Medieval Period

(before 1450)

Alfonso X | Gregorian Chant | Ciconia | Hildegard | Landini | Machaut | Perotin | Vitry | Wolkenstein | Collections

ALFONSO X "El Sabio"

Cantigas de Santa Maria

CICONIA, Johannes

Motets, Virelais, Ballate and Madrigals

GREGORIAN CHANT

Chants

HILDEGARD von Bingen

Symphoniae (Responsoria, Antiphons, Sequences)

LANDINI, Francesco

Viralai, Madrigals and Ballata

MACHAUT, Guillaume de

Notre-Dame Mass

Chansons

PEROTIN

Sequences

VITRY, Philippe de

Chansons and Motets

WOLKENSTEIN, Oswald von

Ballads and Songs

Medieval Music Collections

Sacred and Secular Music

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Renaissance Period

(1450-1600)

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Agricola | Allegri | Arcadelt | Brumel | Busnoys | Byrd | Cabezon | La Rue | Dowland | Dufay | Gabrieli | Gesualdo | Gibbons | Gombert | Isaac | Janequin | Josquin | Lassus | Monteverdi | Morales | Ockeghem | Palestrina | Peñalosa | Philips | Praetorius | Sweelinck | Tallis | Taverner | Tye | Victoria | Weelkes

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Baroque Period

(1600 - 1750)

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Abel | Albinoni | D'anglebert | Arne | J.S. Bach | Biber | Boyce | Buxtehude | Charpentier | Corelli | Corrette | Couperin | Delalande | Fasch | Fischer | Frescobaldi | Froberger | Gay and Pepusch | Geminiani | Goldberg | Grigny | Handel | Hebden | Jenkins | W. Lawes | Léclair | Locatelli | Locke | Loeillet | Lully | Manfredini | Marais | A. Marcello | Muffat | Pachelbel | Pergolesi | Purcell | Quantz | Rameau | Roman | A. Scarlatti | D. Scarlatti | Schütz | Seixas | Soler | Stanley | Tartini | Telemann | Torelli | Vivaldi | Wassenaer | Weiss | Zelenka

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Classical Period

(1750 - 1820)

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C.P.E. Bach | J.C. Bach | W.F. Bach | Beethoven | Bellini | Boccherini | Boieldieu | Cimarosa | Danzi | Dittersdorf | Field | Gluck | Haydn | Hummel | Krommer | Mercadante | Mozart | Rossini | Schobert | C. Stamitz

Romantic Period

(1820 - 1910)

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Adam | Albeniz | Alkan | Auber | Berlioz | Berwald | Bizet | Boito | Borodin | Brahms | Bruch | Bruckner | Carulli | Chabrier | Charpentier | Chausson | Chopin | Cilea | Crusell | Debussy | Delibes | Delius | d'Indy | Donizetti | Dukas | Dvořák | Elgar | Erkel | Falla | Fauré | Franck | Gilbert and Sullivan | Gade | Giordano | Giuliani | Glazunov | Glière | Glinka | Gounod | Granados | Grieg | Humperdinck | Lalo | Lehár | Leoncavallo | Liszt | Macdowell | Mascagni | Massenet | Mendelssohn | Meyerbeer | Moszkowski | Mussorgsky | Offenbach | Paganini | Paine | Ponchielli | Puccini | Rachmaninoff | Ravel | Reger | Reicha | Rimsky-Korsakov | Roussel | Saint-Saëns | Sarasate | Schubert | Schumann | Smetana | Sor | Spohr | J. Strauss Jr. | J. Strauss Sr. | Suppé | Tchaikovsky | Thomas | Verdi | Wagner | Weber | Wolf

                   20th CENTURY

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Barber | Bartók | Bax | Berg | Bernstein | Bloch | Brian | Britten | Busoni | Copland | Davies | Duruflé | Enesco | Gershwin | Ginastera | Górecki | Hanson | Harris, | Hindemith | Holst | Honegger | Ibert | Ives | Janáček | Khachaturian | Kodály | Mahler | Martin | Martinů | Menotti | Messiaen | Milhaud | Mompou | Nielsen | Orff | Piston | Poulenc | Prokofieff | Respighi | Rodrigo | Rubbra | Vaughan Williams | Satie | Schmidt | Schoenberg | Schuller | Schuman | Scriabin | Sessions | Shostakovich | Sibelius | Simpson | Strauss | Stravinsky | Szymanowski | Thompson | Thomson | Tippett | Tournemire | Tubin | Turina | Villa-lobos | Walton | Weill | Zwilich

Modern Period

(1945 - present)

