Islands - Essential Einaudi

This book is an absolute treasure for Einaudi lovers and solo piano players. The print quality is good and the best part of this book is that it has Ludo's famous pieces which is an absolute joy to play. It is best suited for Grade 4-5 players and above. If you don't belong to that category, it's ok. You will need to spend more time in practising the pieces (start playing slowly first).

I love this book. It has almost all of my favourite songs from my favourite composer. Only thing is, it doesn't have a song called 'Giorni Dispari', but you can easily get the sheet music for that song for free on this website - http://www.sheetmusic.cc/piano/sheets/44400/Ludovico_Einaudi_Giorni_dispari.html

love the pieces... only problem is that the book is so thick that it's almost impossible to keep it propped open and you definitely can't do smooth page turns -_-

エイナウディの作品は聴いて・演奏して心地良いものが多いです。演奏上難しい要素も少ないので、幅広い方におすすめできます。

Achat fait pour ma fille qui veut déchiffrer et jouer ces morceaux. Un beau recueil au format agréable et un cadeau dont je suis sûr qu'il fera plaisir.

I enjoyed the gentle tone of these pieces. They vary in difficulty but I was able to sight read most with Grade IX piano. A little repetitious at times but very impressive sounding. I love this book.

The book of Enaudi’s music was delivered in a matter of about ten days. It has many pieces in clear easy-to read print. I am only playing the first one, but look forward to some of the rest. The piece Sunrise was highly recommended to me but it wasn’t in this book. That doesn’t matter though, as they are all new to me.

I am a huge Ludovico Einaudi fan. As a piano student, I first heard Divenire, and was hooked. I have recently been playing his music as a huge playlist for hours on end during study time and just regular reading time as it is so relaxing, so I begin searching for the sheet music, being a piano student, and then I found this book, which reflects the very best of Einaudi. It has all the main songs in it, or his most popular, such as Divenire, I Giorni, The earth Prelude, Nuvole Bianche, Primavera, and Ancora. It has 19 songs in all, and If you wish to preview how they will sound, go to youtube and search Einaudi Islands and click on one of the 1hr+ videos to listen to the Playlist of all the songs included as performed by Einaudi. It is exquisite. I ordered this book, and almost canceled my order because it was on backorder and I felt I was buying the book for just two or three songs. The day I went to cancel, It said it had shipped, which was such a blessing because I cannot imagine my piano library without this book. This book seems to be written NOTE for NOTE as the true versions are. So the songs sound exactly like he plays it, not a simplified version. It is perfect for an intermediate to Advanced pianist. These are challenging songs, with the hardest seeming to have four flats. There are about five or so in key of C, which will be perfect for more intermediate players. Evenstill, while some pieces are challenging, even for me and I have 11 years of lessons under my belt, this book has made me accelerate my performance. The area in piano that I lack the most in has always been adding notes in the left hand. I would play perhaps four at the most per measure and would never play the left hand exactly like it was written. I got to the point I would play three notes and just roll em back and fourth for the measure, then move to the next three and so on instead of scaling the entire bass part of the keyboard. After playing from this book for only about four hours, I have found myself naturally beginning to scale the entire bass part of the keyboard and adding bass notes subconsciously, the only part of piano playing that I lacked. It has taught me rhythm, without me realizing it better than any lesson book ever has. I have always been envious of people who can scale the entire keyboard effortlessly, and I can say that solely because of this book, I am finally reaching the skill level I always wanted. Bottom line: If you like Einaudi and have a decent background in piano, buy it. This is not a book for beginners, but is perfect for intermediates looking for a challenge, or Advanced looking to polish their skill set, or just lovers of Einaudi. It ranges from C to 4 flats, with everything in between, but even the C ones can be a little intensive. I haven't played but half of these songs, and already can say that I mastered quite a few. Its is worth every penny because it will make you grow as a pianist faster than you ever thought possible, and help you polish those little elements that you have trouble on, whether it is like me and is left hand rhythm, or perhaps dynamics. It is perfect.