2023 Around the World   country sampler   genre sampler  
The new or newly released music that defined, united and distinguished fan communities of place and interest around the world in 2023.
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#3 contemporary classical
#3contemporary classical
#3french classical piano
#5post-romantic era
#8classical
#8impressionism
#9chamber orchestra
#9early modern classical
#9late romantic era
#11classical cello
#11german romanticism
#14compositional ambient
#15classical performance
#16classical piano
#17british orchestra
#17early romantic era
#18orchestra
#20orchestral performance
#22classical era
#23russian classical piano
#24german orchestra
#25french romanticism
#29baroque
#31american classical piano
#33british classical piano
#33violin
#34american orchestra
#37early music
#46american modern classical
#47german classical piano
#50classical guitar
#57classical harp
#58opera
#59neoclassicism
#62russian romanticism
#67historically informed performance
#68british choir
#71choral
#71soundtrack
#72italian romanticism
#73french opera
#80easy listening
#80neo-classical
#82hungarian classical performance
#87nordic classical piano
#99orchestral soundtrack
#100german baroque
2023 in Contemporary Classical   playlist
#trackscore
1Federico Mompou "Suite compostelana: II. Coral"135
2Robert Schumann "Abendlied, Op. 85 No. 12 (Arr. Grosvenor)"112
3Joep Beving "Passage"103
4Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216: II. Adagio"95
5Béla Bartók "Heavenly Romanticism"93
6Alexis Ffrench "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Arr. by Alexis Ffrench"93
7Chad Lawson "with you - sleep rework"89
8Pietro Mascagni "Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo"80
9Gabríel Ólafs "Frost - Grand Piano"67
10George Frideric Handel "Suite No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 440: III. Sarabande"66
11Erik Satie "Gnossiennes, IES 24: I. Lent (Arr. for String Quartet by Krysia Osostowicz)"66
12Johann Sebastian Bach "French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816: I. Allemande"65
13Gabriel Fauré "Dolly Suite, Op. 56: I. Berceuse"65
14César Franck "Prélude, fugue et variation in B Minor, Op. 18, FWV 30 (Arr. H. Bauer for Piano): II. Lento"63
15Roger Eno "Venerable Dilemma"61
16Akira Kosemura "Shroud of Night"59
17Luke Faulkner "Esja"55
18Sergei Rachmaninoff "All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: VII. Glory to God in the Highest (The Six Psalms)"53
19Edward Elgar "Adieu"53
20Johannes Brahms "3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1, Andante moderato"52
21Alexander Scriabin "Preludes, Op. 11: No. 5 in D Major"52
22Florence Beatrice Price "String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Andante cantabile (Arr. Colbert for String Ensemble)"51
23Igor Stravinsky "L'Oiseau de feu (1911 Version): X. Khorovod (Ronde) des princesses"51
24Ola Gjeilo "Ubi caritas"47
25Frédéric Chopin "24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor (Arr. Franchomme for Cello) [Adapted for 4 Cellos by Matthias Spindler]"47
26Julie Cooper "VENUS in Sunlight Grey"46
27Felix Mendelssohn "String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 44 No. 2: III. Andante"46
28Eric Whitacre "The Sacred Veil: XII. Child of Wonder"45
29Dobrinka Tabakova "Arise Lord into Thy Rest"45
30Louis Spohr "Symphonie Concertante for Violin, Harp and Orchestra in G Major, WoO 13: II. Adagio"44
31RIOPY "Lily’s Lullaby"44
32Max Bruch "Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico"44
33Ludwig van Beethoven "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto"43
34Erland Cooper "Movement 7 - Instrumental"42
35Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel "Bist du bei mir (Formerly Attrib. J.S. Bach as BWV 508, Transcr. for Oboe, Solo Violin, Strings and Basso continuo)"41
36Ledetraad "Stoevsky"41
37William Byrd "Retire My Soul"40
38Quique Sinesi "El abrazo"40
39John Adams "China Gates"40
40Elliott Jack Sansom "I'll Meet You On The Clouds - World Sleep Day Mix"40
41Piotr Wiese "Changes"39
42Taro Hakase "エトピリカ"38
43Mieczysław Weinberg "Aria, Op. 9"38
44Henry Purcell "Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I Am Laid in Earth (Arr. Trovesi for Chamber Ensemble)"37
45Eydís Evensen "Tranquillant"37
46Jean Baur "Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 2 "La Dupleïx": II. Adagio amoroso"36
47Maurice Ravel "Sonatine, M. 40 II. Mouvement de Menuet"36
