026

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August 17, 2026

Khachar Bhitor Achin Pakhi - Pakhi Kokhon Jani Mashup
Iman Chakraborty•
Traditional
1 tracks
August 14

Sunlit Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arvo Pärt•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Federico Mompou•
Frank Bridge•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henryk Górecki•
Igor Stravinsky•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
John Tavener•
Joseph Haydn•
Maurice Ravel•
Ottorino Respighi•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann•
Tomaso Albinoni
72 tracks
August 14

Relaxing on the Beach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alessandro Marcello•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexandre Tansman•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arvo Pärt•
Astor Piazzolla•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Charles Gounod•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Gabrielli•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Fernando Sor•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Georges Delerue•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Gregorio Allegri•
Gustav Mahler•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Henry Mancini•
Henry Purcell•
Isaac Albéniz
89 tracks
August 8

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 1

Coastal Calm
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
August 1

Wildflowers Sleep
Traditional•
Anonymous
53 tracks
August 1

Summer Solace
Traditional•
Anonymous
41 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

Relax Summer Sounds
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
July 31

Chiri Chuki Pahu Phuti
Traditional
1 tracks
July 31

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

Soft Canopy
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 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

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

DOLCE VITA IN ITALIA
Traditional
8 tracks
July 25

Main Mor Hoon
Traditional
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

Refreshing Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Albert Roussel•
Albéric Magnard•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alphonse Hasselmans•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Caplet•
André Messager•
Antoine Forqueray•
Anton Arensky•
Anton Rubinstein•
Antonio Lotti•
Antonio Rosetti•
Antonio Salieri•
Antonio Soler•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arnold Schoenberg•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Sullivan•
Arvo Pärt•
Astor Piazzolla•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Bohuslav Martinů•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carl Reinecke•
Carl Stamitz•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Koechlin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Cole Porter
193 tracks
July 13

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

Canzoni Popolari Calabresi vol. 2
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 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
July 9

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 10
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
July 9

Canzoni Popolari Calabresi vol. 1
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
July 9

Moonlit Korean Folk Songs
Traditional
4 tracks
July 9

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 11
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
July 6

FOLKLORE DI NAPOLI
Traditional
8 tracks
June 29

Bantureethi Koluvu
Traditional
1 tracks
June 26

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 9
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
June 26

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 7
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
June 26

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 8
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
June 25

Canzoni Popolari Siciliane vol. 2
Traditional•
Anonymous
19 tracks
June 25

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 4
Traditional•
Anonymous
20 tracks
June 25

Traditional Swiss Yodel from the Alps vol. 5
Traditional•
Anonymous
18 tracks

August 14, 2026

Sunlit Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexander Glazunov•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Arvo Pärt•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Federico Mompou•
Frank Bridge•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Henryk Górecki•
Igor Stravinsky•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
John Tavener•
Joseph Haydn•
Maurice Ravel•
Ottorino Respighi•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Robert Schumann•
Tomaso Albinoni
72 tracks
August 14

Relaxing on the Beach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alessandro Marcello•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexandre Tansman•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arvo Pärt•
Astor Piazzolla•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Charles Gounod•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Clara Schumann•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Franck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Gabrielli•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Fernando Sor•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Georges Delerue•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Giuseppe Tartini•
Gregorio Allegri•
Gustav Mahler•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Henry Mancini•
Henry Purcell•
Isaac Albéniz
89 tracks
August 8

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

Quiet Blossoms
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
August 1

Relaxing Blue
Traditional•
Anonymous
45 tracks
August 1

Wildflowers Sleep
Traditional•
Anonymous
53 tracks
August 1

Coastal Calm
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
August 1

Summer Solace
Traditional•
Anonymous
41 tracks
July 31

Soft Canopy
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
July 31

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

Relax Summer Sounds
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
July 31

Sunkissed Meadow
Traditional•
Anonymous
58 tracks
July 31

Traditional Gaelic Songs in Gaelic
Minim•
Traditional
10 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 25

DOLCE VITA IN ITALIA
Traditional
8 tracks
July 23

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

Refreshing Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Albert Roussel•
Albéric Magnard•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Scriabin•
Alphonse Hasselmans•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Caplet•
André Messager•
Antoine Forqueray•
Anton Arensky•
Anton Rubinstein•
Antonio Lotti•
Antonio Rosetti•
Antonio Salieri•
Antonio Soler•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Arnold Schoenberg•
Arthur Bliss•
Arthur Sullivan•
Arvo Pärt•
Astor Piazzolla•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Bohuslav Martinů•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Nielsen•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Carl Reinecke•
Carl Stamitz•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Koechlin•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Cole Porter
193 tracks

August 17, 2026

Khachar Bhitor Achin Pakhi - Pakhi Kokhon Jani Mashup
Iman Chakraborty•
Traditional
1 tracks
August 7

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

Chiri Chuki Pahu Phuti
Traditional
1 tracks
July 25

Main Mor Hoon
Traditional
1 tracks
July 24

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206: No. 1, Deus in adiutorium meum intende
Claudio Monteverdi•
Traditional•
I Fagiolini
1 tracks
June 29

Bantureethi Koluvu
Traditional
1 tracks
June 21

Waho Waho Gobind Singh Aape Gur Chela
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
June 9

Ram Naam Jap
Traditional
1 tracks
June 3

Salok Mahalla 9
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
June 3

Mann Beche Satgur Ke Paas
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
June 3

Pir Dekhan Ki Aas
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
June 2

Salok Mahla 9
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
June 2

Satgur Hoye Dayal
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
June 1

Re Baure Tohe Ghari Na Rakhe Koi
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
June 1

Mitya Andhera Chand Chadeya
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
May 31

Nav Nidhi Atharah Sidhi
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
May 31

Sun Nah Pyare Ik Benanti Meri
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
May 30

Sajanra Mera Sajanra
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
May 30

Tis Kee Aas Na Birathe Jai
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks
May 29

Teri Baani
Gurbani Soul•
Traditional
1 tracks