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

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

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."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
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 and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[5] Gold 30,000*
Summaries
Worldwide — 750,000[6]

* 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".
  6. ↑ 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
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