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Ketil Bjørnstad
Person · male · Norway · Oslo · born 1952 · recording since 1973
Norwegian pianist, composer and author
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Also known as Ketil Bjornstad · 凯特尔·毕卓斯坦
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Debut release: Åpning
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Biography
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Biography
Ketil Bjørnstad (born 25 April 1952) is a Norwegian 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".
He is an artist on the ECM record label, but has also published some twenty books, including novels, poetry, and essay collections.
He has collaborated with other ECM artists, including cellists Svante Henryson and David Darling, drummer Jon Christensen, and guitarist Terje Rypdal.
Biography
Ketil Bjørnstad was born in Oslo. He trained as a classical pianist and studied with Amalie Christie and Robert Riefling, and also in London and Paris. He showed great talent at a young age, and won the title of "Youth Piano Master" in 1966 and 1968. When he was 16, he made his debut as a concert pianist with Béla Bartók's third piano concerto.
Bjørnstad subsequently turned towards jazz and rock, in close cooperation with the guitarist Terje Rypdal, bassist Arild Andersen, drummer Jon Christensen and the American cellist David Darling. He has recorded more than 50 albums, for labels which include Universal, Kirkelig Kulturverksted and ECM. He is particularly famous for the work Leve Patagonia (1978), which features Cornelis Vreeswijk and Lill Lindfors. His most famous song is "Sommernatt ved fjorden", sung by Ellen Westberg Andersen. Bjørnstad has released discs with a range of artists including Anneli Drecker, Kristin Asbjørnsen, Kari Bremnes, Lill Lindfors, Randi Stene, Lynni Treekrem, Frøydis Armand, the Stavangerensemblet, Anders Wyller, Per Vollestad and Ole Paus. He is internationally known for his Universal and ECM recordings, including The Sea, duo recordings with David Darling and Terje Rypdal, Grace, with Anneli Drecker, Bendik Hofseth and Trilok Gurtu, Floating with bassist Palle Danielsson and percussionist Marilyn Mazur, which went to the top of the jazz charts in Germany, solo triple album Rainbow Sessions
Rainbow SessionsSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 51 tracks · 3 discsDisc 11Arioso Dolente5:512Lucian4:163Hymn for Iohanne5:094Departure7:095The Wake3:216The Silhouettes5:237In the Bleak Midwinter5:428Kali5:109The Child4:5510Prelude No.14:3511The Letter4:4012The Curtain4:0613Fragment2:1114Spring Breeze5:3915Fanny Xiang (The Sleeping Child) (The long Farewell version)6:20Disc 21Fanny Xiang (The Sleeping Child) (The Rainbow version)6:262Undercurrent2:453The Sorrow (Rolf Jacobsen Memoriam)3:434The Rainbow5:035In the Night, Midwinter3:166The Orphan Child4:437Icon1:408The Source4:529The Grave, the Oracle4:1010Psalm4:1811Places, People, Moments and Years4:0012Song for a Mother2:1213The Day Descending4:4014Twelve, Zero1:5415The Unknown4:3716The Ocean Line2:3217Past2:4018The Sudden Moment2:1319Solace (The Rainbow version)2:47Disc 31Solace (The Way Through the Woods version)4:382The Secret4:123The Blue Room in Vika4:294The Day After2:545Libidel's Song Before the Mirrot3:096By the Fjord5:217The Way Through the Woods6:098Brahms: Intermezzo Opus 118 No.27:169Barcarole4:5110I've Never Sailed the Amazon3:4711The White Hotel3:3112The Birth4:1913The First Night3:1114The Change3:1015Nocturne2:4916The Old Story3:2717Blue Man5:31 and The Light, with Randi Stene and Lars Anders Land. Gramophone magazine has compared Bjørnstad's songs to those of Leonard Cohen. His ECM-album, Remembrance
RemembranceSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Remembrance I4:562Remembrance II3:443Remembrance III5:004Remembrance IV4:185Remembrance V4:456Remembrance VI6:137Remembrance VII3:558Remembrance VIII4:589Remembrance IX4:1510Remembrance X4:4511Remembrance XI4:33 (2010), adds to his catalogue of his serene, meditative work.
Bjørnstad has worked in recent years with the Swedish cellist Svante Henryson. In 2000 he wrote the millennium oratorio Himmelrand (The edge of the sky), based on texts of the poet Stein Mehren. He wrote commissions for the Molde International Jazz Festival in 2007 and for the Bjørnson Festival in 2008. He also wrote "Coast Lines" for the Canal Street Festival in Arendal in 2007 and "Hvalenes Song" for Vestfold International Festival in 2009. His music has often been used by film directors, including Ken Loach and Jean-Luc Godard. As a pianist he has toured all over the world, and visited jazz festivals including those in Montreal, Shanghai, Taipei, Rome, Nancy, Frankfurt, Leipzig, London, Molde and Kongsberg.
Bjørnstad first appeared as an author in 1972 with the poetry collection Alone. He has published about 30 books in all, including poems, novels and biography. Among his earliest novels are Pavane and Bingo – a virtue of Essentials. His novel Oda!, which is based on the life of Oda Krohg is regarded as a reference work on the bohemian scene in Kristiania (Oslo before 1924), and sits alongside his biography of Hans Jæger. A translation of his biographical work The story of Edvard Munch was published in English to coincide with a Munch retrospective exhibition. Among his other literary works are the critically acclaimed Villa Europa and the Victor-Alveberg trilogy, which consists of the novels Drift, Dream of the Sea and Road to Dhaka . Bjørnstad won the Riksmål prize in 1998 with Spiritual. The same year he wrote a satirical book about football, The journey to Gaul with Ole Paus. Mention must also be made of the millennium trilogy which comprises Fall, Ludvig Hassel's Tusenårsskiftet (Ludwig Hassel's Millennium) and Tesman.
Bjørnstad wrote the psychological thrillers The Custom Themes and Twilight. The events of the latter take place in the archipelago of Tvedestrand Municipality, where Bjørnstad lived in the 1970s and 80s. More recently, Bjørnstad wrote an award-winning trilogy about the young pianist Aksel Vinding. It consists of the novels The music, The River and Damen i Dalen (The Lady in the Valley).
