Released January 31, 2011 Release date 31 January 2011 Label ECM Records | Length 76:58 Producer Manfred Eicher Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded January 2009, Rainbow Studio, Oslo Night Song
(2011) Vinding's Music - Songs from the Alder Thicket
(2012) Artists Ketil Bjørnstad, Svante Henryson Similar Ketil Bjørnstad albums, Jazz albums | ||
Night Song is an album by Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad and Swedish cellist Svante Henryson recorded in Norway in 2009 and released on the ECM label.
Contents
Reception
The All About Jazz review by John Kelman said that "Defined by stark simplicity and a quiet majesty powered more by calm than energy, both Bjørnstad and Henryson value the purity of every note, and the resultant overtones when permitted decay to their inevitable conclusion. Neither seems compelled to speak more than is absolutely necessary, their discretion and unfailing choices defining qualities that allow Night Song's 16 original compositions (all but four by Bjørnstad) no shortage of interpretive unpredictability, despite never losing sight of—or respect for—the essence of each piece".
Track listing
All compositions by Ketil Bjørnstad except as indicated
- "Night Song (Evening Version)" - 4:31
- "Visitor" - 5:11
- "Fall" (Svante Henryson) - 3:29
- "Edge" - 5:39
- "Reticence" (Henryson) - 5:44
- "Schubert Said" - 4:36
- "Adoro" - 6:26
- "Share" - 4:26
- "Melting Ice" (Henryson) - 3:25
- "Serene" - 6:02
- "The Other" - 4:08
- "Own" - 3:15
- "Sheen" - 5:45
- "Chain" - 6:19
- "Tar" (Henryson) - 3:02
- "Night Song (Morning Version)" - 5:00
Personnel
Songs
1Night Song (Evening Version)4:28
2Visitor5:06
3Fall3:26