Listen to music in the Medieval Era category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.

Idiómelon from Matins for the Sunday of the Pharisee and the Publican (Arr. I. Arvanitis)
From the album Hymns of Kassianí
Performed by Alexander Lingas & Cappella Romana

Victimae paschali laudes (Sequentia)
From the album Paschale Mysterium: Gregorian Chant for Easter
Performed by Alessio Randon & Aurora Surgit

A Chantar M’er De So Qu’eu No Volria
From the album Amor Vincit Omnia
Performed by Ensemble A Chantar

Listen to music in the Renaissance Era category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.

Il primo libro de balli: La Parma
From the album Mainerio: Il primo libro de balli
Performed by Giovanni Toffano & Consort Veneto

Beatus Franciscus
From the album Il Poverello: Medieval & Renaisssance Music for Saint Francis of Assisi
Performed by The Rose Ensemble

The Frog Galliard, P. 23a
From the album Lessons
Performed by Jonas Nordberg

The nightingale, the organ of delight (1987 Remastered Version)
From the album All At Once Well Met - English Madrigals
Performed by The King’s Singers

Listen to music in the Baroque Era category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.

Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Invitatorium. Versiculum et responsorium “Deus in adjutorium”
From the album Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Performed by Renaud Brès, Raphaël Pichon & Pygmalion

Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: Hornpipe
From the album Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks & Water Music
Performed by Academy of St Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner

Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 9
From the album Scarlatti: Favorite Sonatas, Vol. I
Performed by Scott Ross

Italian Concerto in F Major, BWV 971: III. Presto (Recorded in 1959)
From the album Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830 - Chromatic Fantasy, BWV 903 - Italian Concerto, BWV 971 - The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080 (Excerpts) - Preludes, Fugues & Fantasies
Performed by Glenn Gould

Listen to music in the Classical Era category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.

Symphony in C Major: I. Allegro con spirito
Martines: Symphony in C Major, Psalms 110 & 151
Performed by Salzburger Hofmusik & Wolfgang Brunner

Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32: I. Allegro moderato
From the album Mozart & Contemporaries
Performed by Víkingur Ólafsson

String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
From the album Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130 & Große Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133
Performed by Cleveland Quartet

Listen to music in the Romantic Era category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.

Petite Symphonie: 1. Adagio et Allegretto
From the album François Leleux & Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Performed by Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 & Symphony No. 1 - Gounod: Petite Symphonie

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, TH 30 “Pathétique”: III. Allegro molto vivace
From the album Kirill Petrenko & Berlin Philharmonic
Performed by Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
From the album Eiji Oue & Minnesota Orchestra
Performed by Mephisto and Co.

Deep River
From the album Summertime
Performed by Isata Kanneh-Mason

Listen to music in the Last Century category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.

Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in D Minor, FP 61: 1. Allegro ma non troppo
From the album Mozart & Poulenc Double & Triple Piano Concertos
Performed by Kent Nagano & Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Mari Kodama & Momo Kodama

Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: II. Romance
From the album Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 & Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100
Performed by Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra & Paavo Järvi

Lyric for Strings
From the album Walker: Orchestral Works
Performed by Cleveland Chamber Symphony & Edwin London

My Best Friend (feat. Maithree, Nirmala Rajasekar, Pat O'Keefe, Michelle Kinney, Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi, Tim O’Keefe, V. Srinivasan & Marcus Wise)
From the album My Best Friend (feat. Maithree, Nirmala Rajasekar, Pat O’Keefe, Michelle Kinney, Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi, Tim O’Keefe, V. Srinivasan & Marcus Wise) - Single
Performed by Shruthi Rajasekar

Listen to music in the Featured Composer: Mozart category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.

Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183, 1st Movement
From the album Amadeus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Performed by Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Minor, K. 304: II. Tempo di minuetto
From the album Mozart: Violin Sonatas K. 301, 304, 376 & 526
Performed by Hilary Hahn & Natalie Zhu

Serenade in B-Flat Major, K. 361 “Gran Partita”: I. Largo – Allegro molto
From the album Mozart: Serenade K.361 ‘Gran partita’ (Netherlands Wind Ensemble: Complete Philips Recordings, Vol. 5)
Performed by Netherlands Wind Ensemble & Edo de Waart

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio
From the album Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15, 21 & 23
Performed by Alfred Brendel, Neville Marriner & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 “Prague“: III. Finale. Presto
From the album Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conducts Mozart
Performed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Così fan tutte, K. 588: Soave sia il vento
From the album Amadeus (Music from the 1999 Stage Play)
Performed by Karita Mattila, Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Anne Sofie von Otter & José Van Dam

Così Fan Tutte, K. 588: “In Uomini, in Soldati”
From the album Cecilia Bartoli: A Portrait
Performed by Cecilia Bartoli, György Fischer & Wiener Kammerorchester

Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618
From the album Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K. 427 “Grosse Messe”
Performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Bavarian Radio Chorus & Wolfgang Seeliger

Listen to music in the Spotlight: Nordic Music category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.

Drømde mik en drøm III
From the album Ice and Longboats: Ancient Music of Scandinavia
Performed by Ensemble Mare Balticum, Ute Goedecke, Aino Lund Lavoipierre, Per Mattsson & Stefan Wikström

Lyric Pieces, Op. 65 (Book 8): No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen)
From the album Grieg: Lyric Pieces
Performed by Leif Ove Andsnes

Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7, FS 16: I. Allegro orgoglioso
From the album Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7, FS 16
Performed by The Royal Danish Orchestra & Thomas Søndergård

Finlandia for Orchestra, Op. 26
From the album Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 (Excerpts)
Performed by Esa-Pekka Salonen & Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Heyr þú oss himnum á
From the album Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir
Performed by Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis & Hörður Áskelsson

Æ Rømeser
From the album Last Leaf
Performed by Danish String Quartet

Ispolskan (feat. Arvid Svenungsson)
From the album Stories from the Outside
Performed by Lena Jonsson Trio

Listen to music in the Spotlight: Iconic Duos category from the 2026 Music Listening Contest playlist.

Erlkönig, D. 328 (Op. 1): Wer Reitet So Spät
From the album Schubert: Lieder
Performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Gerald Moore

Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for Orchestra by M. Ravel): Promenade
From the album Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & A Night on Bare Mountain - Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Performed by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for Orchestra by M. Ravel): 4. Bydlo
From the album Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & A Night on Bare Mountain - Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Performed by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr. for Orchestra by M. Ravel): 10. La grande porte de Kiev
From the album Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition & A Night on Bare Mountain - Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Performed by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato
From the album Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85 & Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Performed by Jacqueline du Pré, Sir John Barbirolli & London Symphony Orchestra

All Er Nuthin’
From the album Oklahoma! (Expanded Edition) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Performed by Gloria Grahame & Gene Nelson

All Er Nuthin’ Ballet
From the album Oklahoma! (Expanded Edition) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Performed by Original 1955 Oklahoma! Studio Orchestra

Appalachian Spring: I. Very Slowly
From the album Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man
Performed by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

Appalachian Spring: II. Allegro
From the album Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man
Performed by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

Appalachian Spring: V. Subito Allegro
From the album Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man
Performed by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

Appalachian Spring: VII. Doppio movimento
From the album Bernstein Century - Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man
Performed by Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act I: “Now the Great Bear and Pleiades”
From the album Britten: Peter Grimes
Performed by Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Marion Studholme, Iris Kells, Raymond Nilsson, James Pease, Jean Watson & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Home (feat. Jon Batiste)
From the album Motivational Music for the Syncopated Soul
Performed by Cory Wong