Bjørnstad's literary breakthrough in Germany came in 2006 with Vindings Spiel (To the music) published by Suhrkamp / Insel. The influential critic Elke Heidenreich described the novel as "a perfect book" in her Lesen! program for ZDF, and it went straight into the bestseller list of Der Spiegel. The book was also Bjørnstad's literary breakthrough in France, and was awarded the Prix des lecteurs for 2008. To Music was published in English in 2009. In 2010, the novel was longlisted for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
The three novels The Immortals/De Udødelige, End of the World/Verdens Ende and Loneliness/Ensomheten, are comparable to Bjørnstads Millennium-trilogy, where the author discusses the modern mans possibilities in a contemporary setting. In Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the critic Klaus Birnstiel wrote that The Immortals was "a great novel, not easy to forget".
Master of dreams/Drømmemesteren is a biography about the Norwegian painter Bendik Riis who lived much of his life in different institutions. The Road to Mozart/Veien til Mozart is both a Mozart-biography and a story about the authors childhood in Oslo in the Sixties and Seventies. The book received unison praise by Norwegian critics, and is sold to Suhrkamp/Insel in Germany
On ECM, Bjørnstad has released the albums Life in Leipzig, Remembrance, Night SongNight SongSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Night Song (Evening Version)4:282Visitor5:053Fall3:264Edge5:375Reticence5:406Schubert Said4:317Adoro6:218Share4:209Melting Ice3:2210Serene5:5711The Other4:0512Own3:0913Sheen5:4114Chain6:1415Tar2:5716Night Song (Morning Version)5:00, Vindings Music and La Notte
La NotteSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1I6:532II8:233III4:364IV5:275V8:316VI6:447VII7:048VIII7:00. The albums Soloppgang/Sunrise (text by Edvard Munch) and A Passion for John DonneA Passion for John DonneSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Introitus - A Passion for John Donne3:082Thou Hast Made Me7:543A Fever5:434Death, Be Not Proud3:395Interlude No. 12:486The Legacy3:487Batter My Heart, Three Personed God3:288A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy’s Day8:339Farewell to Love7:3110Interlude No.24:0211Since She Whom I Loved Hath Paid Her Last Debt2:2212A Valediction, Forbidden Mourn8:2013Oh, to Vex Me, Contraries Meet In5:0314Interlude No.32:3315There We Leave You3:51 are written for choir and soloists, as well as Sanger om tilhørighet, where Bjørnstad continue his collaboration with the Norwegian singer and saxophone player Håkon Kornstad.
On 3 October 2014. Bjørnstad played for more than 50,000 people, outdoor at the Jarasum International Jazz Festival in Korea, together with Terje Rypdal.
In 2015, Bjørnstad recorded a new album with Ole Paus, called Frolandia
FrolandiaSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Et sted å slå seg ned4:252Innlandet der inni meg3:563Hjemme5:434Skisporet3:575Død i april6:076Mykland3:497Turbinene ved bøylefoss3:548En verden åpner seg for henne3:039Turkart for froland3:4810Vandreren3:3511Vi som trekker i trådene2:5112Toget som fløyter om natten3:2813Mot skogen3:3014Vemodet i et ansikt3:0215Furutrær i agder3:5616Reisen innover1:5317Et sted å slå seg ned. He also launched a new novel, called The Sixties/Sekstitallet, the first of six novels about the decades from the sixties to today. The Seventies/Syttitallet, and then, annually: The Eighties/Åttitallet, The Nineties/Nittitallet, 2000/Tyvetallet and, released in August 2020: The Last Decade/Siste Tiåret. The series has so far sold in total more than 175,000 copies (Aschehoug Forlag). The first books have also been translated into German. In ZDF Matthias Heineman writes that Bjørnstad is "a solid storyteller". In Jyllandsposten Lars-Ole Knippel chose The Nineties/Nittitallet as one of the best book of the year(2018). Verdens Gang writes about The Seventies/Syttitallet (2016):This is truly an adventurous journey. (Guri Hjeltnes)
In recent years, as a musician, Bjørnstad has released a number of solo piano albums, Shimmering
ShimmeringSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Opening3:482Shimmering4:443Remembrance No. 23:104Visitor (For Manfred)5:405If Only3:186Pampas5:057Transmission1:138Floating4:219The Sea No. 23:3110Remembrance No. 13:4111The Sea No. 95:0412Kari Danser4:5213By The Fjord5:3314Late Summer6:39 and Images
ImagesSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Image No. 13:352Image No. 24:303Image No. 34:334Image No. 44:235Image No. 54:056Image No. 63:387Image No. 71:468Image No. 83:599Image No. 93:1610Image No. 102:5811Image No. 113:0612Image No. 124:3113Image No. 132:1614Image No. 143:4015Image No. 153:2116Image No. 162:08 from 2015, but also The World I Used To Know
The World I Used to KnowSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 20 tracks1Hymn for the Travelling Souls4:362The World I Used to Know4:333The Elizabethan Serenade3:294Sett Deg Ned4:165The Journey5:486Der Ute – Der Inne2:537Maria Wiegenlied3:148Both Sides Now3:069La fille aux cheveux de lin2:4110Anna Lovinda2:0711Jazz Rhapsody3:5912Transparence3:4313The Road to Mozart6:2114In Your Quiet Place3:4015By the Fjord4:4316Schubert Said – Again3:2817Blue Man3:4018Drømmen om havet4:1419I Say a Little Prayer2:3620Here Comes the Sun2:22 (Grappa 2019), recorded in Abbey Road's famous Studio 2 in London. The album was launched at the same time as two sold-out concerts in The Norwegian Opera, which marked Bjørnstad's fiftieth anniversary as a musician. The first concert was also filmed and shown on NRK. Bjørnstad's latest ECM-release is A Suite of Poems with Anneli Drecker and Lars Saabye Christensen. The same year, Grappa released Hun som kjenner tristheten ved ting with Eva Bjerga Haugen, based on lyrics by Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold.
