Divenire

Ludovico Einaudi’s energising and ambient music found a wide audience with Divenire in 2006. The album was recorded with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and draws on minimalism and contemporary pop idioms. Starting with miniature musical ideas, Einaudi layers simple harmonies and spare electronics to establish a broad and emotionally resonant atmosphere. A few minor-key inflections and chromatic dissonances (“Monday”, “Fly”) insert ambiguity in an otherwise relaxing musical world.