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strings

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 08:02:07 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

"Strings" encompasses music centered on bowed and plucked string instruments, from intimate solo cello to sweeping orchestral arrangements. The genre bridges classical tradition with contemporary indie, folk, and cinematic soundscapes, often emphasizing emotional depth and textural beauty. These compositions range from minimalist chamber pieces to lush, atmospheric scores that blur the lines between classical and modern genres.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
76		1962	Frank Sinatra	Sinatra & Strings	art pop jazz strings
66		1970	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Ultimate Most Romantic String Music In The Universe	bass classical strings viola	viola # 96
23		1973	Paul Mauriat	Classic & New	classical oldies piano strings
27		1973	Johann Sebastian Bach	Bach, J.S.: Concertos for 1, 2, and 3 Violins
48		1974	Sir Edward Elgar	Violin Recital: Simone Lamsma	strings
81		1976	Arnold Schönberg	SCHOENBERG: Concerto for String Quartet / The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15
69		1977	Various Artists	Violin Miniatures	strings
70		1978	Malibu	Lost At Sea (Kelly Moran Remix)	alternative ambient composer downtempo drone electronic female vocalists france minimalism strings	composer # 51
26		1981	Georg Philipp Telemann	TELEMANN: Viola Concerto / Recorder Suite in A minor / Tafelmusik	baroque classical
88		1988	Malibu	One Life : four remixes	alternative ambient composer downtempo drone electronic female vocalists france minimalism strings	minimalism # 25 france # 56 composer # 80
53		1991	Felix Mendelssohn	MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto / WAGNER: Parsifal (Toscanini)	strings
83		1992-09-21	Balanescu Quartet	Possessed	contemporary classical strings
58		1993-11-29	坂本龍一	Little Buddha	strings
78		1994	Balanescu Quartet	Luminitza	strings
43		1995	The String Quartet	Tribute To The Smiths	contemporary classical string quartet strings	string quartet # 62
89		1995-05-23	Rachel's	Handwriting	strings
51		1996	John Corigliano	CORIGLIANO: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Black November Turkey	classical strings
64		1996-02-20	Rachel's	Music for Egon Schiele	classical
57		1997	Vanessa-Mae	Storm	neoclassical	neoclassical # 57
71		1998	Dominique A	C'était ici	composer contemporary classical female vocalists folk france male vocalists paris piano strings	composer # 52 paris # 70
6		1998	Auto Repeat	The Unbearable Lightness Of Autorepeating	strings
98		1999	The Cranberries	Something Else	acoustic irish orchestral strings	acoustic # 2 irish # 91 orchestral # 94
85		1999	Vast	Visual Audio Sensory Theatre	strings
14		2000	Samuel Barber	BARBER: Cello Concerto / Medea Suite / Adagio for Strings	classical
29		2001	Loons	Dim Movies on Galaxy Train	pop indie pop female vocalists french
32		2001	The Orchestra	No Rewind	british classic rock pop rock strings symphonic rock
46		2002	Carla Bruni	Quelqu’un M’a Dit	acoustic guitar strings	acoustic guitar # 14
74		2002	Malibu	Tilting On Windmills	alternative ambient composer downtempo drone electronic female vocalists france minimalism strings	composer # 56
61		2002-04-30	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to Queen	strings
67		2003	Various Artists	Two Violins and One Guitar, Vol. 1
24		2004	Flavio Cucchi	Cucchi, Flavio: American Portraits		spanish guitar # 66
100		2004	Yann Tiersen	Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Bande originale du film)	french strings	french # 71
9		2004	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to Arcade Fire's Funereal	instrumental
13		2004	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute To Elton John	instrumental strings
10		2004-01-06	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute To Chevelle	strings
17		2004-03-09	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to The Flaming Lips	strings