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Adams | Babbitt | Barraqué | Berio | Boulez | Bryars | Cage | Carter | Crumb | Dallapiccola | Feldman | Ferneyhough | Glass | Gubaidulina | Harrison | Hartmann | Henze | Hovhaness | Kokkonen | Krenek | Ligeti | Lindberg | Lutosławski | Nancarrow | Nono | Pärt | Partch | Penderecki | Reich | Reynolds | Riley | Sallinen | Scelsi | Schnittke | Stockhausen | Subotnick | Takemitsu | Varèse | Webern | Wolpe | Wuorinen | Xenakis

Rock and Roll List

9.5/10

Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica (1969)

Doors: The Doors (1967)

Faust: Faust (1971)

Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom (1974)

9/10

Tim Buckley: Lorca (1970)

Butthole Surfers: Psychic Powerless (1985)

Captain Beefheart: Safe As Milk (1967)

Nick Cave: Good Son (1990)

Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde (1966)

John Fahey: Fare Forward Voyagers (1973)

Foetus: Nail (1985)

Fugazi: Repeater (1990)

Lisa Germano: Geek The Girl (1994)

Gun Club: Fire Of Love (1981)

Hash Jar Tempo: Well Oiled (1997)

Jon Hassell: Dream Theory In Malaya (1981)

Husker Du: Zen Arcade (1984)

Mercury Rev: Yerself Is Steam (1991)

Minutemen: Double Nickels On The Dime (1984)

Morphine: Good (1992)

Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (1968)

My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (1991)

Neu: Neu! (1972)

Nico: Desert Shore (1971)

Pere Ubu: Modern Dance (1978)

Pop Group: Y (1979)

Popol Vuh: Hosianna Mantra (1973)

Red Crayola: Parable Of Arable Land (1967)

Red House Painters: Down Colorful Hill (1992)

Residents: Not Available (1978)

Royal Trux: Twin Infinitives (1990)

Klaus Schulze: Irrlicht (1972)

Slint: Spiderland (1991)

Soft Machine: 3 (1970)

Bruce Springsteen: The River (1980)

Suicide: Suicide (1977)

Third Ear Band: Third Ear Band (1970)

Type O Negative: Slow Deep And Hard (1991)

Vampire Rodents: Lullaby Land (1993)

Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

Velvet Underground: White Light White Heat (1967)

Frank Zappa: Uncle Meat (1969)

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8.5/10

American Music Club: California (1988)

Babes In Toyland: Fontanelle (1992)

Syd Barrett: Barrett (1970)

Big Black: Atomizer (1986)

Black Tape For A Blue Girl: Remnants Of A Deeper Purity (1996)

Tim Buckley: Starsailor (1970)

Built To Spill: Perfect From Now On (1997)

Nick Cave: From Her To Eternity (1984)

Chrome: Half Machine Lip Moves (1979)

Leonard Cohen: Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1968)

Cop Shoot Cop: Consumer Revolt (1990)

Cramps: Songs The Lord Taught Us (1980)

Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (1980)

Constance Demby: Novus Magnificat (1986)

Dirty Three: Ocean Songs (1998)

Dogbowl: Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain (1991)

Dream Syndicate:Days Of The Wine And Roses (1982)

Peter Gabriel: Passion (1989)

Gong: Flying Teapot - Radio Gnome Invisible (1973)

Jon Hassell: Vernal Equinox (1977)

Jefferson Airplane: Volunteers (1969)

King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)

Lightwave: Mundus Subterraneus (1995)

MC5: Kick Out The Jams (1969)

Van Morrison: Moondance (1970)

Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral (1994)

Phish: A Picture Of Nectar (1992)

Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)

Pixies: Surfer Rosa (1988)

Popol Vuh: In Den Gaerten Pharaos (1972)

Steve Roach: Dreamtime Return (1988)

Klaus Schulze: Cyborg (1973)

Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight (1980)

Jim Steinman: Original Sin (1989)

Amon Tobin: Bricolage (1997)

Von Lmo: Cosmic Interception (1994)

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8/10

Add N To X: On the Wires of Our Nerves (1998)

Air Liquide: The Increased Difficulty Of Concentration (1995)

Ambitious Lovers: Greed (1988)

Amon Duul: Yeti (1970)

Amon Duul: Tanz Der Lemminge (1971)

Angkor Wat: When Obscenities Become Reality (1989)

Ant-Bee: Pure Electric Honey (1990)

Aphrodite's Child: 666 (1970)

Atari Teenage Riot: Delete Yourself (1995)

Aurora: Dimension Gate (1994)

Autechre: Incunabula (1993)

Autechre: Chiastic Side (1997)

