Renowned Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi’s widely-acclaimed album Una Mattina is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a new reissue on June 28 through Decca Records.
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The seminal album will be returning in beautiful marble and white gatefold vinyl editions. The album contains two of Einaudi’s most streamed and beloved tracks – “Una Mattina” and “Nuvole Bianche.” First released through Sony Classical in 2004, Una Mattina was recorded at the Piccolo Theater in Milan. It brought Einaudi’s music to the masses and contained some of his most synchronised songs to date. It was also extremely successful in Europe, receiving gold or silver certifications in Germany, Italy and the U.K.
Speaking about Una Mattina, which contains 13 self-written tracks, Einaudi told Classic FM, “If someone asked me about this album, I would say it is 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 now, my life, the things around me. My piano, which I have nicknamed Tagore, my children Jessica and Leo, the orange kilim carpet that brightens up the living room, the clouds sailing slowly across the sky, the sunlight coming through the window, the music I listen to, the books I read and those I don’t read, my memories, my friends and the people I love.”
Trained at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, Einaudi began his career as a classical composer, later incorporating other styles and genres such as pop, rock, folk, and world music.
In addition to his string of acclaimed solo releases, Einaudi has composed the scores for a number of films and television productions, including This Is England, The Intouchables, I’m Still Here, the TV miniseries Doctor Zhivago, and Acquario (1996), for which he won the Grolla d’oro. His music was used as the score for the Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning films Nomadland and The Father.
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