77		2004-09-17	Sufjan Stevens	Greetings from Michigan, the Great Lake State (Deluxe Version)		poetry # 66 michigan # 77 brass # 87 percussion # 92
90		2004-09-29	Twilightning	Plague-House Puppet Show	instrumental strings
82		2005	Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca	Vivaldi: 4 Seasons (The)(Sonatori De La Gioiosa Marca)	baroque italian baroque strings	baroque # 25 italian baroque # 100
41		2005-04-19	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to 30 Seconds to Mars	strings
8		2005-05-10	The Vitamin String Quartet	String Quartet Tribute to The Arcade Fire's Funeral	instrumental
93		2005-06-13	Patrick Wolf	Wind in the Wires	singer-songwriter british	singer-songwriter # 5 folktronica # 22
99		2005-09-05	Zoë Keating	One Cello x 16: Natoma	ambient strings
38		2005-10-04	Vitamin String Quartet	String Quartet Tribute to Relient K	strings
62		2006	Various Artists	Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein	classical contemporary classical strings
44		2006	Vitamin String Quartet	Death Cab For Cutie, Ghost: The String Quartet Tribute to
79		2006-04-19	Flowers From the Man Who Shot Your Cousin	Hapless	folk singer-songwriter acoustic alt-country indie folk americana new weird america country lo-fi vancouver	france # 15 alternative folk # 43 canada # 70 new weird america # 89 vancouver # 100
31		2006-06-05	Pokett	Crumble	acoustic alternative alternative folk chamber folk folk folk noir france french indie folk indie rock post-rock singer-songwriter strings usa	alternative folk # 47
39		2006-06-26	FourPlay String Quartet	Now To The Future	strings
22		2006-06-27	Vitamin String Quartet	Stung Out On Taking Back Sunday: The String Quartet	strings
4		2006-08-08	Mencer	Subherban Underdoggin in the WaHi	breakbeat electronic oriental strings	oriental # 36
36		2007	Jen Pumo	All Over The Moon	ambient piano strings
95		2007-01-01	X-Patriate (Alan J. Lipman)	Greetings From Lafayette Park	acoustic acoustic guitar classic rock ethereal orchestral piano strings trip-hop	ethereal # 27 orchestral # 86 acoustic guitar # 99
55		2007-04	Invert	The Strange Parade	contemporary classical strings
2		2007-06-17	June Madrona	A Long And Ugly Road (European edition)	folk acoustic alternative indie pop lo-fi new weird america singer-songwriter pop indie folk americana	flute # 18 alternative folk # 25 seattle # 28 harp # 51 new weird america # 64 banjo # 74 clarinet # 81 washington # 85
12		2007-10-08	Venetian Snares	My Downfall (Original Soundtrack)	breakcore	breakcore # 64 drill and bass # 64
19		2008	June Madrona	The Winged Life (European edition)	folk acoustic chamber pop alternative blues country indie folk indie rock lo-fi singer-songwriter slowcore american americana folk rock freak folk new weird america indie pop male vocalists alternative rock alternative country	folk noir # 9 alternative country # 15 sadcore # 29 new weird america # 45 alternative folk # 48 washington # 70
7		2008-01-04	Emtebe	Poem About My Broken Violin	alternative ambient bass breakbeat electronic instrumental orchestral piano poland polish strings viola	viola # 86
56		2008-04-04	The Miserable Rich	12 Ways To Count	strings
47		2008-06-10	Setting Sun	Children of the Wild	acoustic guitar folk indie pop indie rock strings synthesizer	acoustic guitar # 16 synthesizer # 68
25		2008-09-26	Peter Fox	Stadtaffe	dancehall german	orchestra # 12 german # 78 dancehall # 96
54		2009	Various Artists	Romantic Violin Favourites	strings
84		2009	Amiina	Re Minore EP	strings
49		2009-01-07	A Journey Down the Well	Sorry Monsters, I Have To Grow		choir # 58 chamber # 90
73		2009-07-07	Rena Jones	Indra's Web	ambient chillout electronic strings
5		2010-08-17	Aetherius	FallPast EP	8-bit alternative dance ambient ambient pop ambient techno bitpop breakbeat canada chillout dance dark ambient darkwave downtempo dream pop drone easy listening ebm electro electronic electronica electropop ethereal glitch idm illbient indie electronic indietronica industrial instrumental new age noise piano post-rock psychill shoegaze soundtrack strings synthpop toronto trip-hop	illbient # 9 toronto # 32
