On this day in music history - Disconnect, by Helen Jane Long (2022):

Disconnect

Album by Helen Jane Long,

released December 22, 2022.

Track list:

At Your Feet; Sakura (the cherry blossom); Turn It Around; Invisible; Disconnect; The Last Performance; Intersection; Explosions; Stillness; Get By; Outrun; You.

On this day in music history - A Streetcar Named Desire, by Renée Fleming ... (1998):

A Streetcar Named Desire

Album by Renée Fleming, Elizabeth Futral, Rodney Gilfry, Anthony Dean Griffey, San Francisco Opera and André Previn,

released December 22, 1998.

Track list:

Act One, Scene 1: They Told Me To Take A Streetcar Named Desire - Renee Fleming / Judith Forst; Act One, Scene 1: Blanche! / Stella! Oh Stella! - Elizabeth Futral / Renee Fleming; Act One, Scene 1: I Can Hardly Stand It - Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 1: You Left! I Stayed And I Struggled! - Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 1: I... I... I...Took The Blows On My Face - Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 1: Hey Mitch! Come Back Here - Rodney Gilfry / Mathew Lord / Anthony Dean Griffey / Judith Forst; Act One, Scene 1: You Must Be Stanley. I’m Blanche - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 2: Hiyah, Sweetheart - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 2: Let Me Enlighten You On A Point Or Two - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 2: Hello Stanley. Do You Mind? - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 2: Here! There Are Thousands Of Papers - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act One, Scene 3: Well, I Ought To Be Getting Home - Anthony Dean Griffey / Rodney Gilfry / Mathew Lord / Elizabeth Futral / Renee Fleming; Act One, Scene 3: Yes? Oh, Hello - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral / Mathew Lord; Act One, Scene 3: Stella! / Stanely, That’s My... What Are You Doing - Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral / Rodney Gilfry / Mathew Lord / Anthony Dean Griffey / Judith Forst; Act One, Scene 3: Hmmm...  / Stella? Stella? - Elizabeth Futral / Renee Fleming; Act Two, Prologue - Orch Of The San Francisco Oper / Andre Previn; Act Two, Scene 1: Say, Blanche... Do You Happen To know - Rodney Gilfry / Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral; Act Two, Scene 1: Soft People Have Got To Shimmer And Glow - Renee Fleming; Act Two, Scene 1: Ah Me... Ah Me... Come In - Renee Fleming / Jeffrey Lentz; Act Two, Scene 1: Don’t You Love These Rainy Afternoons? - Renee Fleming / Jeffrey Lentz; Act Two, Scene 1: What’s The Time? Come On, Mitch - Renee Fleming; Act Two, Scene 2: Fraid You Didn’t Have Much Fun - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Two, Scene 2: I Work Out With The Weights - Anthony Dean Griffey / Renee Fleming; Act Two, Scene 2: Blanche... How Old Are You? - Anthony Dean Griffey / Renee Fleming; Act Two, Scene 2: I’m Not A Boy, She Says - Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Two, Scene 2: He Was A Boy When I Was A Very Young Girl - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Three: Prologue - Orch Of The San Francisco Oper / Andre Previn; Act Three, Scene 1: (Humming) / What’s All This For? - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: You Should Just Know The Line - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral / Renee Fleming; Act Three, Scene 1: What Time Is It? - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: Stanley, Tell Us A Joke - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: ‘Stell, It’s Gonna Be All Right - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: Yes... Don’t Light These Pretty, Pretty Little Candles - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 1: Me And You When We First Met - Rodney Gilfry / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 2: Who Is It, Please? - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Three, Scene 2: It’s Dark In Here - Anthony Dean Griffey / Renee Fleming; Act Three, Scene 2: Real! Who Wants Real? - Renee Fleming / Anthony Dean Griffey; Act Three, Scene 2: I Don’t Mind Your Being Older - Anthony Dean Griffey / Renee Fleming / Josepha Gayer; Act Three, Scene 3: How About Taking A Swim - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry; Act Three, Scene 3: Take A Look At Yourself - Rodney Gilfry / Renee Fleming; Act Three, Scene 3: Operator, Operator, Give Me Long Distance - Renee Fleming / Rodney Gilfry; Act Three, Scene 3: Interlude - Orch Of The San Francisco Opera / Andre Previn; Act Three, Scene 4: Damn Your Luck - Mathew Lord / Rodney Gilfry / Anthony Dean Griffey / Judith Forst / Elizabeth Futral; Act Three, Scene 4: I’ll Wear The Cool Yellow Silk - Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral / Judith Forst / Rodney Gilfry; Act Three, Scene 4: I Can Smell The Sea Air - Renee Fleming; Act Three, Scene 4: That Must Be Them - Judith Forst / Rodney Gilfry / Renee Fleming / Elizabeth Futral / Lynne Soffer / Anthony Dean Griffey...; Act Three, Scene 4: These Fingernails Need To Be Trimmed - Lynne Soffer / Ray Reinhardt / Renee Fleming.

