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Emotional rollercoater leaving none of your emotions untouched

Advantages: Makes you feel alive
Disadvantages: Can leave you feeling a bit drained after going through so many emotions that Ludovico provokes.

When listening to Ludovico Einaudi's Le Onde my emotions were flung around like a child on a roller coaster ride. Just as you think your spirit could go no higher your inner soul is tossed out like a wave being thrashed against the rocks by the sea. Calmly your mind settles as the play begins to mellow gently the music deepens and as I gently breath a breath into my lungs my mind becomes full of elation. From within Ludovico's mind’s eye to his fingers ...

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Review of Le Onde - Ludovico Einaudi

Einaudi to chill out

Advantages: Beautifully relaxing music
Disadvantages: None

...albums (including some duets). Una Mattina is his seventh album, and contains all new tracks. 'Una Mattina' translates as 'one morning' and the music is as simple as this title. It is another of his solo piano albums, although it does feature the cello in some tracks. It flows where you expect it to, although not in a boring way. The music ripples along, and the cello brings real emotion in certain tracks. The subtle variations in the music and tempo ...
...a suite of pieces. The music is very calming and relaxing, and evokes feelings of peace and tranquility. It is suitable as background music, or simply to listen and relax to. A few people might recognise one of the tracks, Nuvole Bianche from a TV advert for Baci chocolates, used at Christmas time last year. This and 'Ora' are my favourite tracks, although 'A Fuoco' featuring cello makes a close second. The cello tracks (played by Marco Decimo) ...

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Review of Una Mattina - Ludovico Einaudi

More elegance and openness.

Advantages: Some lovely peaceful music
Disadvantages: None

...a Minimalist. "In general I don't like definitions, but 'Minimalist' is a term that means elegance and openness, so I would prefer to be called a Minimalist than something else." -Ludovico Einaudi And 'elegance and openness' is the best way to describe the music that is on this CD. The inside of the inlay of the CD tells that one time the composer was driving through part of Africa when a piece of music came on the radio. The music told the story ...
...or a loved one. I am not at all sure what this has got to do with the music on the CD - perhaps this piece of the music and the story behind it gave inspiration for the music, but I'm not sure about that. Tracks on this CD include: 1. Melodia Africana I 2. I Due Fiumi 3. In Un'altra Vita 4. Melodia Africana II 5. Stella Del Mattino 6. I Giorni 7. Samba 8. Melodia Africana III 9. La Nascita Delle Cose Segrete 10. Quel Che Resta 11. Inizio ...

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Review of I Giorni - Ludovico Einaudi

The echoes will go on and on.

Advantages: Beautiful & emotional piano music
Disadvantages: Is only a selection of works.

...to portray in his music. Echoes was released in 2003, and is a collection of the best pieces from his other albums. I've given the track titles in thei English translation, so no one gets mixed up! 1. The Waves (Le Onde) Straight away, you can hear the repetitive and rhythmic nature of the piece on solo piano, and this is how Einaudi feels waves are; rhythimic, but with subtle changes each time, and they can be heard in the ever changing but always ...
...great to help you to fall asleep because the underlying rhythms are so strong and hypnotic. 2. African Melody III (Melodia Africana III) This is very similar to Le Onde, such that there is the repetitive nature, which varies slightly and has the ongoing, unrelenting rhythm which allows the piece to keep moving forward. However, because the piece is based on a different tune, there is no danger of boring similarities. 3. Out of the Night (Fuori dalla ...

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Review of Echoes (The Einaudi Collection) - Ludovico Einaudi

Songs without Words...

Advantages: The best of Ludovico's originality and unclassifiable style
Disadvantages: applause is much louder than piano

...Giorni (The Days) Limbo La Nascita Delle Cose Segrete (Birth of a Secret) Bella Notte (Beautiul Night) CD 2 Fuori Dalla Notte (Out of the Night) Al Di La Del Vetro (Through the Window) White Night La Linea Scura (The Dark Line) Giorni Dispari (Odd Days) Passaggio (Passage) Questa Notte (Tonight) Julia Lady Jane Fuori dal Mondo (Out of the World) Le Onde (The Waves) The two discs are presented in a wonderful (but slightly thick) case ...
...in-depth sleeve notes - entirely in Italian! Not sure if this is my one or all of them, but I do believe the paragraph is on his web page in English. The music itself has a great flow, and his playing just emanates emotion. Melodia Africana shows us his memories of Africa as wonderfully as Giorni Dispari empathises with us when we're having 'one of those days'. Whilst the pieces are wonderful in themselves, once you know the story behind the pieces ...

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Review of La Scala: Concert 03 03 03 (Live At La Scala, Milan) - Ludovico Einaudi