''Night Song'' is an album by Norwegian pianist

Ketil Bjørnstad Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952) is a pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) ...

and Swedish cellist Svante Henryson recorded in Norway in 2009 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The

All About Jazz ''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near ...

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 Songs 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".Kelman, J
''Night Song'' Review
''

'', April 4, 2011

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

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

* Svante Henryson -

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Night Song (Ketil Bjornstad and Svante Henryson album) 2011 albums ECM Records albums Ketil Bjørnstad albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher