Le Onde is an album released in 1996 by the Italian

Italy

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 pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

 Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi OMRI is an Italian contemporary music composer and pianist.-Biography:Born in Turin, Italy, Einaudi's mother played to him on the piano as a child. He began his musical training at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, gaining a diploma in composition in 1982...

. The album is based on the novel The Waves

The Waves

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by British writer Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century....

, and was Einaudi's first solo piano album. The album enjoyed mainstream success, particularly in Italy and the UK.

Le Onde

Le Onde is a slow and flowing piece. Einaudi claimed that he wrote the piece "Le Onde" when he was thinking of The Waves

The Waves

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Track listing

1. "Canzone popolare (1500 ca.)" – 0:57
2. "Le onde" – 4:55
3. "Lontano" – 4:49
4. "Ombre" – 5:23
5. "La linea scura" – 4:53
6. "Tracce" – 3:57
7. "Questa notte" – 5:10
8. "Sotto Vento" – 7:02
9. "Dietro l'incanto" – 4:46
10. "Onde corte" – 3:22
11. "La profondità del buio" – 3:52
12. "Passaggio" – 4:46
13. "L'ultima volta" – 4:24

External links

• Ludovico Einaudi's Official website