In April 2020, Grappa launched The Personal Gallery with violinist Guro Kleven Hagen. Three months later, Lawo launched Lofotoratoriet with Marianne Beate Kielland, and in March 2021, Simax will release a dress rehearsal-recording and DVD of his new opera Flagstad-an Opera, a live performance from The Norwegian Opera in Oslo, November 2020.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 73 | 96.6th |
| Studio albums | 65 | 99.5th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 66 | 99.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 52 | 92.5th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (73 release groups · 65 studio albums)
Albums · 65
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 40:12
A1Kari danser6:22A2De glemte ting4:59A3Nærmere6:16A4Tone l2:22B1Dedikasjon4:28B2Det finnes hus5:19B3Klovnen synger4:51B4Eftang5:351974 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:05
A1Berget det blå5:30A2Blåmann6:25A3Den låste døren1:45A4Alt som våkner6:00A5Lys natt2:12B1Sylvelins hus4:18B2Drømmen om havet6:24B3Tenke på imorgen1:47B4Lord nothing4:42B5Landet på andre siden1:021975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 44:40
A1Ansikt til ansikt2:07A2Tredje dag7:31A3Hverandre4:20A4Satyren4:14A5Hvit søndag4:42B1Brosten3:54B2Det går et tog imorgen tidlig2:46B3Tintagel5:02B4Hodet ut av vinduet5:30B5Huset om natten4:341976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:11
A1Finnes du noensteds ikveld4:47A2Åpne havner5:44A3Idioter vil alltid synge2:59A4Drømmeleken3:15A5Mens du sover3:53B1Huset ved stranden5:14B2Den milde vinden nordfra3:00B3Se deg i speilet4:40B4Vinterbyen4:25B5Takk og farvel3:141977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:51
A1Veien videre3:57A2Broene4:32A3De som bor på øyene4:45A4Lenge før daggry3:33A5Glade enker3:42A6Mannen i månen3:35B1Lyngør fyr5:00B2Grønt som gress3:46B3Mistenkelige personers samba4:32B4Ti på fire2:45B5Ariel3:32B6Novemberlys4:121977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:04
A1Gaia5:10A2Mannen som solgte ballonger4:56A3Gjesten5:20A4Selena5:35A5Kjære deg1:53B1Tider skal komme4:39B2Hun spurte ham hvorfor han var som han var5:25B3Nedenom og hjem4:56B4Naboer3:43B5Vi flykter i natt4:271978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 2:16:11
Disc 11Leve Patagonia4:242Skuddet på Tjuveholmen5:303Justisminister Aimar Sørensens Samba4:244Sommernatt ved fjorden4:185En dag i hans liv1:316Odas sang5:417Dyr og indianere6:258Jensines sommersang4:069Med hilsen fra Schjander4:5510Grønnegate 192:3511Natt i Paris5:3812Henrik Ibsens triste natt5:3313Dagen derpå0:5914Saihuekis datter6:4815Fengsel og fortvilelse5:58Disc 21Fy faen, det er morgen!3:062Det er ikke så langt til Sør-Amerika6:063Slike drømmer om hus3:344Promenade4:385Dueslaget4:366Et hvitt aeroplan5:377Dampskipet Melchior3:548På et blått rom i Vika5:589Kelner Hans4:3510Kristianias gater4:2111Samba på dødsleiet4:4112Jappes blues3:1813Jeg ble sytten år mens jeg så4:4714Saihuekis samba4:4515Sang for Patagonia3:301979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 43:51
A1Jordsang5:10A2Retten til eget liv5:10A3Inatt klokken 37:10A4Store gutter gråter ikke4:40B1Svart piano7:50B2Over broen5:17B3Blues på tvers4:07B4Falkvord lommanson4:271980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:26:35
Disc 1A1De som gikk sist4:30A2Høysommer6:36A3Målen6:04A4Øyer i luften5:34B1Tidevann5:05B2Avskjed på forskudd4:23B3Fremmede, kjente3:20B4Stig ned2:42B5Dager på skjæret6:36Disc 2C1Ballade for en som sover2:33C2Slikt et vakkert par5:05C3Engang klovn3:56C4Samba på hjørnet5:52C5Grønne timer3:07D1Gjennom natten7:40D2En for to2:57D3Bortreist5:55D4Solen står opp4:401981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:23:36
Disc 1A1Borgermesterens kommentar/Preludium5:04A2Ingen hjemme3:33A3Barnedåp3:30A4Kald Krig3:48A5Biler og våpen2:25A6Linda3:55B1Snarvei3:16B2Kennedy4:10B3Mor død1:52B4Tåke gjennom natten3:04B5Hvite Engel4:56B6Skål!2:33Disc 2C1Lave Tak2:33C2Thalassa3:29C3Jeg stanger hodet mot taket2:54C4Hjem, kjære hjem2:58C5Æ'kke Sjans3:44C6Borgermesterens kommentar/Fengselsfugl2:45D1Midtveis i januar4:54D2Frelser!3:19D3Velkommen i stuen3:59D4Morris Mini3:29D5Godværsvenninde3:16D6Din morgen4:101982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 41:16
A1Lad spille med vaar over jorden3:54A2Alle borte2:20A3Violoncel2:37A4Om hundrede aar er alting glemt3:32A5Skjærgaardsø4:06A6Sorosi piker3:55B1Drot2:15B2Høstdag3:52B3Gravsted3:34B4Det stunder mot regn2:25B5Lina3:18B6Saa vender jeg om3:08B7Med røde roser2:201982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 38:18
A1Engler i sneen5:37A2Den fremmede4:48A3Føttenes veier3:16A4Vals for 35:23B1Byen ved fjorden4:47B2Blues for et mislykket karneval3:43B3Venninner4:42B4Hvite løgner6:021983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:19:38
A1Mitt Första Möte Med Min Doris Lyser6:34A2Aniaras Tema3:30A3Isagels Tema2:36A4Mimans Tema4:38A5Doris' Tema2:54B1När Dorisburg Smält Bort (Miman Sprängs)1:10B2Yurg (Orkestern Spelar Fancies)2:42B3Chefsastronomens Sång4:24B4Chefones Tema2:41B5Libidels Sång Framfor Spegeln3:23B6Men Rymdens Hårdhet Pressar Oss Till Riter1:10B7Den Blinda Poetissans Sång Om Landet Rind5:22C1Barnet3:00C2På Mimas Tid Var Vi Arena-Troll1:59C3Chefones Trädgård5:44C4Ångermässa2:20C5Libidella (Hemlig Sorgesång)3:53C6Hör Oss Från Xinombra2:11D1Gjutjärnsvisa1:38D2Jag Väckes Av Et Skrik6:02D3Ett Ljusår Är En Grav1:57D4Sång Från Gond1:49D5Den Klara Anden Isagel Bröt Samman2:01D6Mitt I Den Brinnande Solen3:13D7Jag Skruvar Lampan Ned Och Bjuder Frid2:471984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 43:27
