Ludovico Einaudi : The Calm of Einaudi

Piano International (Jan, 2012)
I am about to admit to something that will incite a flurry of emails from discerning IP readers: I like Ludovico Einaudi’s music. I like the simplicity of his melodies, the repetitive, undulating patterns; the soothing and natural rhythms. I find great comfort in this music, as does campaigner Christine Rayner, who has recorded a disc of Einaudi’s solo piano works to raise money for UK cancer charities and research. Rayner, who has very close experience of the disease, having suffered from breast cancer herself, describes how Einaudi’s music affords her a ‘haven of peace in this noisy and stressful world’. The Calm of Einaudi includes popular Classic FM hits …