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."
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
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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 |
