The Best of Ludovico Einaudi

Love Einaudi and I love playing it! I was grade 2 twenty years ago and now I've started playing again and this book is perfect. Although I love all Einaudis music, some has strings so not all the peices work. But my favourites are Le Onde, I Giorni, Neferi and Primavera. Only problem is is such a thick book you sometimes have to bend it right back to keep it open - which doesn't help with the ease of reading.

I've been a fan of Einaudi for years and have always wanted to learn to play his songs. Having recently purchased a digital piano I thought I'd dive in at the deep end. "Le Onde" was top of my list. The sheet music is accurate - more accurate than my ears at least - as what I thought was going to be "easy" was in fact much harder than anticipated. Even so, I'm enjoying this book and challenging myself to play better!

I absolutely love this book. I find it so relaxing to sit and play these pieces as they have just the right level of difficulty and repetitiveness. The pieces are absolutely beautiful and are really good at improving emotion in ones playing as it is required to make the pieces as emotive and varied as they are on the album. There are a good number of pieces in this book so i've been able to learn them all and yet still feel challenged. I'm of Grade 7 standard technically however I stopped having lessons a fairly long time ago so i'm not of that standard currently. I would say Grade 4/5+ would enjoy this book and I certainly have. The binding is not perfect as the middle pieces need propping open but the quality of the book otherwise is good.

I thought when buying this book that the list of tunes looked the most comprehensive of the EInaudi ‘best of’ piano books out there, however it does not include ‘nuvole bianche’. This is a disappointment to me as I will have to buy ‘Islands’ for that. It would be nice if a ‘best of’ actually contained the best of an artist rather than omitting their top hits.

For those who wish to know the contents:- Limbo Melodia Africana II La Profundità del Buio Quel che Resta Ombre Samba I Giorni Bella Notte I Due Fiumi Melodia Africana III Lontano Stella del Mattino Fuori dal Mundo Nefeli Exit Fuori dalla Notte Melodia Africana I Tracce Password Melodia Africana IV Le Onde (Canzone Popolare, Francia 1500 ca.) Le Onde Dietro l'Incanto Giorni Dispari Julia In un' altra Vita Un Mundo a Parte Sotto Vento L'ultima Volta Inizio La Linea Scura La Nascita delle Cose Segrete Passagio Onde Corte Questa Notte Due Tramonti

My daughter had been playing pieces from this book since she passed grade 4. This has a great collection of lyrical pieces. Definately my favourite of her piano books. Expensive, but a lovely collection. Definately good for grade 5 and above, grade 4 students may need to be selective about which pieces they play. Personally I find this collection much more intersting than traditionally 'classical' piano music.

Beautiful book , lovely pieces both easier and a little more harder for those who have mastered the piano. Wish the book cover was a different material as it can be difficult to keep it open without breaking in the seams.

my daughter loves the music book which she received in time for Christmas despite my late ordering , it is being well used and enjoyed.