Kevin Ayers: Shooting At The Moon (1970)

Bad Brains: Rock For Light (1982)

Band: II (1969)

Band Of Susans: Love Agenda (1989)

Bardo Pond: Bufo Alvarius (1995)

Barkmarket: Vegas Throat (1991)

Bark Psychosis: Hex (1994)

Robbie Basho: Venus In Cancer (1970)

Robbie Basho: Song Of The Stallion (1971)

Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic: Magnetic Flip (1984)

Bitch Magnet: Umber (1989)

Black Flag: Damaged (1981)

Black Heart Procession: 2 (1999)

Blind Idiot God: Blind Idiot God (1987)

Bongwater: Double Bummer (1988)

Tim Buckley: Happy Sad (1968)

Bugskull: Phantasies And Senseitions (1994)

Sandy Bull: Fantasia For Guitar & Banjo (1963)

Butthole Surfers: Rembrandt Pussyhorse (1986)

Calexico: The Black Light (1998)

Camper Van Beethoven: Telephone Free Landslide Victory (1985)

Camper Van Beethoven: Camper Van Beethoven (1986)

Can: Tago Mago (1971)

Can: Future Days (1973)

Captain Beefheart: Mirror Man (1971)

Nick Cave: The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)

Church: Magician Among The Spirits (1996)

Clash: Clash (1977)

Cocteau Twins: Head Over Heels (1983)

Codeine: Frigid Stars (1991)

Colosseum: Valentyne Suite (1969)

Contortions: Buy Contortions (1979)

Julian Cope: World Shut Your Mouth (1984)

Cows: Daddy Has A Tail (1989)

Kevin Coyne: Marjory Razorblade (1973)

David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)

Cul De Sac: China Gate (1996)

Holger Czukay: Canaxis 5 (1969)

Dadamah: This Is Not A Dream (1992)

Dead C: Harsh '70s Reality (1992)

Dead Can Dance: Spleen And Ideal (1985)

Death Of Samantha: Strungout On Jargon (1986)

Deuter: Silence Is The Answer (1981)

Deviants: Ptooff (1967)

Dinosaur Jr: You're Living All Over Me (1987)

Djam Karet: Reflections From The Firepool (1988)

Doldrums: Acupuncture (1997)

Don Caballero: 2 (1995)

Doors: Strange Days (1967)

Nick Drake: Pink Moon (1972)

Dream Theater: Images And Words (1992)

Drive Like Jehu: Yank Crime (1994)

Heather Duby: Post To Wire (1999)

Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

Earth: 2 (1993)

Eden: Gateway To The Mystery (1990)

Ed Hall: Love Poke Here (1990)

Eels: Electro-Shock Blues (1998)

Einsturzende Neubauten: Zeichnungen das Patienten OT (1983)

Electric Wizard: Come My Fanatics (1997)

Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy (1974)

Brian Eno: Before And After Science (1977)

Brian Eno: Music For Airports (1978)

Enya: Watermark (1988)

John Fahey: America (1971)

Faith No More: Introduce Yourself (1987)

Family: Music In A Doll's House (1968)

Forrest Fang: The Wolf At The Ruins (1989)

Forrest Fang: Blind Messenger (1997)

Faust: IV (1973)

Fear: Record (1982)

Fear Factory: Demanufacture (1995)

Feedtime: Feedtime (1986)

Feelies: Crazy Rhythms (1980)

Fetchin Bones: Cabin Flounder (1985)

Flaming Lips: Telepathic Surgery (1989)

Fleshtones: Roman Gods (1981)

Flipper: Generic (1982)

Flying Luttenbachers: Gods Of Chaos (1998)

Foetus: Hole (1984)

Peter Frohmader: Through Time And Mistery (1988)

Edith Frost: Telescopic (1998)

Fugazi: Red Medicine (1995)

Galaxie 500: On Fire (1989)

Gallon Drunk: You The Night And The Music (1992)

Gastr Del Sol: The Serpentine Similar (1993)

Lisa Germano: On The Way Down From Moon Palace (1991)

Lisa Germano: Excerpts From A Love Circus (1996)

Germs: GI (1979)

Ghost: Lama Rabi Rabi (1996)

Girls Vs Boys: Venus Luxure No.1 Baby (1993)

Godflesh: Streetcleaner (1989)

Grateful Dead: Anthem Of The Sun (1968)

Grateful Dead: Live Dead (1969)

Gravitar: Gravitar (1995)

Green: White Soul (1989)

Peter Green: The End Of The Game (1970)

Grifters: So Happy Together (1992)

David Grubbs: The Thicket (1998)

Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction (1987)

