Night Song (Ketil Bjørnstad and Svante Henryson album)

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.[1]

Night Song
Studio album by
Ketil Bjørnstad and Svante Henryson
ReleasedJanuary 21, 2011
RecordedJanuary 2009, Rainbow Studio, Oslo
GenreJazz
Length76:58
LabelECM
ECM 2108
ProducerManfred Eicher
Ketil Bjørnstad chronology
Remembrance
(2010)		 Night Song
(2011)		 Vinding's Music - Songs from the Alder Thicket
(2012)

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".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ketil Bjørnstad except as indicated

  1. "Night Song (Evening Version)" - 4:31
  2. "Visitor" - 5:11
  3. "Fall" (Svante Henryson) - 3:29
  4. "Edge" - 5:39
  5. "Reticence" (Henryson) - 5:44
  6. "Schubert Said" - 4:36
  7. "Adoro" - 6:26
  8. "Share" - 4:26
  9. "Melting Ice" (Henryson) - 3:25
  10. "Serene" - 6:02
  11. "The Other" - 4:08
  12. "Own" - 3:15
  13. "Sheen" - 5:45
  14. "Chain" - 6:19
  15. "Tar" (Henryson) - 3:02
  16. "Night Song (Morning Version)" - 5:00

Personnel

References
  1. "ECM discography". ECM Records. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010.
  2. Kelman, J. Night Song Review All About Jazz, April 4, 2011
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