92		2010-09-04	Vitamin String Quartet	VSQ Performs Lady Gaga	string quartet strings	string quartet # 98
35		2011-11-14	Tina Dico	Live With The Danish National Chamber Orchestra	orchestra singer-songwriter strings viola	orchestra # 32 viola # 87
18		2012	Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	Maestro's Choice - Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	classical indian strings world
34		2012-05-01	Piano Tribute Players	Tribute to Evanescence	piano strings
42		2012-09-07	Young Oceans	Before the Beginning (Instrumentals)	alternative instrumental strings worship
65		2013-03-01	Lana Del Rey	Degenerate Beauty Queen (Fan Mix)	strings
28		2013-05-19	Daniel Hope	Spheres	classical classical violin contemporary classical strings	classical violin # 93
94		2015	The Slow Show	White Water	alternative country brass choir dark folk indie folk orchestral piano strings	orchestral # 72 alternative country # 92 dark folk # 92 brass # 98 choir # 99
30		2016	Sir Edward Elgar	Greensleeves	classical
63		2016-06-15	Simon Wester	Heaven And Earth	ambient chillout christian electronic instrumental piano strings
96		2016-07	Gregory Alan Isakov	Gregory Alan Isakov With the Colorado Symphony	brass orchestral strings	orchestral # 89 brass # 100
68		2016-08	Björk	Vulnicura Strings	acoustic avantgarde pop strings viola	avantgarde pop # 49 viola # 97
72		2016-10-14	Dead light	Dead Light	classical contemporary piano neoclassical piano strings	contemporary piano # 62
33		2016-10-28	The Piano Guys	Bourne Vivaldi	ambient contemporary classical instrumental piano strings
40		2017-04-07	Sarah Slean	Metaphysics	orchestral pop strings
87		2017-08-04	SYML	Hurt for Me (Piano & Strings)	piano strings
91		2018-03	Kevin Penkin	Florence (Original Soundtrack)	classical piano soundtrack strings
1		2019-03-16	Prosodi J.	Stvff !n My Mnd (Deluxe Edition)	hip-hop instrumental piano strings
80		2019-04-19	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Performs Arcade Fire	classical strings
50		2019-11-01	Malibu	One Life - EP	alternative ambient composer downtempo drone electronic female vocalists france minimalism strings
3		2020-03-19	Leah Kardos	Feather Hammer	ambient australian classical composer contemporary classical contemporary piano electro electronic electronica instrumental minimal piano minimalism neoclassical soundscape soundtrack strings
97		2020-05-01	Nicholas Britell	Succession: Season 1 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack)	soundtrack strings
45		2022-05-02	Loons	ER-1035 on Elefant Records	pop indie pop french female vocalists indie folk twee pop
52		2023-02-10	Martin Phipps	North and South	contemporary classical instrumental piano soundtrack strings
86		2023-04-22	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Performs Radiohead's "In Rainbows"	classical strings
75		2023-09-08	KOAN Sound	Led by Ancient Light	soundtrack strings
15			SheMakesMusic	She Makes Music (taster EP)	ballad piano pop strings woman	woman # 43
20			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica N.3	baroque chillout classical classical composer composer contemporary classical string quartet strings waltz	string quartet # 45 waltz # 78 classical composer # 100
21			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica n.9	baroque classical composer contemporary classical european instrumental italian opera sonata string quartet strings symphony	symphony # 18 string quartet # 46 sonata # 88
37			Nathan Johnson (with The Cinematic Underground)	The Brothers Bloom (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	acoustic harp jazz orchestra piano soundtrack strings	orchestra # 33 harp # 44
11			Ben Barden	Hidden in the Beyond	ambient chillout instrumental piano strings
16			Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni	Baroque Favourites	classical baroque
59			Paz Lenchantin	Songs for Luci	folk alternative strings
60			Antonio Vivaldi	Les 4 saisons	baroque classical instrumental strings

Related genres

• classical
• piano
• instrumental
• ambient
• electronic
• soundtrack
• baroque
• orchestral
• rock
• alternative