Nightbook | ||||
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Released | 5 October 2009 | |||
Genre | Contemporary classical music | |||
Length | 1:07:20 | |||
Label | Sony Classical | |||
Ludovico Einaudi chronology | ||||
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Feb 2, 2010 - Review by Kathy Parsons. As the promotional material I received says, Ludovico Einaudi might be the most popular musician you've never. Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi describes his album Nightbook in this way: 'A night-time landscape. A garden faintly visible under the dull glow of the night sky. A garden faintly visible under the dull glow of the night sky.
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Nightbook[1] is an album created by ItaliancomposerLudovico Einaudi and released in 2009. The album saw Einaudi take a new direction with his music as he incorporated synthesized sounds alongside his solo piano playing. A new approach could be seen with tracks such as 'Nightbook', and 'Lady Labyrinth' where the element of percussion was utilized along the piano, acting as a driving force throughout the song. In Italy the album went Gold with more than 35,000 copies sold.[2] Einaudi describes this album as 'A night-time landscape. A garden faintly visible under the dull glow of the night sky. A few stars dotting the darkness above, shadows of the trees all around. Light shining from a window behind me. What I can see is familiar, but it seems alien at the same time. It's like a dream - anything may happen.'
The title track 'Nightbook' was used in the TV advertisement for the Channel 4 drama 'Any Human Heart'.The track 'Lady Labyrinth' is often used as background music in Top Gear specials.
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'In Principio' | 2:51 |
2. | 'Lady Labyrinth' | 5:30 |
3. | 'Nightbook' | 5:50 |
4. | 'Indaco' | 5:21 |
5. | 'The Snow Prelude N. 15' | 4:28 |
6. | 'Eros' | 5:36 |
7. | 'The Crane Dance' | 3:05 |
8. | 'The Snow Prelude N. 2' | 4:08 |
9. | 'The Tower' | 4:40 |
10. | 'Reverie' | 4:40 |
11. | 'Bye Bye Mon Amour' | 7:37 |
12. | 'The Planets' | 7:07 |
13. | 'Solo' (Hidden track, also known as 'Piste Sans Titre 13', which literally means 'Untitled Track 13' in the Dutch release) | 8:46 |
Bonus Track | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
14. | 'Berlin Song' | 4:31 |
Charts[edit]
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Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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French Albums (SNEP)[3] | 131 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[4] | 11 |
Certifications[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy (FIMI)[5] | Gold | 30,000* |
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone |
References[edit]
- ^'Nightbook'. Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^'Certificazioni - Ludovico'. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.
- ^'Lescharts.com – Ludovico Einaudi – Nightbook'. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^'Italiancharts.com – Ludovico Einaudi – Nightbook'. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^'Italian album certifications – Ludovico Einaudi – Nightbook' (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select '2013' in the 'Anno' drop-down menu. Select 'Nightbook' in the 'Filtra' field. Select 'Album e Compilation' under 'Sezione'.
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