A1Mine dager i Paris4:32A2Bonjour nuit6:24A3Grace4:34A4Montparnasse6:27B1Yves klein i elven, på ryggen, under broene3:58B2Boulevard5:07B3Tango sorbonne5:28B4Fra artaud til pharamond og ut3:59B5Mine dager i paris (piano Solo)2:581984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:41
A1Prelude Nr. 14:47A2Prelude Nr. 22:45A3Prelude Nr. 33:02A4Prelude Nr. 44:16A5Prelude Nr. 54:01A6Prelude Nr. 62:34B1Prelude Nr. 74:55B2Prelude Nr. 83:24B3Prelude Nr. 92:42B4Prelude Nr. 103:31B5Prelude Nr. 114:39B6Prelude Nr. 123:051985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 45:40
A1Prelude Nr. 136:34A2Prelude Nr. 142:54A3Prelude Nr. 154:03A4Prelude Nr. 163:38A5Prelude Nr. 173:08A6Prelude Nr. 182:25B1Prelude Nr. 193:26B2Prelude Nr. 205:12B3Prelude Nr. 214:53B4Prelude Nr. 223:23B5Prelude Nr. 232:47B6Prelude Nr. 243:171989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 37:53
1Pianology 19:242Pianology 27:303Pianology 32:284Pianology 42:355Pianology 54:336Pianology 62:257Pianology 77:068Pianology 81:521990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:03:04
1Land5:232Riva4:493Odyssey13:344Vind3:295Hold5:306Sang2:577Laguna5:128Rav5:079Campo3:4510Akt6:081118147:101990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:15
1Sweetest Love5:552A Lecture Upon the Shadow4:533The Shadow6:474The Good-morrow4:105Go, and Catch a Falling Star4:306The Dream4:037The Token4:038The Paradox3:239His Picture4:5510Love's Exchange4:5311The Silence4:5512Hymn2:481992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:00:55
1Introitus2:232Kom tilbake4:253Kyrie7:004Jeg er din mor4:405Gloria5:376Perlefiskerne4:007Credo6:048Himlens uro4:069Sanctus5:0310Svøpt i livet3:4611Agnus Dei5:1012Interludium3:0113Velsignelsen5:401993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:13
1Part one, Blue Ice (The Glacier): Glacial Reconstruction6:592Part one, Blue Ice (The Glacier): Levels and Degrees7:203Part one, Blue Ice (The Glacier): Surface Movements4:274Part one, Blue Ice (The Glacier): The View I5:185Part one, Blue Ice (The Glacier): Between Memory and Presentiment4:036Part two, Approaching The Sea: Ten Thousand Years Later7:107Part two, Approaching The Sea: Waterfall2:148Part two, Approaching The Sea: Flotation and Surroundings5:209Part two, Approaching The Sea: Riverscape2:1410Part two, Approaching The Sea: Approaching the Sea4:5111Part two, Approaching The Sea: The View II4:3012Part two, Approaching The Sea: History3:47Lise Madsen, Moses og de andre
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:16:00
1Overture3:262Lise Madsen2:283Dildo nr.32:324Himmelen vet hva hun het2:305Piken og do-do fuglen6:186Klesvask1:457Annas hus – en bygdevise3:278Kvernskjær3:539Fanden i tårnet3:1210Stauder2:0511Borgere og banditter3:5012Smygeren2:4213Skjulestedet5:5414Liljen og grisen, eller: Spurde du meg2:0415Adam og Eva2:3216Vrakgods2:4017Aron2:4918Musling2:3019Farvel, Roar Wik3:3820Signelill1:5521Hitleryngel2:2922Godtfolk4:3023Veisangen4:1124Til slutt2:401994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 58:24
1Mot en verden av lys4:182Veiene blekner / Den første kjærlighetsnatten6:333Jeg ser tilbake5:024På fjorden1:235Jeg brøt egentlig aldri opp3:226Hvor har jeg sett dette ansiktet før5:207Et bilde1:248Er vi som linjer3:239Tristan og isolde5:0910Jeg holder ditt hode4:2811Sengen / Ekteskapet5:1112Lene din ensomhet stille mot min3:3013I går så jeg deg / Hvem spiller igjen4:5914Det første lyset1:0015Jeger den jeger3:221997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:17
1Hvem merker vel alle sine feiltrinn3:402Min gud, hvorfor har du forlatt meg4:143Herren er min hyrde4:554Jorden hører herren til4:245Som en hjort skriker etter rennende bekker5:576Hjelp meg til min rett, gud3:577Sela (Sela i / Sela II)6:398Vær stille, min sjel4:479Men disse som søker etter min sjel5:1710Forkast meg ikke i alderdommens tid2:5511Herre, du kjenner meg5:32Nytt Liv - «The Rosenborg Tapes», Volum I
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:00:24
1Blåmann6:122Natten3:533Solsang3:524Sommernatt ved fjorden3:415Ophelia's arrival3:506The token4:377Sara4:258Høysommer6:509Så vender jeg om3:0910Mine dager i paris4:5811Når søvnen skiller deg fra meg10:5712Nytt liv4:00Himmelrand - Tusenårsoratoriet
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:13:29
1Vi Er Soloppganger3:292Ved Randen Av Store År5:183Tusenårsskille 15:464Innerst I Vinternatten1:475Tusenårsskifte - Klokken Er Tolv3:046Det Er Netter4:327Millennium 12:498Hva Er Det Med Natten2:509Steder, Mennesker, Øyeblikk Og År4:3410Tilstede2:2611Millenium 22:3812Hva Er Tid5:1113Tusenårsskille 2 / Idet To Århundreder...3:5614Den Usynlige Regnbuen4:2015Avglans4:2916Så Spinkle Ord2:3817Bønn Foran Et Helgenbilde1:3018Tusenårsskille 35:1719Vi Er Øyeblikket2:4020Tusenårsskifte2:4221Tusenårsskifte - Klokken Er Tolv1:332000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:13:29
1Prelude ... I4:472Prelude ... II2:453Prelude ... III3:024Prelude ... IV4:165Prelude ... V4:016Prelude ... VI2:347Prelude ... VII4:558Prelude ... VIII3:249Prelude ... IX2:4210Prelude ... X4:3911Prelude ... XI3:0512Prelude ... XII6:3413Prelude ... XIII4:0314Prelude ... XIV3:3815Prelude ... XV3:0816Prelude ... XVI2:2517Prelude ... XVII3:2618Prelude ... XVIII5:1219Prelude ... XIX4:532001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:32