On this day in music history - Top 20 Solo Piano, by Michele McLaughlin (2015):

Top 20 Solo Piano

Album by Michele McLaughlin,

released December 14, 2015.

Track list:

A Beautiful Distraction; Across the Burren; Breathing in the Moment; Celtic Christmas; Cheryl’s Hope; Dedication; Finn McCool; Full of Love; Irish Rain; Melancholy Snowfall; Midwinter Memories; Out of the Darkness; Perseverance; Spiritual Awakening; Stargazing; The Druid’s Prayer; The Eternal City; The Space Between; Waking the Muse; Winter Solstice.

On this day in music history - Light of Aluna, by Anima (2012):

Light of Aluna

Album by Anima,
released December 12, 2012.

Track list:

The New Dream; Ocean of Heart; Aluna; Ancient Future; Peace; Inner Light (Aluna Mix); Divine Emanation.

On this day in music history - Calm Within, by Laura Sullivan (2015):

Calm Within

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released December 11, 2015.

Track list:

Emerald Isle; Inner Harmony; Sunlight Through the Rain; Starlight on the Shannon; Cathedral of Trees; Sands of Time; A Beautiful Future; Cloud Forest; High Desert; Gratitude.

On this day in music history - Ama, by Cecilia Chailly (2001):

Ama

Album by Cecilia Chailly,
released December 11, 2001.

Track list:

Anima; Terra; Che Devo Fare?!!; Oceano Luce; Ama; Alleluja Om; Oh Luna; Dea Del Mare; Amore Puro; Fra Passato E Futuro; Segnali Di Fumo; Tricky Dog Blues; Finestra D’Autunno.

On this day in music history - A Word in the Wind, by 2002 (2009):

A Word in the Wind

Album by 2002,

released December 10, 2009.

Track list:

1054 A.D; A Word in the Wind; Spirit Moves; Ancient Circle; Promise of the Ocean; Free to Fly; Raindance; The Singing Stone; Dreaming Cloud; Mirage; Trismegistus; Seven Rays.

On this day in music history - Hotel California, by the Eagles (1976):

Hotel California

Album by the Eagles,

released December 8, 1976.

Track list:

Hotel California; New Kid in Town, Life in the Fast Lane; Wasted Time; Wasted Time; Victim of Love; Pretty Maids All in a Row; Try and Love Again; The Last Resort.

On this day in music history - Oceanborn, by Nightwish (1998):

Oceanborn

Album by Nightwish,

released December 7, 1998.

Track list:

Stargazers; Gethsemane; Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean; Sacrament of Wilderness; Passion and the Opera; Swanheart; Moondance (instrumental); The Riddler; The Pharaoh Sails to Orion; Walking in the Air" (Howard Blake cover); Sleeping Sun; Nightquest; A Return to the Sea; Sleeping Sun (live at Summer Breeze Open Air); Swanheart (live at Pakkahuone); The Pharaoh Sails to Orion (live at Pakkahuone).

On this day in music history - Sketches, by Michele McLaughlin (2020):

Sketches

Album by Michele McLaughlin,

released December 5, 2020.

Track list: At First Sight; Hope; One Life; Waiting; The Traveler; Farewell Little Love; Forever Yours; The Right Choice; The Long Night; Relief; Home at Last; Lost; Unshakeable.

On this day in music history - Home, by Michele McLaughlin (2021):

Home

Album by Michele McLaughlin,

released December 3, 2021.

