Solo Albums
Stanze (Sony Classical, 1992)
Stanze is the second album by Ludovico Einaudi. This album features electric harp is played by Cecilia Chailly.
The first track “Notte part 1” is a bright composition, harp plays arpeggios, fragmental piano ride on them.
“Calore”, harp plays melodies, and low tone piano plays backings in few tones.
“Calmo” is a refreshing song, harp plays nostalgic melodies.
“Vega” is a track of improvisational cooperative play of piano and harp.
“Onda” is a sentimental and Scottish taste harp is highly modulated by reverb solo song.
“Respiro” is a harp dubbing European Folk taste song. Harp plays backings and melodies.
“Lento” is a gloomy Folk taste harp solo song.
“Attesa” is a Folk taste song, harp plays backing arpeggios and piano plays simple melodies.
“Cadenza” is nostalgic music, piano plays minimal backings, harps plays melodies.
“Ritorno” is contemporary and minimal taste harp solo music.
“Notte part 2”, it begins with harp arpeggios and harp phrases, from the later part piano plays backings and harp solo become dynamic.
Einaudi solely fulfilled the roll of a composer, this album entirely featured electronic harp played by Cecilia Chailly.
Le Onde (Sony Classical, 1996)
“Le Onde” is a Post-classical piano solo album. The music is Classical also popular, serious but easy to listen.
The title track, “Le Onde” is sentimental also refreshing sophisticated but simple piano piece.
“Ombre” is a beautiful melancholic piece.
“La Linea Scura” is an arpeggio based Classical piano piece.
“Tracce” is a sentimental and solitary slow song.
“Questa Notte” is a serious and Folk taste grandiose song. The best composition of this album, I think.
“Dietro L’Incanto” is a very sad ballad song.
“Onde Corte” is a bright, cute and refreshing simple piano piece.
“Passaggio” is a European Folk taste orthodox and serious piano piece.
“L’Ultima Volta” is an apathetic also significant piano piece.
A very good Post-classical piano solo album for a wide range listeners.
Eden Roc (Sony Classical, 1999)
“Yerevan” is silent piano quintet song.
The title track, “Eden Roc” is a Folk and Pop taste high-tempo, bright and refreshing song.
“Fuori Dalla Notte” is an European Folk taste and melancholic piano quintet song.
“Due Tramonti” is a bright, fresh and refreshing violin and piano duo song.
“Nefeli” is a passionate piano solo piece with the impressive theme.
“Ultimi Fuochi” is a dynamic and passionate piano and string ensemble song owns the elements and the methods of Minimal Music.
“Giorni Dispari” is a miserable, pathetic but emotional and grandiose piano quintet song. The combinations and crossings of each part is very nice and technical.
“Julia” is a simple nostalgic Folk taste piano solo piece which associates George Winston.
“Password” is a sentimental and sweet also bright simple piano and celle song, easy to listen.
“Exit” is a grand work of piano quintet.
This album is a full-volume album contains various tastes of composition and styles of music. You can listen to the genius of Ludovico Einaudi.
I Giorni (Sony Classical, 2001)
“I Giorni” is a piano solo album by Ludovico Einaudi. The orthodox but contemporary, pure and refreshing but unique piano solo album.
“Melodia Africana I – III” series is an arpeggio based, bright, refreshing and smooth composition, I feel a fresh wind blows.
“In Un’Altra Vita” is a sentimental and passionate good piano piece.
“I Giorni” is a sentimental and bright song for reflection.
“Samba”, despite the title, is a melancholic arpeggio based piano composition.
“La Nascita Delle Cose Segrete” is an apathetic, sentimental but bright piano piece.
“Quel Che Resta” is an arpeggio bases piano song which associates a green forest.
“Limbo” is a sentimental and pathetic song like Fabrizio Paterlini.
“Bella Notte” is a fantastic and passionate song.
The very good modern and orthodox, refreshing and bright Contemporary Classical album associates George Winston, Fabrizio Paterlini and Pat Metheny. I recommend this album for who like their music.
Diario Mali (Sony Classical, 2003)
“Diario Mali” is a collaboration album of Ludovico Einaudi and Malian musician Ballaké Sissoko who plays West African instrument kora.
“Laissez-moi en paix” is Folk and nostalgic taste refreshing song of kora backing with piano melodies.
“Entre nous” is slow-tempo warm Folk taste song, Pino and kora are corssing.
“Soutoukou” is a simple and few tones warm also sentimental song with repetitions of motifs.
“Chanson d’amour” is a gentle and warm song features piano melodies like a vocal.
“Chameaux” is modern piano and kora improvisations, has elements of Jazz.
“Ma mère” is a tender and relaxing solo ballad. Piano and kora play melodies repeatedly.
“À l’ombre” is an apathetic and gentle Folk taste song.
“Niger Blues” is a Country and new age taste refreshing song.