1Before the Light No.14:052Alai's Room3:543Intimacy4:544Taipei Nights No.13:575Before the Light No.24:356Cookie's Face No.14:137Cake's Taxi Dream3:418Seeing Things5:489Behind the Mask3:1110Taipei Nights No.23:5811Before the Light No.32:5412Cookie's Face No.22:5713Underground3:4414Neon2:4515Taipei Nights No.32:4916Shimmering5:0417Before the Light No.44:032001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:15:36
1Årle i old var det yme bygde9:232Ask og embla7:173Folkestrid i heimen6:074Balders draumar4:025Interludium 11:486Ved volvas grav6:357Heim rid du odin5:528Mistelteinen5:169Balders gravferd1:5210Hermods ferd til helheimen4:2911Takk1:0012Loketretta5:5513Ragnarók4:3414Vidar vega skal valdyret0:5615Sol mun svartne4:1416Interludium 21:3517Jord or havet atter grønkledd4:412002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:15:40
1Til Norge2:582Jeg lagde mit øre til kildens bred6:093E kann so mangen ein vakker sang (instrumental)1:004Paa solen jeg ser5:575Min tankes tanke ene du er vorden2:586Veslemøy3:277Ja, vi elsker dette landet3:498Om kvelden4:039I ensomme stunde3:1510Der skreg en fugl1:5711E kann so mangen ein vakker sang (var.1.)1:4712Gyldenlak, før du din glans har tabt2:2713Du vaarens milde, skjønne barn3:2814Hver glædesstund du fik paa jord3:4015Jeg lagde mig så sildig4:0516Nu tak for alt ifra vi var smaa2:3717E kann so mangen ein vakker sang (var.2.)1:0418Syng, syng, nattergal du2:4219Nu løftes laft og lofte2:2420Alt lægger for din fod jeg ned3:0821Naar solen falder bag top og tinde4:4522Sov du dyreste gutten min3:4023E kann so mangen ein vakker sang (var.3.)1:3424Borte2:462002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:00:09
1Blue Man6:122The Night3:523Song for the Sun3:534By the Fjord3:405Ophelia's Arrival3:496The Token4:357Sara4:238Late Summer6:499Turning Around3:0710Days in Paris4:5711When Sleep Brings Us Apart10:5512New Life3:572003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 31 tracks
Disc 11Tema til profeten i2Skipets ankomst3Om kjærlighet4Om ekteskap5Om barn6Om å gi7Om å spise og drikke8Om å arbeide9Om glede og sorg10Om hus11Om klær12Om å kjøpe og selge13Om forbrytelse og straff14Om lover15Om frihet16Om fornuft og lidenskapDisc 21Tema til profeten II2Om smerten3Om selverkjennelse4Om kunnskap5Om vennskap6Om å snakke7Om tiden8Om godt og ondt9Om bønn10Om glede11Om skjønnhet12Om religion13Om døden14Farvel15Tema til profeten2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:02:43
1The Nest (Preludium)2:412In Shadow4:203The Window3:074The Bridge I5:075The Bathers4:076The Hope I1:377Exile3:148The Circle4:359Darkland2:3810Forgetfulness4:0111The Joy3:4112The Bridge II5:0413Old Song3:4914The Hope II2:4115The Memory4:3016Fear3:2917The Nest (Postludium)4:022004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:19:52
1Seafarer's Song2:302He Struggled to the Surface6:283Dying to Get to Europe3:594Orion4:485Tidal Wawes6:096How Sweet the Moonlight Sleeps Upon This Bank3:457Navigator5:198Ung forelsket kvinne5:419The Beach3:4010Her Voice5:0511Dreaming of the North5:4112I Had Been Hungry, All the Years2:4313The Exile's Line3:4814When Police Came They Also Hit Me4:1315Refugees at the Rich Man's Gate6:2316I Many Times Thought Peace Had Come3:4617The Night Is Darkening Round Me5:54Love's Philosophy - Keats, Shelley, Byron
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 26:35
1Love's Philosophy3:112Rose Leaves2:123The Cloud2:554A Fragment1:285Lines2:356Stanzes for Music3:297The Indian Serenade1:578When Passion's Trance Is Overpast1:489My Soul Is Dark1:3310This Living Hand1:0611The Flower That Smiles Today2:2312On the Grasshopper and Cricket1:582004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:49
1Alt3:482På natthavet4:113Vi7:004Trekkfuglene4:355Det er langt mellom venner4:256Kjengjerninger3:517Testamente3:368Rom sjø6:249Skimtet4:2910Aldri4:3111Fem ganger4:4412Venteværelset3:152005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:08:48
1Floating6:472The Sorrow in Her Eyes5:043Memory3:074Ray of Light6:565Looking Back2:296Caravan Moving2:597Thought2:268The Woman on the Pier5:099Undercurrent3:5910The Rainbow4:1011The Course6:4512Her Singing3:4613The Face5:1714As You Always Said (to Rolf)4:0315The Waiting Room3:0816Floating (Epilogue)2:432006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 51 tracks · 3:35:42
Disc 11Arioso Dolente5:512Lucian4:163Hymn for Iohanne5:094Departure7:095The Wake3:216The Silhouettes5:237In the Bleak Midwinter5:428Kali5:109The Child4:5510Prelude No.14:3511The Letter4:4012The Curtain4:0613Fragment2:1114Spring Breeze5:3915Fanny Xiang (The Sleeping Child) (The long Farewell version)6:20Disc 21Fanny Xiang (The Sleeping Child) (The Rainbow version)6:262Undercurrent2:453The Sorrow (Rolf Jacobsen Memoriam)3:434The Rainbow5:035In the Night, Midwinter3:166The Orphan Child4:437Icon1:408The Source4:529The Grave, the Oracle4:1010Psalm4:1811Places, People, Moments and Years4:0012Song for a Mother2:1213The Day Descending4:4014Twelve, Zero1:5415The Unknown4:3716The Ocean Line2:3217Past2:4018The Sudden Moment2:1319Solace (The Rainbow version)2:47Disc 31Solace (The Way Through the Woods version)4:382The Secret4:123The Blue Room in Vika4:294The Day After2:545Libidel's Song Before the Mirrot3:096By the Fjord5:217The Way Through the Woods6:098Brahms: Intermezzo Opus 118 No.27:169Barcarole4:5110I've Never Sailed the Amazon3:4711The White Hotel3:3112The Birth4:1913The First Night3:1114The Change3:1015Nocturne2:4916The Old Story3:2717Blue Man5:312007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:17:03
