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.