Nightbook

Nightbook[1] is an album created by Italian composer Ludovico 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."

Nightbook
Studio album by
Released5 October 2009
GenreContemporary classical music
Length1:07:20
LabelSony Classical
Ludovico Einaudi chronology
Divenire
(2006)
Nightbook
(2009)
In a Time Lapse
(2013)

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

No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
14."Berlin Song"4:31

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[3] 131
Italian Albums (FIMI)[4] 11

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[5] Gold 30,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "Nightbook". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. "Certificazioni - Ludovico". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.
  3. "Lescharts.com – Ludovico Einaudi – Nightbook". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. "Italiancharts.com – Ludovico Einaudi – Nightbook". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. "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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