''Le onde'' (Italian "The Waves") is an album released in 1996 by the

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. The album is based on the novel ''

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'' by British writer

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, and was Einaudi's first solo piano album. The album enjoyed mainstream success, particularly in Italy and the UK. The inside of the CD booklet reads "If it were a story it would be set on the seafront of a long beach. A beach without beginning and without end. The story of a man who walks along this shore and perhaps never meets anyone. His gaze lingers occasionally to look at some object or fragment brought from the sea. The footprints of a crab or a solitary seagull. I always take the sand, the sky, some clouds, the sea. Only the waves change, always the same and different, smaller. larger. Shorter. Longer."

Track analysis

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 piece is split into parts, with each part being repeated until the coda at the end which brings it to a close. It builds up texture incorporating a melody in the right hand and long fast arpeggios in the left. There is a distinctive chord pattern which repeats throughout the arpeggios. In the chorus there is a key change and the arpeggios change to incorporate new melodies and motifs.

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External links

Ludovico Einaudi's Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Onde 1996 classical albums Ludovico Einaudi albums Instrumental albums