Ketil Bjørnstad discography

This is the discography of albums recorded by Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad.

Studio albums

1970s

Title Details Peak chart positions
NOR
[1]
Åpning[2]
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Phillips
 —
Berget det blå[3]
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Phillips
 —
Tredje dag[4]
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Phillips
 —
Lise Madsen, Moses og de andre[5]
with Ole Paus
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Phillips
 —
Finnes du noensteds i kveld
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: Phillips
 9
Selena
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: Phillips
 16
Musikk for en lang natt
with Sigmund Groven
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: Phillips
 19
Leve Patagonia!
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: Phillips
 13
Svart piano
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Phillips
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Title Details Peak chart positions
NOR
[1]
Tidevann
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Phillips
 17
30-Årskrigen[6]
with Stavangerensemblet
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Phillips
 14
Engler i Sneen
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Phillips
 18
Bjørnstad/Paus/Hamsun
with Ole Paus, lyrics by Knut Hamsun
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Hete Blikk/Slager
 —
Aniara[7]
feat. Lill Lindfors
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Slagerfabrikken
 —
Mine dager i Paris
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Hete Blikk/Slager
 —
Preludes vol. 1[8]
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Uniton
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Preludes vol. 2 [9]
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Uniton, Hermitage (1993 re-release)
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Natten[10]
with Sissel Ingri Andersen
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Hete Blikk
 —
Pianology[11]
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Hete Blikk/Hermitage
 —
Karen Mowat-Suite
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: Hot Club
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title Details Peak chart positions
NOR
[1]
The Shadow
feat. Randi Stene, poems by John Donne
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: KKV
 —
Odyssey
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: KKV
 —
Rift, En Rockopera
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: Slager
 —
Messe for en Saret Jord ("Mass for a Wounded Earth")[7]
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: KKV
 —
Water Stories
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: ECM
 —
For den som elsker ("For Those Who Love")
with Froydis Armand, lyrics by Stein Mehren
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: KKV
 —
The Sea
with David Darling, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: ECM
 32
Haugtussa
with Lynni Treekrem, lyrics by Arne Garborg
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: KKV
 31
The River
with David Darling
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: ECM
 —
Reisetid
with Eldbjørg Raknes, Kjetil Saunes, Petronella Barker, Henrik Mestad
  • Release date: September, 1997
  • Label: Grappa
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Ett liv
with Lill Lindfors, lyrics by Edith Sodergran
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: KKV
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The Sea II
with David Darling, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Grappa/ECM
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The Rosenborg Tapes, Volume I — New Life (Nytt liv)
  • Release date: September, 1998
  • Label: Tylden & Co./Philips
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The Rosenborg Tapes, Volume II — 20 Variations on the Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor by J. S. Bach
  • Release date: September, 1999
  • Label: Tylden & Co.
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Himmelrand \u2013 Tusenarsoratoriet text: Stein Mehrens
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: BMG
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title Details Peak chart positions
NOR
[1][12]
Epigraphs
with David Darling
  • Release date: 2000
  • Label: ECM
 —
Grace
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: EmArcy
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Old[13]
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: Universal
 —
Before the Light[14]
  • Release date: November, 2001
  • Label: Universal Music AS
Kildens Bredd[15]
with Ole Paus
  • Release date: 2002
  • Label: Universal
 31
The Nest
feat. Anneli Drecker, lyrics by Harte Crane
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: EmArcy
 —
Profeten[16]
with Kahlil Gibran and Ole Paus
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label:ABC-Media
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Seafarer's Song
  • Release date: 2004
  • Label: Universal Jazz
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Solskinnsdypet[17]
with Kolbein Falkeid 		—
Floating
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: EmArcy
 35
Rainbow Sessions[18]
  • Release date: 30 October 30, 2006
  • Label: Universal Jazz
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Devotions[19]
  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: Universal Jazz
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The Light[20]
with Randi Stene and Lars Anders Tomter
  • Release date: 23 May 2008
  • Label: ECM
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

Title Details Peak chart positions
NOR
[1][21]
Remembrance
with Tore Brunborg & Jon Christensen
  • Release date: 12 April 2010
  • Label: ECM
 32
Night Song
with Svante Henryson
  • Release date: 21 January 2011
  • Label: ECM
 —
Vinding's Music - Songs from the Alder Thicket[22]
with Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Christian Eggen, Gunilla Süssmann & Jie Zhang [no]
  • Release date: 27 April 2012
  • Label: ECM
 —
La Notte
with Anja Lechner, Andy Sheppard, Eivind Aarset, Arild Andersen & Marilyn Mazur
  • Release date: 12 April 2013
  • Label: ECM
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Sunrise (A Cantata on Texts by Edvard Munch)[23]
with Kari Bremnes)
  • Release date: 18 October 2013
  • Label: ECM
 —
A Passion for John Donne[24]
  • Release date: 27 October 2014
  • Label: ECM
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Bartók/Debussy/Ravel[25]
  • Release date: 28 August 2015
  • Label: Grappa
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Images[26]
  • Release date: 23 October 2015
  • Label: Grappa
 —
Shimmering[27]
  • Release date: 23 October 2015
  • Label: Grappa
 —
Frolandia[28]
with Ole Paus
  • Release date: 8 May 2015
  • Label: Grappa
 8
Sanger Om Tilhorighet[29]
  • Release date: 5 February 2016
  • Label: Grappa
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Compilations/bundles

  • Tredje dag/Svart piano (Philips, 2 CD re-release 1994)
  • Ophelia's Arrival/Pianology/Minotauros, three ballets (Hermitage (1994 re-release) 3 × LPs
  • Early Years (Universal, 2000)[31]
  • Early Piano Music (Hubro, 19 July 2011) Preludes and Pianology[32]
  • Images/ Shimmering (Grappa, 2015)

Other albums

  • Och människor ser igen, Lill Lindfors, written and arranged by Bjørnstad (Metronome, 1980)
  • La elva leve! (Kolibri, 1980, contributed one track)
  • Manniskors makt for Lill Lindfors, lyrics by Edith Sodergran (1985)
  • Losrivelse Kari Bremnes, lyrics by Edvard Munch (KKV, 1993)
  • Davidsalmer, Anders Wyller, lyrics from the bible (KKV, 1995)
  • Sanger fra en Klode for Per Vollestad (Grappa, 1995)
  • Salomos Hoysang written for Lill Lindfors & Tommy Nilsson, lyrics from the bible (KKV, 1995)

References

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  4. ^ "Ketil Bjørnstad – Tredje dag". Discogs.
  5. ^ "Ole Paus - Lise Madsen, Moses Og De Andre". AllMusic.
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  11. ^ "Ketil Bjørnstad - Pianology". Discogs.
  12. ^ "PAUS / BJØRNSTAD - KILDENS BREDD (ALBUM)". norwegiancharts.com.
  13. ^ "Ketil Bjørnstad: Before the Light". AllMusic.
  14. ^ Couture, François. "Ketil Bjørnstad: Before the Light". AllMusic.
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  16. ^ "Ole Paus, Ketil Bjørnstad, Khalil Gibran – Profeten". Discogs.
  17. ^ "Solskinnsdypet - Kolbein Falkeid & Ketil Bjørnstad". Amazon.
  18. ^ "Ketil Bjørnstad: Rainbow Sessions". AllMusic.
  19. ^ "Devotions - Ketil Bjørnstad". VG-lista.
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  21. ^ "Ketil Bjørnstad & Ole Paus Froland - 17 sanger". norwegiancharts.com.
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