Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – A Suite Of Poems (Lars Saabye Christensen) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – A Suite Of Poems (Lars Saabye Christensen) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:01 minutes | 999 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Settings of poetry and other literary texts form a special category in the discography of Norwegian pianist-composer Ketil Bjørnstads and A Suite of Poems, recorded at Oslos Rainbow Studio in June 2016, is a song cycle to put alongside such projects as A Passion for John Donne, Sunrise, and The Light.

Norwegian-Danish author Lars Saabye Christensen is one of Scandinavias most widely-praised contemporary writers. For many years now, in the course of his travels around the globe, Christensen has been sending hotel poems to Ketil Bjørnstad, a friend from their teenage years, inviting him to make music out of them. I started writing music to his poems more than 20 years ago, says Ketil in his liner note for this album. His ability to expose the inner conflicts we all bring with us in our suitcases is striking.

Christensen literary postcards explore a range of moods. Bjørnstad, who is also a writer himself, says: I feel very connected to the lonely, existential perspective of these poems, made in different hotel rooms. For this recording, Ketil worked closely with singer and actress Anneli Drecker, former lead vocalist of pop group Bel Canto.

Tracklist:
1-01. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Mayflower, New York (03:30)
1-02. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Duxton, Melbourne (05:11)
1-03. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Kempinski, Berlin (04:56)
1-04. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – LHotel, Paris (03:48)
1-05. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Palace, Copenhagen (05:09)
1-06. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Astor Crowne, New Orleans (03:12)
1-07. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – The Grand, Krakow (03:49)
1-08. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Palazzo Londra, Venice (03:58)
1-09. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Vier Jahreszeiten, Hamburg (03:22)
1-10. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Savoy, Lisbon (05:06)
1-11. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Mayday Inn, Hong Kong (05:11)
1-12. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Lutetia, Paris (04:17)
1-13. Ketil Bjørnstad & Anneli Drecker – Schloss Elmau (03:26)

Personnel:
Ketil Bjornstad (piano)
Anneli Drecker (voice)

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