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."
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| Released | 5 October 2009 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary classical music | |||
| Length | 1:07:20 | |||
| Label | Sony Classical | |||
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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. | 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. | "Rêverie" | 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 14. | "Berlin Song" | 4:31 |
Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Italy (FIMI)[5] | Gold | 30,000* |
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| Worldwide | — | 750,000[6] |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- "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".
- Pozzi, Gloria (7 December 2013). "Per comporre ho bisogno di stare lontano dalla baraonda". Corriere della Sera (in Italian): 37. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
Molto spazio anche al vendutissimo Nightbook del 2009 rappresentato da The Tower, Eros, Lady Labyrinth. un disco che, con 750 mila copie vendute in tuto il mondo