TRACKLISTING

1 Una mattina
2 Ora
3 Resta con me (cello arrangement: Marco Decimo)
4 Leo
5 A fuoco (cello arrangement: Marco Decimo)
6 Dolce droga
7 Dietro casa
8 Come un fiore
9 DNA (cello arrangement: Marco Decimo)
10 Nuvole nere
11 Questa volta
12 Nuvole bianche
13 Ancora

RECORDING INFORMATION

The music of composer/pianist Ludovico Einaudi has been described as minimalist, classical, ambient, contemporary and deeply touching… the welcome sound of stillness in a hectic world.

Einaudi has just finished the recording of his first album for Decca - Una Mattina.

Speaking of his new work, Einaudi says: “If someone asked me to define this album, I would say it was a collection of songs linked together by a story. But unlike my other albums, it doesn’t belong to a time in the past. It speaks about me as I am now, my life, the things around me, my piano (which I have nicknamed “Tagore”), my children Jessica and Leo, the orange kilim that brightens up the living room, the clouds sailing slowly across the sky, the sunlight coming in the window, the music I am listening to, the books I read and don’t read, my memories, my friends and loved ones”.

Una Mattina features Einaudi on solo piano and includes three pieces with cello. The sound of the piano is very pure and warm, with a melodic quality that shines through the whole album as a spiritual guide, like a haunting and mesmerizing human voice.

The album was recorded with the composer’s new piano, a Steinway B-211, at the Piccolo Teatro of Milan, where, after the setting of the microphones with the sound engineer, Einaudi alone recorded, edited and produced the entire album.

Einaudi himself is a classically trained musician and a charming and fascinating man. His rich family history includes a Grandfather who was a composer, a family vineyard and even a past President of Italy. Born in Turin (1955), the pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi trained at the Conservatorio in Milan, then continued his studies under the guidance of Luciano Berio.