1The Window (Evening version)3:212Here3:143The Moon Arising5:584The Tree in the Courtyard3:555Silhouettes6:026I Will Go There5:497The First Room5:288Confession5:069Approaching6:4810Devotion4:3411Dance of Life: I. White (The Innocence)7:2312Dance of Life: II. Red (The Passion)4:3013Dance of Life: III. Black (The Sorrow)3:5414The Inner Story3:4515A Sudden Thought2:5316Nexus4:23The Light: Songs of Love and Fear
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:17:45
1Grensen (The Border)4:502Natten (The Night)4:363Sommer Natt Ved Fjorden (By the Fjord)5:554Sommersang (Summer Song)5:065A Valediction: Of Weeping6:366The Dream5:277The Prohibition5:408Lamentoso3:249The Flea5:0210A Noctural Upon St. Lucy's Day, Being the Shortest Day6:3711The Sun Rising5:3212Air and Angels5:1813Love's Alchemy2:5114Break of Day5:3615A Hymn to God the Father5:152009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:16:12
1Solace2:512Prelude No.14:373Arioso Dolente5:544Lucian4:205Hymn for Iohanne5:116Fanny Xiang (1. Version)6:247The Rainbow5:078In The Night, Midwinter3:199The Orphan Child4:4610The Grave, The Oracle4:1311Psalm4:2112The Secret4:1413The Blue Room In Vika4:3214The Way Through The Woods6:1215Blue Man5:3316Solace4:382010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 51:22
1Remembrance I4:562Remembrance II3:443Remembrance III5:004Remembrance IV4:185Remembrance V4:456Remembrance VI6:137Remembrance VII3:558Remembrance VIII4:589Remembrance IX4:1510Remembrance X4:4511Remembrance XI4:332011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:15:53
1Night Song (Evening Version)4:282Visitor5:053Fall3:264Edge5:375Reticence5:406Schubert Said4:317Adoro6:218Share4:209Melting Ice3:2210Serene5:5711The Other4:0512Own3:0913Sheen5:4114Chain6:1415Tar2:5716Night Song (Morning Version)5:002011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 1:53:11
1Prelude 14:512Prelude 22:493Prelude 33:094Prelude 44:215Prelude 54:086Prelude 62:397Prelude 74:598Prelude 83:299Prelude 92:4910Prelude 114:4511Prelude 123:1212Prelude 136:3813Prelude 154:1014Prelude 163:3915Prelude 173:0716Prelude 182:3017Prelude 193:3018Prelude 205:1319Prelude 214:5520Pianology 19:2721Pianology 27:3522Pianology 32:3323Pianology 42:3824Pianology 54:3625Pianology 62:2826Pianology 77:0927Pianology 81:52Vinding's Music - Songs From the Alder Thicket
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 2:00:30
Disc 11So Far, So Hidden11:362If Only7:363Outside Skoog4:254The Stones, the River6:275Promise5:166She Didn't Say4:427Evening Voices3:228Remembrance I5:169New Morning6:51Disc 21Adagio From Piano Concerto No. 23 in a Major KV 4886:102Clair de Lune From Suite Bergamesque5:153Adagio Sostenuto From Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 1812:104Ballade No.1 in G Minor Op. 239:025Adagio Assai From Piano Concerto in G Major9:026Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante Molto Cantabile Ed Espressivo From Sonata No. 30 in E Major Op. 10913:367Adagio for Strings9:44Sunrise (A Cantata On Texts By Edvard Munch)
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:18:24
1En Rovfugl Har Satt Seg Fast I Mitt Indre (A Bird of Prey Is Clinging to My Inner Being)7:272Moren (The Mother)6:113Intet Er Lite (Nothing Is Small)4:514Jorden Elskede Luften (The Earth Loved the Air)4:315Resitativ I (Recitative I)1:006Stupet (The Cliff)5:217Som I En Kirke (As If They Were in a Church)5:238Intermezzo I1:499Livets Dans (The dance of Life)4:5710Åpent Vindu (Open Window)4:3311Resitativ II (Recitative II)0:5712Adskillelsen (The Separation)5:4613Intermezzo II4:0914Gravsten (Gravestone)3:5915Resitativ III (Recitative III)0:5216Alfa Og Omega (Alpha and Omega)5:2317De Fineste Nerver Et Rammet (The Most Delicate Nerves Are Affected)4:1718Intermezzo III1:4219Soloppgang (Sunrise)5:162015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:00:57
1Et sted å slå seg ned4:252Innlandet der inni meg3:563Hjemme5:434Skisporet3:575Død i april6:076Mykland3:497Turbinene ved bøylefoss3:548En verden åpner seg for henne3:039Turkart for froland3:4810Vandreren3:3511Vi som trekker i trådene2:5112Toget som fløyter om natten3:2813Mot skogen3:3014Vemodet i et ansikt3:0215Furutrær i agder3:5616Reisen innover1:5317Et sted å slå seg ned2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 38:25
1Piano concert no 3. : Allegretto / Adagio religioso / Allegro vivace25:082Le vent dans la plaine2:003La fille aux cheveux de lin2:294Brouillards3:055Jeux d'eau5:432015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 55:45
1Image No. 13:352Image No. 24:303Image No. 34:334Image No. 44:235Image No. 54:056Image No. 63:387Image No. 71:468Image No. 83:599Image No. 93:1610Image No. 102:5811Image No. 113:0612Image No. 124:3113Image No. 132:1614Image No. 143:4015Image No. 153:2116Image No. 162:082015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:00:39