Track list:

A New Dream; Home; In Perfect Harmony; Joyful Mornings; Welcome; Taking Root; Hidden Acre; If These Walls Could Talk; Together Again; Anticipation; Contentment; This Beautiful Life.

On this day in music history - Pianoscapes for the Trails of North America, by Laura Sullivan (2003):

Pianoscapes for the Trails of North America

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released December 2, 2003.

Track list:

Mountain Magic; Sunrise on Cloud Palace; Jumping Fish; Pachelbel for the Potomac; Voice from Sacred Wilderness; The Kettle Moraine; From Sea to Sapphire Sea; Sunset on Cloud Palace; Hope for the Trees; Witches Slow Dance.

Born on this day – Maria Callas:

Maria Callas

Opera singer

Soprano

December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977

On this day in music history - Classical Reimagined, Vol. 1, by Jennifer Thomas (2023):

Classical Reimagined, Vol. 1

Album by Jennifer Thomas,

released December 1, 2023.

Track list:

Moonlight Sonata; Clair De Lune; Palladio; Prelude No. 2, BWV 847; Jennifer’s Fugue; Prelude in E Minor; Flight of the Bumblebee, Jennifer Thomas feat. The Rogue Pianist.

On this day in music history - Exhale: Crystal Sound Binaural Meditations, by Tryshe Dhevney (2022):

Exhale: Crystal Sound Binaural Meditations

Album by Tryshe Dhevney,
released December 1, 2022.

Track list:

Exhale; Suspension; Regenerate; Portal; Ebb and Flow; A Quiet Miracle.

On this day in music history - My Piano Dolce Vita: A Journey Across Italian Soundtracks, by Olivia Belli (2016):

My Piano Dolce Vita: A Journey Across Italian Soundtracks

Album by Olivia Belli,

released December 1, 2016.

Track list:

Playing Love (From "La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano"); Samba; Once Upon a Time in America; Dawn (From "Pride and Prejudice"); Waltz in F Major; Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (From "Ranging Bull"); Waltz (From "The Godfather"); Nuovo Cinema Paradiso; La dolce vita; Parlami di me (From "La dolce vita"); Una mattina (From "The Intouchables"); Love Theme (From "Romeo and Juliet"); Buongiorno Principessa: La vita è bella; Rosemary’s Song (From "The Giver"); The Mission; Moon River Duet (From "Breakfast at Tiffany’s"); Fly (From "The Intouchables"); 2 Nocturnes, Op. 70: No. 1, Nocturne in G-Flat Major (From "Un château en Italie"); Amarcord; Main Theme (From "Ratatouille"); Tears of Joy (From "Inside Out"); Carl Goes Up (From "Up").

On this day in music history - Semele (2007):

Semele

directed by Felix Breisach,

written by William Congreve,

released in France on December 1, 2007.

Music by George Frideric Handel.

Cast:

William Christie, Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Workman, Birgit Remmert, Liliana Nikiteanu, Anton Scharinger, Thomas Michael Allen, Isabel Rey, Claudius Herrmann, Dieter Lange, Jory Vinikour, Chor des Opernhauses Zürich, Orchestra 'La Scintilla' der Oper Zürich, Statistenverein des Opernhauses Zürich.

December in music history - The Power of Love, by Jennifer Rush (1984):

The Power of Love
Song by Jennifer Rush,
released as a single in December, 1984.
Exact release date unknown.

From the album Jennifer Rush
by Jennifer Rush,
released on March 2, 1984.

December in music history - Dream Weaver, by Gary Wright (1975):

Dream Weaver

Song by Gary Wright,
released in December, 1975.
Exact release date unknown.

On this day in music history - Imaginaerum, by Nightwish (2011):

Imaginaerum

Album by Nightwish,

released November 30, 2011.

Track list:

Taikatalvi; Storytime; Ghost River; Slow, Love, Slow; I Want My Tears Back; Scaretale; Arabesque; Turn Loose the Mermaids; Rest Calm; The Crow, the Owl and the Dove; Last Ride of the Day; Song of Myself I. "From a Dusty Bookshelf" II. "All That Great Heart Lying Still" III. "Piano Black" IV. "Love"; Imaginaerum.