Nightbook

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."

Nightbook
Studio album by Ludovico Einaudi
Released	5 October 2009
Genre	Contemporary classical music
Length	1:07:20
Label	Sony Classical
Ludovico Einaudi chronology
Divenire (2006) Nightbook (2009) In a Time Lapse (2013)

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)	8:46

Bonus Track

No.	Title	Length
14.	"Berlin Song"	4:31

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)[3]	131
Italian Albums (FIMI)[4]	11

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[5]	Gold	30,000^*
^* 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".