On this day in music history:

Handel: Alcina by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham & William Christie (2001)

It Is Always Now by Kathy Raimey (2007)

Believe: A Spiritual Romance by 2002 (2012)

Elements by Ludovico Einaudi (2015)

Handel: Alcina

Album by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie,

released October 16, 2001.

Track list: Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sinfonia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: È gelosia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sì, son quella!; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Tornami a vagheggiar; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ama, sospira; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ah! mio cor!; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Verdi prati; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ombre pallide; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sinfonia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sta nell’Ircana; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Mi restano le lagrime; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Non è amor, nè gelosia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Dall’orror di notte cieca.

It Is Always Now

Album by Kathy Raimey,

released October 16, 2007.

Track list: Sustainable Space; Many Hands Make Light the Load; Riverbend; Quiet Rain; Bear Dreams; Heart Murmurs; Illumination; Break of Dawn; African Pearl; Soliloquy; It Is Always Now; Sustainable Space Two.

Believe: A Spiritual Romance

Album by 2002,

released October 16, 2012.

Track list: Believe; A Dream Creation [Instrumental]; Chain of Life; We Meet Again [Instrumental]; Dreams of Peace; A Change of Season [Instrumental]; Ready to Fly; Yeshua; Oasis [Instrumental]; Hold the Sky.

Elements

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,

released October 16, 2015.

Track list: Drop; Four Dimensions; Elements; Whirling Winds / Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Ludovico Einaudi; Twice; ABC; Numbers; Mountain; Logos; Song For Gavin; Drop Variation; Elements Variation; Twice Variation.

On this day in music history:

Heaven on Earth by Belinda Carlisle (1987)

Let the Good Times Roll by B.B. King (1999)

Hidden Sky by Jami Sieber (2004)

Nightbook by Ludovico Einaudi (2009)

Heaven on Earth

Album by Belinda Carlisle,

released October 5, 1987.

Track list: Heaven Is A Place On Earth; Circle In The Sand; I Feel Free; Should I Let You In?; World Without You; I Get Weak; We Can Change; Fool For Love; Nobody Owns Me; Love Never Dies.

Let the Good Times Roll

Album by B.B. King,

released October 5, 1999.

Track list: Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens; Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby); Beware, Brother, Beware; Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door; Ain’t That Just Like A Woman; Choo Choo Ch’Boogie; Buzz Me; Early In The Mornin’; I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town; Jack, You’re Dead; Knock Me A Kiss; Let The Good Times Roll; Caldonia; It’s A Great, Great Pleasure; Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues); Sure Had A Wonderful Time Last Night; Saturday Night Fish Fry; Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out.

Hidden Sky

Album by Jami Sieber,

Released October 5, 2004.

Track list: Maenam; Out of the Mist; Homage; Sukhothai Rain; Red Moon; Common Music; In the Silence; Prayer 1; Hidden Sky; Mandlovu Mind; Arms of the Mother; Prayer 2; Hidden Sky.

Nightbook

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,

released October 5, 2009.

Track list: Einaudi: Indaco; Einaudi: The Snow Prelude No. 15; Einaudi: Eros; Einaudi: The Crane Dance; Einaudi: The Snow Prelude No. 2; Einaudi: The Tower; Einaudi: Reverie; Einaudi: Bye Bye Mon Amour; Einaudi: The Planets; Einaudi: Solo; Einaudi: Berlin Song.

On this day in music history:

Macalla by Clannad (1985)

The Blues / documentary (2003)

Una Mattina by Ludovico Einaudi (2004)

Tranquil Times by Darlene Koldenhoven (2013)

Macalla

Album by Clannad,

released September 6, 1985.

Track list: Caislean Oir; The Wild Cry; Closer To Your Heart; In A Lifetime; Almost Seems (Too Late To Turn); Indoor; Buachaill On Eirne; Blackstairs; Journey’s End; Northern Skyline.

The Blues

7-part documentary series.

Released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 6, 2003.

Aired on PBS television in the United States from September 28, 2003 – October 4, 2003.

Directed by: Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Marc Levin, Martin Scorsese, Mike Figgis, Richard Pearce and Wim Wenders.