Peter Michael Hamel: Colours Of Time (1980)

Peter Michael Hamel: Transition (1983)

Hampton Grease Band: Music To Eat (1971)

Hash Jar Tempo: Under Glass (1999)

Paul Haslinger: World Without Rules (1996)

Jon Hassell: Aka-Dabari-Java Magic Realism (1983)

Juliana Hatfield: Hey Babe (1992)

Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced? (1967)

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland (1968)

Henry Cow: Unrest (1974)

Henry Cow: In Praise Of Learning (1975)

Michael Hoenig: Departure From The Northern Wasteland (1978)

Robin Holcomb: Robin Holcomb (1990)

Holy Modal Rounders: Indian War Whoop (1967)

Honeymoon Killers: Hung Far Low (1991)

Hugo Largo: Drum (1987)

Husker Du: New Day Rising (1985)

Lida Husik: Bozo (1991)

Lida Husik: Your Bag (1992)

Lida Husik: The Return Of Red Emma (1993)

Jarboe: Thirteen Masks (1992)

Peter Jefferies: Substatic (1998)

Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing At Baxter's (1967)

Jesus Lizard: Goat (1991)

Rickie Lee Jones: Rickie Lee Jones (1979)

Michael Jones: After The Rain (1988)

June Of 44: Four Great Points (1998)

Kaleidoscope: Beacon From Mars (1968)

King Snake Roost: Things That Play Themselves (1988)

Mark Kramer: The Guilt Trip (1993)

Kyuss: Blues For The Red Sun (1992)

Labradford: Labradford (1996)

Laika: Sounds Of The Satellites (1997)

Lambchop: I Hope You're Sitting Down (1994)

Mark Lanegan: Whiskey For The Holy Ghost (1993)

Laughing Hyenas: You Can't Pray A Lie (1989)

Lightwave: Tycho Brahe (1993)

Love: Da Capo (1967)

Low: I Could Live In Hope (1994)

Lullaby For The Working Class: Blanket Warm (1996)

Lydia Lunch: The Agony Is The Ecstasy (1982)

Lycia: A Day In The Stark Corner (1993)

Lycia: The Burning Circle And Then Dust (1995)

Magma: Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (1973)

Magnetic Fields: The Charm Of The Highway Strip (1994)

Mainliner: Mellow Out (1996)

John Martyn: Inside Out (1973)

Mercury Rev: Boces (1993)

Stephen Merritt: The Charm Of The Highway Strip (1994)

Metallica: Kill 'Em All (1983)

Metallica: Master Of Puppets (1986)

Stephan Micus: Implosions (1977)

Stephan Micus: Ocean (1986)

Ministry: The Land Of Rape And Honey (1988)

Misfits: Walk Among Us (1982)

Missing Foundation: 1933 (1988)

Mission Of Burma: VS (1982)

Joni Mitchell: Blue (1971)

Joni Mitchell: Hejira (1976)

Mo Boma: Myths Of The Near Future (1994)

Roy Montgomery: And Now The Rain Sounds Like Life Is Falling Down Through It (1998)

Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (1995)

Morphine: Yes (1995)

Motherhead Bug: Zambodia (1993)

My Bloody Valentine: Isn't Anything (1988)

Nation Of Ulysses: Plays Pretty For Baby (1992)

Neurosis: Through Silver In Blood (1996)

Kenneth Newby: Ecology Of Souls (1993)

Colin Newman: A-Z (1980)

New York Dolls: New York Dolls (1973)

Nico: Marble Index (1968)

Sinead O'Connor: The Lion And The Cobra (1987)

Mary Margaret O'Hara: Miss America (1988)

Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells (1973)

Orb: U.F. Orb (1992)

Orbital: II / Brown Album (1993)

Ozric Tentacles: Erpland (1990)

Pain Teens: Destroy Me Lover (1993)

Dave Pajo: Live From A Shark Cage (1999)

Pearls Before Swine: Balaklava (1968)

David Peel: Have A Marijuana (1969)

Pegboy: Strong Reaction (1991)

Penguin Caf‚ Orchestra: Music From The Penguin Cafe (1976)

Pere Ubu: New Picnic Time (1979)

Pere Ubu: Art Of Walking (1980)

Liz Phair: Exile In Guyville (1993)

Phish: Lawn Boy (1990)

Pink Floyd: A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)

Polvo: Exploded Drawing (1996)

Jean-Luc Ponty: King Kong (1970)

Pop Group: For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder (1980)

Portishead: Dummy (1994)

Pram: Helium (1994)

Primus: Frizzle Fry (1990)

Public Image Ltd: Second Edition (1979)

Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988)

Rake: The Art Ensemble Of Rake (1995)

Ramones: Rocket To Russia (1977)

Rapeman: Two Nuns And A Pack Mule (1989)

Red House Painters: Red House Painters / Rollercoaster (1993)

Red Red Meat: There's A Star Above The Manger Tonight (1997)

Red Temple Spirits: Dancing To Restore An Eclipsed Moon (1988)

Lou Reed: New York (1989)

R.E.M.: Murmur (1983)

Replacements: Let It Be (1984)

Replacements: Tim (1985)

Residents: Meet The Residents (1974)

Residents: Eskimo (1979)

Stan Ridgeway: Big Heat (1986)

Rip Rig & Panic: God (1981)

Steve Roach: Structures From Silence (1984)

Steve Roach: World's Edge (1992).

Steve Roach: The Magnificent Void (1996)

Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana: Well Of Souls (1995)

Rocket From The Crypt: Circa Now (1993)

Rodan: Rusty (1994)

Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street (1972)

Henry Rollins: Hot Animal Machine (1987)

Henry Rollins: End Of Silence (1992)

Roxy Music: Roxy Music (1972)

Run On: Start Packing (1996)

Klaus Schulze: X (1978)

Paul Schutze: New Maps Of Hell (1992)

Scorn: Vae Solis (1992)

Seam: The Problem With Me (1993)

Sepultura: Roots (1996)

Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet: Dim The Lights Chill The Ham (1992)

Shellac: At Action Park (1994)

Jane Siberry: No Borders Here (1983)

Jane Siberry: When I Was A Boy (1993)

Six Finger Satellite: The Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird (1993)

Sky Cries Mary: This Timeless Turning (1994)

Slowdive: Just For A Day (1991)

Patti Smith: Radio Ethiopia (1976)

Sonic Youth: Bad Moon Rising (1985)

Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (1988)

Soul Coughing: Ruby Vroom (1994)

Space Streakings: 7-Toku (1994)

Stereolab: Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements (1993)

Mark Stewart: Learning To Cope With Cowardice (1983)

Stooges: The Stooges (1969)

Subarachnoid Space: Almost Invisible (1997)

Sugarsmack: Top Loader (1993)

Supreme Dicks: The Emotional Plague (1996)

Swans: Filth (1983)

Swans: Cop (1984)

Swans: Children Of God (1987)

Tackhead: Friendly As A Hand Grenade (1989)

Taj Mahal Travellers: July 15 1972 (1972)

Talking Heads: 77 (1977)

Talk Talk: Spirit Of Eden (1988)

Tangerine Dream: Zeit (1972)

Techno Animal: Ghosts (1990)

Television: Marquee Moon (1977)

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282: Mother Of All Saints (1992)

This Heat: This Heat (1979)

David Thomas: The Sound Of The Sand (1982)

David Thomas: Monster Walks The Winter Lake (1986)

Richard Thompson: Shoot Out The Lights (1982)

Throbbing Gristle: Second Annual Report (1977)

Tiny Lights: Prayer For The Halcyon Fear (1985)

Today Is The Day: Willpower (1994)

Today Is The Day: Temple Of The Morning Star (1997)

Tortoise: Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

Tortoise: TNT (1998)

Tragic Mulatto: Locos Por El Sexo (1987)

Trance Mission: Trance Mission (1993)

Tuxedomoon: Half Mute (1980)

United States Of America: self-titled (1968)

Univers Zero: Heatwave (1986)

Unrest: Tink Of Southeast (1987)

Unrest: Imperial f.f.r.r. (1992)

Unsane: Unsane (1991)

Unwound: Fake Train (1993)

Vampire Rodents: Premonition (1992)

Vampire Rodents: Clockseed (1995)

Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts (1971)

Vas Deferens Organization: Transcontinental Conspiracy (1996)

Velvet Underground: Live (1974)

Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes (1982)

Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones (1983)

Tom Waits: Rain Dogs (1985)

Who: Tommy (1969)

Windy & Carl: Drawing Of Sound (1996)

Wire: 154 (1979)

Robert Wyatt: End Of An Ear (1970)

X: LA (1980)

Yes: Close To The Edge (1972)

Yo La Tengo: May I Sing With Me (1992)

Neil Young: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)

Neil Young: Tonight's The Night (1975)

Yume Bitsu: Yume Bitsu (1999)

Frank Zappa: Freak Out (1966)

Frank Zappa: Absolutely Free (1967)

Frank Zappa: We're Only In It For The Money (1967)

Frank Zappa: Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)

Frank Zappa: Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)

Warren Zevon: Warren Zevon (1976)