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
No.
Title
Length
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)