Written by: Charles Burnett, Peter Guralnick, Robert Gordon and Wim Wenders.

Series episode titles:

Feel Like Going Home

The Soul of a Man

The Road to Memphis

Warming by the Devil’s Fire

Godfathers and Sons

Red, White and Blues

Piano Blues

Cast: Ike Turner, B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Dick Waterman, Chris Thomas King, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Keith B. Brown, Carl Lumbly, James Hughes, David F. Hughes, Ivy Cassel, Shayne Tingle, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Joy Brashears, Tommie Tc Carter, Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Jones, T Bone Burnett, Lulu, Nick Cave, Mick Fleetwood, Elvis Costello, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Beck, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon, Keb’ Mo’, Dr. John, Steve Winwood, Eagle Eye Cherry, Chuck D, Dave Brubeck, Taj Mahal, Cassandra Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, KoKo Taylor, Lonnie Donegan, Bobby Rush, Rufus Thomas, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Peter Green, Albert Lee, Vernon Reid, Sam Phillips, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Ali Farka Touré, Chris Barber, Marc Ribot, Little Milton, Hubert Sumlin, George Melly, Magic Slim, Chris Farlowe, Ian Jennings, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Rahzel, Bert Jansch, Sam Carr, Joe Mulherin, Jon Cleary, Salif Keïta, Shemekia Copeland, Rosco Gordon, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Johnny Juice Rosado, Garland Jeffreys, Marshall Chess, Jay McShann, Cato Walker III, Pete Jolly, Corey Harris, Jim Dickinson, Otha Turner, Calvin Newborn, Henry Gray, Don Kern, Bernice Turner Pratcher, Pete King, Richard Shurman, Davy Graham, Habib Koité, Marcia Ball, Christine Tobin, Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor, David Barnes, Bob Koester, Phil Chess, Seaberg Ronnog, Jesse Price, Willie King, Sam Lay, Steve Seaberg, Mark Mondesir, Ahmir, Morris Jennings, Toumani Diabaté, Jamar Chess, Phil Upchurch, James Blood Ulmer, Chris Spindel, Pete Johnson, Christine Spindel, Sharde Thomas, Mya, Rob Stone.

Una Mattina

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,

released September 6, 2004.

Track list: Una Mattina; Ora; Resta Con Me; Leo; A Fuoco; Dolce Droga; Dietro Casa; Come Un Fiore; Dna; Nuvole Nere; Questa Volta; Nuvole Bianche; Ancora.

Tranquil Times

Album by Darlene Koldenhoven,

released September 6, 2013.

Track list: Lucid See; Eternal Love; Greensleeves; Hypogeum; Surrender; Drifting With Bach; A Walk in Paradise; Atmosphere.

On this day in music history:

Call of the Wild by Lee Aaron (1985)

These Days by Bon Jovi (1995)

Love Sublime by Renée Fleming and Brad Mehldau (2006)

Islands: Essential Einaudi by Ludovico Einaudi (2011)

Call of the Wild

Album by Lee Aaron,

released June 27, 1985.

Credits: Rock Me All Over; Runnin’ from the Fire; Champion; Barely Holdin’ on; Burnin’ Love; Line of Fire; Beat ‘Em Up; Paradise; Evil Game; Danger Zone; Hot to Be Rocked.

These Days

Album by Bon Jovi,

released June 27, 1995.

Credits: Hey God; Something for the Pain; This Ain’t a Love Song; These Days; Lie to Me; Damned; My Guitar Lies Bleeding in My Arms; (It’s Hard) Letting You Go; Hearts Breaking Even; Something to Believe in; If That’s What It Takes; Diamond Ring.

Love Sublime

Album by Renée Fleming and Brad Mehldau,

Released June 27, 2006.

Credits: Your First Word Was Light; The Hour Is Striking so Close Above Me; I Love the Dark Hours of My Being; I Love You, Gentlest of Ways; No One Lives His Life; His Caring Is a Nightmare to Us; Extinguish My Eyes, I’ll Go on Seeing You; Tears in Sleep; Memory; A Tale; Love Sublime.

