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Nyckelharpa

The nyckelharpa, a traditional Swedish stringed instrument with keys, gives its name to a music genre deeply rooted in Scandinavian folk traditions. Characterized by resonant, droning melodies and a richly textured sound, the genre is propelled by the nyckelharpa's distinctive timbre, reminiscent of a violin yet with a more earthy, organic tone. Artists such as Olov Johansson and Emilia Amper bring virtuosic skill to the instrument, while groups like Väsen and Bazar Blå integrate it into ensemble settings, blending with other folk instruments to create intricate, rhythmically complex compositions. The music often evokes the pastoral landscapes and historical narratives of the Nordic region, delivering a transcendent auditory experience that honors the past while continuing to evolve with contemporary influences.

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Folk World Contemporary Folk Early Music Traditional Folk Neofolk Cultural Heritage Music Nordic Folk Classical Crossover European Folk Scandinavian Folk Swedish Folk Celtic Music

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Single - Released October 16, 2026

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October 16, 2026

Auld Lang Syne
Traditional
1 tracks
October 16

Mémoires vivantes
Traditional
15 tracks
October 9

Guest: Suo Gân
Traditional•
Huw Williams•
The Choir Of Bath Abbey
1 tracks
October 7

Greensleeves
Traditional
1 tracks
October 2

Through the Looking Glass
Traditional
8 tracks
October 2

Palestrina: Song of Songs
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
29 tracks
October 2

Ave Maria: Marian Chants for the Liturgical Year
Traditional
12 tracks
September 29

Defend Us In Battle (Chants for Spiritual Warfare)
Traditional
18 tracks
September 28

Molfar's Rhapsody
Traditional
1 tracks
September 25

Praetorius, J. Sandström: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Michael Praetorius•
Jan Sandström•
The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge•
Steven Grahl
1 tracks
September 25

Palestrina: Song of Songs: No. 6, Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
1 tracks
September 25

Massey: Now Tell Us, Gentle Mary
Traditional•
Huw Williams•
The Choir Of Bath Abbey
1 tracks
September 22

La Rosa de los Vientos. Un Mar de Melodías
Traditional
17 tracks
September 18

La Peña del Rey Moro
Ana Alcaide
1 tracks
September 18

Kolo Vivo (Arr. for String Quartet by Eric Mouret & Raphaël Maillet)
Traditional•
Quatuor Zaïde
1 tracks
September 11

Palestrina: Song of Songs: No. 28, Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
1 tracks
September 11

Traditional Gaelic Songs In English
Minim•
Traditional
10 tracks
September 5

Sri Ganesha Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Traditional
1 tracks
September 4

Spirit, Body and Soul: Concert Spirituals for Solo Piano
Traditional
9 tracks
September 4

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206
Claudio Monteverdi•
Traditional•
I Fagiolini
24 tracks
August 28

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206: No. 5, Pulchra es
Claudio Monteverdi•
Traditional•
I Fagiolini•
Julia Doyle
1 tracks
August 25

Sharanu Sharanu
Traditional
1 tracks
August 22

Luigi Boccherini for Gaming
Traditional
9 tracks
August 21

Del Rond
Ana Alcaide
1 tracks
August 17

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

Wildflowers Sleep
Traditional•
Anonymous
53 tracks
August 1

Coastal Calm
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
August 1

Relaxing Blue
Traditional•
Anonymous
45 tracks
August 1

Quiet Blossoms
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
August 1

Summer Solace
Traditional•
Anonymous
41 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

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

Soft Canopy
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
July 31

Sunkissed Meadow
Traditional•
Anonymous
58 tracks
July 31

Chiri Chuki Pahu Phuti
Traditional
1 tracks
July 30

Breathing the Open Air
Anonymous•
Traditional
43 tracks
July 29

Resting Earth
Anonymous•
Traditional
58 tracks

October 16, 2026

Mémoires vivantes
Traditional
15 tracks
October 2

Ave Maria: Marian Chants for the Liturgical Year
Traditional
12 tracks
October 2

Through the Looking Glass
Traditional
8 tracks
October 2

Palestrina: Song of Songs
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
29 tracks
September 29

Defend Us In Battle (Chants for Spiritual Warfare)
Traditional
18 tracks
September 22

La Rosa de los Vientos. Un Mar de Melodías
Traditional
17 tracks
September 11

Traditional Gaelic Songs In English
Minim•
Traditional
10 tracks
September 4

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206
Claudio Monteverdi•
Traditional•
I Fagiolini
24 tracks
September 4

Spirit, Body and Soul: Concert Spirituals for Solo Piano
Traditional
9 tracks
August 22

Luigi Boccherini for Gaming
Traditional
9 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

Coastal Calm
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
August 1

Relaxing Blue
Traditional•
Anonymous
45 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
July 31

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

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

Soft Canopy
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
July 31

Relax Summer Sounds
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks

October 16, 2026

Auld Lang Syne
Traditional
1 tracks
October 9

Guest: Suo Gân
Traditional•
Huw Williams•
The Choir Of Bath Abbey
1 tracks
October 7

Greensleeves
Traditional
1 tracks
September 28

Molfar's Rhapsody
Traditional
1 tracks
September 25

Praetorius, J. Sandström: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Michael Praetorius•
Jan Sandström•
The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge•
Steven Grahl
1 tracks
September 25

Palestrina: Song of Songs: No. 6, Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
1 tracks
September 25

Massey: Now Tell Us, Gentle Mary
Traditional•
Huw Williams•
The Choir Of Bath Abbey
1 tracks
September 18

La Peña del Rey Moro
Ana Alcaide
1 tracks
September 18

Kolo Vivo (Arr. for String Quartet by Eric Mouret & Raphaël Maillet)
Traditional•
Quatuor Zaïde
1 tracks
September 11

Palestrina: Song of Songs: No. 28, Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
1 tracks
September 5

Sri Ganesha Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Traditional
1 tracks
August 28

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610, SV 206: No. 5, Pulchra es
Claudio Monteverdi•
Traditional•
I Fagiolini•
Julia Doyle
1 tracks
August 25

Sharanu Sharanu
Traditional
1 tracks
August 21

Del Rond
Ana Alcaide
1 tracks
August 17

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
July 24

Hoy Soñé
Ana Alcaide
1 tracks