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Sitar music is a genre deeply rooted in the classical music traditions of Northern India, known for its intricate and spiritually resonant melodies. Characterized by complex string techniques and the expressive use of meends (glides) and gamaks (ornamentations), this genre showcases the sitar—a long-necked string instrument with a distinctive gourd-shaped resonance chamber. Sitar compositions often follow the rules of ragas (melodic frameworks) and are performed with rhythmic cycles known as tala, accompanied by percussion instruments like the tabla. Exponents like Ravi Shankar and his daughter Anoushka Shankar have popularized this genre internationally, blending ancient ragas with contemporary sensibilities. The sitar's soulful sound and the genre's improvisational nature invite listeners into a meditative, transcendent experience, reflective of India's rich musical heritage.

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Molfar's Rhapsody

Single - Released September 28, 2026

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September 28, 2026

Molfar's Rhapsody
Traditional
1 tracks
September 25

Palestrina: Song of Songs: No. 6, Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
1 tracks
September 22

La Rosa de los Vientos. Un Mar de Melodías
Traditional
17 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 8

Dandana Darna Folk Remix
Vidyasagar•
Kabilan•
Sangeet Haldipur
1 tracks
September 5

Sri Ganesha Ashtottara Shatanamavali
Traditional
1 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 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

Sama Hai Suhana Suhana - Lofi Mix
SPECRO X SKETCH•
Kishore Kumar•
Kalyanji-Anandji
1 tracks
August 17

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

Space Between the Notes
Zakir Hussain•
Niladri Kumar
3 tracks
August 14

Ora Aavo Mara (4 Pad)
Divya Kumar•
Sangeet Haldipur
1 tracks
August 14

Space Between the Notes
Zakir Hussain•
Niladri Kumar
3 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 6

Robi Thakurer Sab Priyo Gaan
Kishore Kumar•
Debabrata Biswas•
Sahana Bajpaie
10 tracks
August 1

Relaxing Blue
Traditional•
Anonymous
45 tracks
August 1

Quiet Blossoms
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
August 1

Coastal Calm
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
August 1

Summer Solace
Traditional•
Anonymous
41 tracks
August 1

Wildflowers Sleep
Traditional•
Anonymous
53 tracks
July 31

Sunkissed Meadow
Traditional•
Anonymous
58 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

Chiri Chuki Pahu Phuti
Traditional
1 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 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

September 22, 2026

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

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 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 6

Robi Thakurer Sab Priyo Gaan
Kishore Kumar•
Debabrata Biswas•
Sahana Bajpaie
10 tracks
August 1

Summer Solace
Traditional•
Anonymous
41 tracks
August 1

Coastal Calm
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
August 1

Wildflowers Sleep
Traditional•
Anonymous
53 tracks
August 1

Relaxing Blue
Traditional•
Anonymous
45 tracks
August 1

Quiet Blossoms
Traditional•
Anonymous
39 tracks
July 31

Traditional Gaelic Songs in Gaelic
Minim•
Traditional
10 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

Soft Canopy
Traditional•
Anonymous
40 tracks
July 31

Sunkissed Meadow
Traditional•
Anonymous
58 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

September 28, 2026

Molfar's Rhapsody
Traditional
1 tracks
September 25

Palestrina: Song of Songs: No. 6, Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Traditional•
The Sixteen
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 8

Dandana Darna Folk Remix
Vidyasagar•
Kabilan•
Sangeet Haldipur
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

Sama Hai Suhana Suhana - Lofi Mix
SPECRO X SKETCH•
Kishore Kumar•
Kalyanji-Anandji
1 tracks
August 17

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

Space Between the Notes
Zakir Hussain•
Niladri Kumar
3 tracks
August 14

Space Between the Notes
Zakir Hussain•
Niladri Kumar
3 tracks
August 14

Ora Aavo Mara (4 Pad)
Divya Kumar•
Sangeet Haldipur
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 18

Raga Yaman Kalyan
Traditional•
Ravi Shankar
1 tracks
July 18

Raga Yaman Kalyan
Traditional•
Ravi Shankar
1 tracks
July 10

Mil Jayein Iss Tarah (From "Yeh Vaada Raha")
Kishore Kumar•
Asha Bhosle•
R. D. Burman
1 tracks