12 Songs From Home

12 Songs From Home is a unique entry in Ludovico Einaudi's discography, recorded entirely at his home in Italy during the COVID-19 lockdown in March and April 2020. Released as a surprise digital album, it features Einaudi performing some of his best-known works (such as 'Nuvole Bianche' and 'Oltremare') on his own upright piano. The recording quality is intentionally raw, capturing the mechanical sounds of the instrument and the acoustics of his living space, which provides a stark contrast to the polished, high-fidelity production of his 'Seven Days Walking' project. Critics noted the album's 'accidental' intimacy, praising how the domestic setting stripped away the perceived pretension of the neoclassical genre. It stands as a historical artifact of the pandemic era, emphasizing the artist's return to basics and the therapeutic power of minimalist piano music during times of global crisis.