Ludovico Einaudi's Nightbook
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
From: John Diliberto
Length: 00:03:30
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Pianist Ludovico Einaudi is a different kind of classical composer. He's a student of the avant-garde and the rich classical tradition of his native Italy, but he’s also a child of rock and roll and minimalism.
Einaudi brings avant-garde edges to rhapsodic piano works. Think George Winston remixed by The Orb, with a bit of 50's exotica, and 60's sci-fi electronics. All of that comes together in an ambient chamber music that’s precise in its emotions, serene in its repose and exuberant in its realization. In this edition of Echo Location, producer John Diliberto has a review of Ludovico Einaudi’s new CD Nightbook. It's part of Echo Location: Soundings for New Music, the weekly digest from Echoes host and Peabody Award winning producer John Diliberto, exploring the latest in modern music with quick hitting interviews, music and commentary. Each edition of Echo Location features a beautifully edited music blend, that's combined with John's thoughtful insights and artists's comments to make a sound-rich journey for listeners. Each episode can stand on its own or be scheduled as a weekly or occasional series.
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Pianist Ludovico Einaudi is a different kind of classical composer. He's a student of the avant-garde and the rich classical tradition of his native Italy, but he’s also a child of rock and roll and minimalism.
Einaudi brings avant-garde edges to rhapsodic piano works. Think George Winston remixed by The Orb, with a bit of 50's exotica, and 60's sci-fi electronics. All of that comes together in an ambient chamber music that’s precise in its emotions, serene in its repose and exuberant in its realization. In this edition of Echo Location, producer John Diliberto has a review of Ludovico Einaudi’s new CD Nightbook. It's part of Echo Location: Soundings for New Music, the weekly digest from Echoes host and Peabody Award winning producer John Diliberto, exploring the latest in modern music with quick hitting interviews, music and commentary. Each edition of Echo Location features a beautifully edited music blend, that's combined with John's thoughtful insights and artists's comments to make a sound-rich journey for listeners. Each episode can stand on its own or be scheduled as a weekly or occasional series.
Broadcast History
WXPN, Philadelphia and WITF Harrisburg
Transcript
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Pianist Ludovico Einaudi is a DIFFERENT KIND OF CLASSICAL COMPOSER. HE'S A STUDENT OF THE AVANT-GARDE AND THE RICH CLASSICAL TRADITION OF HIS NATIVE ITALY. BUT HE'S A CHILD OF ROCK AND ROLL AND MINIMALISM. ALL OF THAT COMES TOGETHER IN A AMBIENT CHAMBER MUSIC THAT IS PRECISE IN ITS EMOTIONS, SERENE IN ITS REPOSE AND ECSTATIC IN ITS REALIZATION.
Musik
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Ludovico Einaudi brings avant-garde edges to rhapsodic piano works. Think George Winston remixed by The Orb, with a bit of 50's exotica, and 60's sci-fi electronics.
musik
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On tracks like "In Principio" he nods to Harold Budd and Brian Eno, expanding the concept of solo piano with haunting glitched echoes and fractured reverb. It's like unearthing a digital artifact and seeing its beautiful image through a cracked lens.
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Ludovico Einaudi could probably make pretty piano music in a new age...
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Timing and Cues
Incue: Pianist Ludovico Einaudi is a different...
Outcue: I’m John Diliberto and this has been an Echo Location, Soundings for New Music.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi create nostalgic ambient chamber music on his new CD, Nightbook. [On this edition of Echo Location,] John Diliberto has a review.
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