1Opening3:482Shimmering4:443Remembrance No. 23:104Visitor (For Manfred)5:405If Only3:186Pampas5:057Transmission1:138Floating4:219The Sea No. 23:3110Remembrance No. 13:4111The Sea No. 95:0412Kari Danser4:5213By The Fjord5:3314Late Summer6:392018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 55:00
1Mayflower, New York3:302Duxton, Melbourne5:123Kempinski, Berlin4:564L’Hotel, Paris3:485Palace, Copenhagen5:106Astor Crowne, New Orleans3:137The Grand, Krakow3:498Palazzo Londra,Venice3:589Vier Jahreszeiten, Hamburg3:2210Savoy, Lisbon5:0711Mayday Inn, Hong Kong5:1112Lutetia, Paris4:1813Schloss Elmau3:26Hun som kjenner tristheten ved ting
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 59:01
1Hun som kjenner tristheten ved ting (Prolog)4:332Hår eller håp3:593Glassuglen3:264Som om tiden ikke finnes5:145Hun skriver i lyset3:086Historien5:077Gjennom skogen2:198Ingen2:229Et slags adjøtegn4:5210Hun plukker sorger5:0111Slør1:2712Om verden går under3:4613Alle kan forandre mening3:3414Oljelampen5:1115Hun som kjenner tristheten ved ting (Epilog)5:02Rainbow Sessions - New Edition
2019 · studio album
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:15:29
1Hymn for the Travelling Souls4:362The World I Used to Know4:333The Elizabethan Serenade3:294Sett Deg Ned4:165The Journey5:486Der Ute – Der Inne2:537Maria Wiegenlied3:148Both Sides Now3:069La fille aux cheveux de lin2:4110Anna Lovinda2:0711Jazz Rhapsody3:5912Transparence3:4313The Road to Mozart6:2114In Your Quiet Place3:4015By the Fjord4:4316Schubert Said – Again3:2817Blue Man3:4018Drømmen om havet4:1419I Say a Little Prayer2:3620Here Comes the Sun2:222019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:09:46
1The Beginning (Fragment From Bartok's piano Concerto No. 3 and Josef Zawinul, in a Silent Way)1:452This Is It3:363Something You Said2:434Sandmann-Lied1:595Prelude in a Flat (In Memoriam Amalie Christie)5:016Enchanting Tunes2:567Summer Night5:358The Other Coastline4:119Uphill5:5910Hymn to the Unknown4:2011Testament4:2712Back to the Past4:0813A Sudden Memory3:2014Drawings2:4615Heather3:2016The Anniversary4:5217The Night Is Darkening Round Me3:1918Solaris, Revisited2:3419The End (Fragment From Bartok's piano Concerto No. 3)2:552022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:16:04
1New Morning2:452The Sorrow in Her Eyes3:573Prelude No. 213:284Lost Chords5:405The Token (instrumental version)5:026The Personal Gallery2:387The Sea No. 21:188Floating7:089Forever Prokofiev2:0510Ray of Light3:2211Kari Danser3:1212New Life2:0613The Rainbow3:1114The Circle2:5315Remembrance No. 13:3616Fragment of Sandmann Lied (Jon Blund)4:0317The Night2:2318Pianology No. 23:4119Variation From the Bach Variations1:5820If Only3:5321Late Summer5:0622Song of Belonging2:392022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:01:13
1On Tour (Take Away Dreams)3:362The Finder3:123My Suitcase and Me4:284The Pawn Shop Band3:155Boredom is a Town5:156Green Room Blues2:447The Left Overs4:058Age3:059Name2:5310Winter Drama2:2711Thief2:0612Manmade Light3:2613Serbelloni Memories3:5714Self Portrait, After All3:4715Nightmare on the Setlist3:1516Mood in the Afternoon3:5317My Suitcase and Me (Instrumental)3:2918On Tour II (Memory and Music)2:202023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:08:05
1Nightwalker (Twilight Version)3:422A Certain Mood2:083Regret2:044Trust2:405Promise5:306Her Smile (Cow Cradle Song)4:587Darkness2:578On The Edge3:519The Letter2:2710Nightwalker (Past Midnight Version)1:4511The Secret2:5312Expectations And Anxiety4:2513Longing1:3114Apology4:3515So What2:4216Understanding3:2117The Suitcase2:4818The Reply2:3719On The Mountain2:1820Consequence2:1921A Hidden Place3:1022Between The Lines1:2823Nightwalker (Early Morning Version)1:56Nightwalker (Fender Rhodes Version)
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:04:40
1Nightwalker (Twilight Version‐Fender version)3:302A Certain Mood (Fender Version)2:043Regret (Fender Version)1:544Trust (Fender Version)2:395Promise (Fender Version)3:596Her Smile (Cow Cradle Song) [Fender Version]5:027Darkness (Fender Version)3:088On The Edge (Fender Version)3:469The Letter (Fender Version)2:3510Nightwalker (Past Midnight Version‐Fender Version)2:1411The Secret (Fender Version)2:5512Expectations And Anxiety (Fender Version)3:1813Longing (Fender Version)1:4314Apoplogy (Fender Version)2:5315So What (Fender Version)2:3816Understanding (Fender Version)3:2917The Suitcase (Fender Version)2:4018The Reply (Fender Version)2:2219On The Mountain (Fender Version)3:1620Consequence (Fender Version)1:4621A Hidden Place (Fender Version)3:1822Between The Lines (Fender Version)1:3523Nightwalker (Early Morning Version‐Fender Version)1:562025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:05:52
1Let Me Take You With Me (La Meg Ta Deg Med)5:452Boat On The Fjord I (Båt På Fjorden I)7:133Your Smile (Smilet Ditt)7:434The Future (Fremtiden)7:035I Take A Pause From Myself (Jeg Tar En Pause Fra Meg Selv)6:236When The Wind Begins (Når Vinden Kommer)4:367To Maren (Til Maren)4:588Three Minutes (Tre Minutter)6:139Civilisation (Sivilisasjon)4:1510Boat On The Fjord II (Båt På Fjorden II)7:4011To Maren (Til Maren) (Vocal Version)4:03— · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:08:09
1Reisetid 13:022Midt På Natten5:443Reisetid 22:544Kimono4:225Reisetid 33:176Gråsoner4:347Reisetid 42:388Vandrersken4:109Reisetid 53:0210Aften3:5811Reisetid 62:3112Geografi3:3213Tog4:3414Spor5:2715Reisetid 72:2416Vendekrets2:1217Reisetid 82:5718Skumring3:4419Reisetid 93:07— · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:15:30