48Camille Saint-Saëns "Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 61: II. Andantino quasi Allegretto"36
49Yaffle "Mercy through the Clouds"35
50Louis Théodore Gouvy "Lilli Bulléro (Variations pour deux pianos sur un air anglais), Op.62"34
51Léo Delibes "Lakmé: Flower Duet (Arr. for Violin and Strings by Vivan & Ketan Bhatti)"34
52Sophie Hutchings "Billow Gently"33
53Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges "Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 7 No. 1: II. Adagio"33
54Luke Howard "Closing - Live at the Arvo Pärt Centre, Estonia / 2022"32
55Jóhann Jóhannsson "Jóhannsson: Suite from The Theory of Everything - I. A Model of the Universe"32
56Clara Schumann "3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 1, Andante molto (Arr. Knoth for Cello and Piano)"31
57Franz Schubert "D.983/4, Op. 17: Die Nacht"30
58Claude Debussy "Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune (Arr. Roelens for Violin and Piano)"30
59Martin Stadtfeld "Sun & Moon"30
60Henrik Meierkord "Slaap"29
61Yiruma "la fine"29
62Víkingur Ólafsson "The Plover and the Raven"29
63Silvius Leopold Weiss "Passacaglia"28
64Bryce Dessner "A Good Person Main Theme"28
65ABBOTT "Familiar"28
66Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach "Württemberg Sonatas / Sonata No. 3 in E Minor, H. 33: I. Allegro"27
67Mark Houghton "Dance of the Orient"27
68David Chalmin "Eclipse"26
69Antonín Dvořák "Suite for String Orchestra, JW6 No. 2: III. Andante con Moto"26
70Garreth Broke "Hiding - Clariloops Rework"26
71Toshio Masuda "Naruto: Alone Theme"26
72Paulinho Nogueira "Bachianinha No. 1 (Arr. for Guitar by Sérgio Assad)"26
73Dean Evenson "Golden Domes"25
74Edvard Grieg "Peer Gynt, Op. 23: Solveig's Song (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Charlie Siem)"25
75Wilson Trouvé "Closer"25
76Olivia Belli "Anima I"24
77Claudio Monteverdi "Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Hymnus "Ave maris stella""24
78Meredith Monk "Ellis Island"23
79Brendan Eder Ensemble "Pure (Ride the World)"23
80Max Richter "Written on the Sky"23
81Joseph Kosma "Autumn Leaves"22
82Banton Tune "Planted Consciousness"21
83Arnold Kasar "Violet Sunset"21
84Alexander Borodin "Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor (piano arr. by L. Faulkner)"21
85Kaiser Quartett "Open Strings"20
86Fritz Kreisler "3 Old Viennese Dances: No. 2, Liebesleid (Transcr. for Violin and Orchestra)"20
87Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer "Pièces de clavecin, Book 1: No. 6, L'aimable (Arr. Feuillâtre for Guitar)"20
88Andrew Panes "Remember Fall in Montreal - Reimagined by Lottie Gabriel"20
89Fanny Mendelssohn "Mendelssohn: 6 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 6 Die Mainacht"20
90Anton Arensky "Suite No. 3, Op. 33: Theme. Andante - Version for Orchestra"19
91Thomas Adès "Adès: Dante, Pt. I "Inferno": V. Paolo and Francesca—the endless whirlwind"19
92Jim Perkins "Swans"19
93Francis Poulenc "Sinfonietta, FP 141: III. Andante cantabile"19
94Irving Berlin "God Bless America (Arr. for String Quartet by Michael Gordon)"19
95Penelope Thwaites "A Lambeth Garland: V. The Wildlife Garden"19
96Agustín Barrios Mangoré "Barrios Mangoré: Preludio en do menor"18
97Alexandra Streliski "a new romance"18
98Ēriks Ešenvalds "O Salutaris Hostia"18
99GUIDO "Momentum"18
100Lavinia Meijer "The Arts and the Hours"17



















 
 
alchemy by glenn mcdonald / @everynoise for Spotify, listening by the world
 
These lists compile the collective 2023 new-music listening of music fans in every country where people use Spotify, and in the fan communities for 6000+ genres and other genre-shaped distinctions. The songs in each list are scored and ranked by a combined weighting of a) their absolute popularity with those fans and b) the share of the song's global listening that those fans account for. (And then filtered to one song per artist.) This means, for example, that The Sound of Ukraine 2023 is the music that defines, unites and distinguishes Ukrainian fans, whether that music comes from Ukraine or not. Likewise, 2023 in Drift Phonk is the music that fans of Drift Phonk loved, whether it's Drift or Phonk or not. To be eligible, a song must have been released on or after 2022-12-01, as best our data can tell, so that's why no "Cruel Summer".
 
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(PS: It's not even too late for 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019.)