Islands: Essential Einaudi

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,

released June 27, 2011.

Credits: I Giorni; The Earth Prelude; Le Onde (The Waves); Nightbook; Divenire; Dietro Casa (Nearby Home); Fairytale; Nuvole Bianche (White Clouds); Passagio (Passage); Primavera (Spring); Nefeli; Questa Notte (Tonight); Berlin Song; Melodia Africana 3; High Heels; White Night; L’ Origine Nascosta (The Hidden Source); Love Is a Mystery; Monday; Lady Labyrinth; Solo; Ancora (Again); Andare (To Go); Eros; Indaco (Indigo); Fly; Oltremare (Ultramarine).

On this day in music history:

Tibet by Mark Isham (1989)

The Emerald Way by 2002 (2006)

LUDOVICO EINAUDI: STANZE original piano version by Olivia Belli (2017)

The Summer Portraits by Ludovico Einaudi and Maria Callas (2025)

Tibet

Album by Mark Isham,

released January 31, 1989.

Track list: Tibet, Part I; Tibet, Part II; Tibet, Part III; Tibet, Part IV; Tibet, Part V.

The Emerald Way

Album by 2002,

released January 31, 2006.

Track list: Inner Light; Another Answer Came; Remember Now; The Emerald Way; Overheard in a Dream; Soul Doors; Unopened Flower; Timeless; Traveler Winds; Secret Shores.

LUDOVICO EINAUDI: STANZE original piano version

Album by Olivia Belli,

released January 31, 2017.

Track list: Notte I; Calore; Moto; Vega; Onda; Contatti; Respiro; Lento; Cadenza; Orbite; Moto perpetuo; Cerchio; Ritorno; Notte II.

The Summer Portraits

Album by Ludovico Einaudi and Maria Callas,

released January 31, 2025.

Track list: Rose Bay; Punta Bianca; Sequence; Pathos; To Be Sun; Jay; In Memory Of A Dream; In Limine; Summer Song; Oil On Wood; Episode One; Maria Callas; Santiago.

On this day in music history:

Bon Jovi by Bon Jovi (1984)

Chrysalis by 2002 (1997)

In A Time Lapse by Ludovico Einaudi (2013)

Radiant Sky by Sherry Finzer (2014)

Underwater by Ludovico Einaudi (2022)

Bon Jovi

Album by Bon Jovi,

released January 21, 1984.

Track list: Runaway; Roulette; She Don’t Know Me; Shot Through the Heart; Love Lies; Breakout; Burning for Love; Come Back; Get Ready; Runaway; Come Back; Roulette; Breakout; Runaway; Get Read.

Chrysalis

Album by 2002,

released January 21, 1997.

Track list: To Touch the Sky; Chrysalis; A Gift of Life; Greater Than the Sum; Spinning the Silk; Journey Within; Dream Come True; Healing Rain; Cocoon; Magic Flower.

In A Time Lapse

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,

released January 21, 2013.

Track list: Corale; Time Lapse; Life; Walk; Discovery at Night; Run; Brothers; Orbits; Two Trees; Newton’s Cradle; Waterways; Experience; Underwood; Burning; Bever; The Dark Bank of Clouds; Sarabande; Ronald’s Dream; Corale Solo.

Radiant Sky

Album by Sherry Finzer,

released January 21, 2014.

Track list: Maya; Jal; Johnnie; Caliente; Rejoice; Amor Perdido; Caleo; Por Simpre Para Siempre; Ardiente; Invitacion; Los Tres Golpes; Mediatatzione; La Primavera; Contigo.

Underwater

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,

released January 21, 2022.

Track list: Luminous; Rolling Like a Ball; Indian Yellow; Flora; Natural Light; Almost June; Swordfish; Wind Song; Atoms; Temple White; Nobody Knows; Underwater.

On this day in music history - Divenire, by Ludovico Einaudi (2006):

Divenire

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,
released November 7, 2006.

Track list:

Uno; Divenire; Monday; Andare; Rose; Primavera; Oltremare; L’origine Nascosta; Fly; Ascolta; Ritornare; Svanire.