“Mali Sajio” is fragmental also/and fine Folk and Ballad taste song.
“Dessert dans le désert” is based on repetitions of motifs played by piano with hard freely improvisational play of kora.
This album is a collaboration of and Italian pianist and a Malian kora player, but the compositions or songs have gentle, nostalgic and contemporary American Folk and/or Country tastes.
Una Mattina (Sony Classical, 2004)
“Una Mattina” is a piano solo album by Ludovico Einaudi. The theme of this album is things and persons around his daily life. Some tracks are cello and piano duo with a cellist Marco Decimo. The taste of this album is classical and modern.
“Resta con me” is a bright and light ballad song with cello accompaniment.
“Leo” is a miserable and fragmental piano piece.
“A fuoco” is a significant and sorrowful piano and cello grand work.
“Come un fiore” is a simple beautiful and gentle piano piece.
“DNA”, cello plays sorrowful and elegant melodies and piano plays arpeggio accompaniment.
“Nuvole nere” is a melancholic and minimal piano piece.
“Questa volta” is a neutral feeling, sorrowful also delight beautiful piano piece by few tones. It makes use of intervals among tones.
A good work of Ludovico Einaudi. Especially three cello and piano duo songs are excellent.
Divenire (Sony Classical, 2006)
“Uno” is a track like Ambient with grand piano, piano like synthesizer sequence.
The title song, “Divenere” is a grand piano and string orchestra dynamic and significant, sentimental also brave grand work.
“Monday” is a beautiful melancholic piano solo piece.
“Andare” is a simple sorrowful aosng with piano, guitar, cello and strings.
Despite the title, “Primavera” is sentimental also grandiose song with impressive melodies and harmonies played by piano and string orchestra. It progresses dynamically with the orchestra accompaniment and its passionate passages.
“Oltremare” is an arpeggio based fine grand work of piano solo.
“Fly” is a minimal and anxious piano solo based song with dub effects and keen reflections.
“Ascolta” is a sentimental and European taste composition. Improvisational piano solo rides on electronic sequences and noises.
“Svanire” is a grand work like symphony is consist of full orchestra and solo violin. A bright and apathetic and gentle composition.
“Luce” is an apathetic and sentimental long piano solo piece.
A fine and sophisticated and usual (in the good meaning) Post-classical or Contemporary Classical album contains various style of songs.
Elements (Decca, 2015)
“Elements” is a Modern Classical or Post-classical album by Ludovico Einaudi. This album is classical and alchemic four elements of air, water, earth and fire.
“Petricor” is a grandiose and passionate Classical also contemporary song features a violinist, Daniel Hope.
“Night” is a sentimental New Age piano piece with percussive synthesizer sequences and a string orchestra accompaniments.
“Drop” is a sorrowful piano piece with synthesizer sequences, percussion loops and electronic noise.
“Four Dimensions” is a elegant, sentimental and apathetic piano piece with triangle, glockenspiel and sythesizer pad accompaniments.
“Elements” is a minimal composition that associates Steve Reich and Philip Glass, is consist of electric bass, string ensemble, electric piano, synthesizer sequences and orchestral percussion.
“Whirling Winds” is a melancholic piano song with silent string chord. Later part, is become dynamic, and piano and string arpeggios are crossing.
“Twice” is a today’s pop taste refreshing song with acoustic and modulated electronic percussions.
“Nowhere” is apathetic, silent and warm Ambient by electric piano, glockenspiel and sythesizer pads. In later part, piano and strings follow.
“Mountain” is simple also minimal piano piece with sythesizer pad chord accompaniment.
“Song for Gavin” is bright and transparent New Age piano music.
“Drop Variation”, “Elements Variation” and “Twice Variation” are piano solo arrangement variations of each song.
12 Songs from Home (Decca, 2020)
“12 Songs from Home” is a “home studio recording” piano solo album by Ludovico Einaudi released in 2020.
“A Sense Of Symmetry” is a modern simple piano piece.
“Oltremare” is a 11 minutes long melancholic and sorrowful piano piece which associates Fabrizio Paterlini
“Berlin Song” is a bright, gentle and modern fragmental piano piece.
“Tu sei” is a melancholic and vague fragmental improvisational piano piece.
“Elegy for the Arctic” is an arpeggio based sorrowful and fragmental piano piece.
“Ascent” is a bright and sentimental beautiful piano solo ballad.
“Nuvole Bianche” is pathetic and tragic Classical and sophisticated piano piece.
“Le Onde” is the representative composition of Einaudi. The sorrowful piano piece with impressive phrases.
“High Heels” is gentle and pretty also melancholic good piano piece.
“The Earth Prelude” is also the representative work of Einaudi. The arpeggio based significant and sorrowful piano piece.
This album might be recorded in his home studio. The sound contains key touch and hammer noises and environmental noises, they are warm and entire mood is relaxing. You can feel his musical genius, piano play style and heart.
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