1Hvalenes Sang2:262Jeg Våknet Her En Dag7:003O Ensomhet4:524Hymne2:285Mot Hav4:326Soloppgang Over Havet5:067Koral6:218Var Ikke Gud i Meg6:579En Nat I Længst Forsvundne Tider1:3910Bliv Hos Oss Livets Sol4:5411Som Bølgen Løftes Opp3:3912Bønn3:5913Hvor Stille Denne Natt6:0514Jeg Vokste Inn i Alt3:2415Hvalenes Sang 21:4116Kveld5:2717Jeg Sprang på Isflak5:00— · studio album
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:15
1The River I3:122The River II5:473The River III2:324The River IV5:205The River V5:386The River VI5:197The River VII7:398The River VIII4:589The River IX6:2810The River X3:2411The River XI3:1612The River XII1:42— · studio album
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Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:02:06
1Prelude in C sharp minor - BWV 8493:462Fugue in C sharp minor, BWV 8496:093Variation 14:274Variation 23:095Variation 33:136Variation 42:527Variation 52:558Variation 61:189Variation 73:1810Variation 81:4511Variation 92:3712Variation 102:3513Variation 111:4814Variation 123:3215Variation 132:1016Variation 142:4417Variation 151:1918Variation 161:5319Variation 171:2720Variation 182:4721Variation 193:3022Variation 201:1323Fugue in C Sharp (Fragment)1:39
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| 1980 | TidevannSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 16:05ATidevann5:05 B1Slikt et vakkert vær5:05 B2Bortreist5:55 | 1980 |
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| 1993 | PreludesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 1:13:291Prelude 14:47 2Prelude 22:45 3Prelude 33:02 4Prelude 44:16 5Prelude 54:01 6Prelude 62:34 7Prelude 74:55 8Prelude 83:24 9Prelude 92:42 10Prelude 114:39 11Prelude 123:05 12Prelude 136:34 13Prelude 154:03 14Prelude 163:38 15Prelude 173:08 16Prelude 182:25 17Prelude 193:26 18Prelude 205:12 19Prelude 214:53 | Compilation | 1993 | |
| 2000 | Early YearsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:15:131Blåmann6:08 2Berget Det Blå5:32 3Drømmen Om Havet6:24 4Sommernatt Ved Fjorden4:17 5Gjesten5:18 6Selena5:32 7Finnes Du Noensteds Ikveld4:47 8Åpne Havner5:40 9Tidevann5:03 10Avskjed På Forskudd4:22 11Dager På Skjæret6:36 12Dedication4:29 13Nærmere6:15 14Klovnen Synger4:50 | Compilation | 2000 | |
| 2001 | GraceSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:08:581No Man Is an Iland...3:53 2Lovers' Infiniteness6:44 3The Bait2:41 4White1:33 5The Anniversary5:24 6Love's Growth5:57 7Song5:14 8Love's Usury6:13 9Naked2:51 10Grace6:55 11The Indifferent4:06 12Mystery3:25 13The Canonization5:50 14Take a Flat Map...4:32 15Finale: No Man Is an Iland...3:40 | Live | 19 March 2001 | |
| 2013 | La NotteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 8 tracks · 54:381I6:53 2II8:23 3III4:36 4IV5:27 5V8:31 6VI6:44 7VII7:04 8VIII7:00 | Live | 12 April 2013 | |
| 2014 | A Passion for John DonneSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:12:431Introitus - A Passion for John Donne3:08 2Thou Hast Made Me7:54 3A Fever5:43 4Death, Be Not Proud3:39 5Interlude No. 12:48 6The Legacy3:48 7Batter My Heart, Three Personed God3:28 8A Nocturnal Upon St. Lucy’s Day8:33 9Farewell to Love7:31 10Interlude No.24:02 11Since She Whom I Loved Hath Paid Her Last Debt2:22 12A Valediction, Forbidden Mourn8:20 13Oh, to Vex Me, Contraries Meet In5:03 14Interlude No.32:33 15There We Leave You3:51 | Live | October 2014 | |
| 2016 | Sanger om tilhørighetSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:17:431La meg ta deg med2:43 2Ved begynnelsen5:10 3Intermezzo no. 12:58 4Nattvals5:45 5Mote deg4:37 6Værujje redd5:45 7Verden8:15 8Intermezzo no. 22:32 9Skogen stanset opp og spurte6:37 10Tegninger3:24 11Lyng4:40 12Svart teppe8:44 13Alt som våkner2:41 14Menneske2:58 15Intermezzo no. 33:21 16Sang om tilhorighet7:33 | Live | 5 February 2016 | |
| — | The SeventiesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube Music | Compilation | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ketil Bjørnstad head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 73 | 96.6th |
| Studio albums | 65 | 99.5th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 66 | 99.4th |
| Recording span (years) | 52 | 92.5th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Spellemann Award for instrumental record of the year | won | |
| 1978 | Sarpsborgprisen | won | |
| 1989 | Mads Wiel Nygaard's Endowment | won | |
| 1998 | Riksmål Society Literature Prize | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ketil_Bj%C3%B8rnstad.JPGaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a141277-3edd-4aac-931b-10030410bfd4discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a141277-3edd-4aac-931b-10030410bfd4core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740561genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740561seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketil_Bj%C3%B8rnstadbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketil_Bj%C3%B8rnstad
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Norwegian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Jarvin · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q740561 · MusicBrainz: 9a141277-3edd-4aac-931b-10030410bfd4
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