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	—
Preludes vol. 2 [9]	Release date: 1985 Label: Uniton, Hermitage (1993 re-release)	—
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	—
Ett liv with Lill Lindfors, lyrics by Edith Sodergran	Release date: 1998 Label: KKV	—
The Sea II with David Darling, Terje Rypdal, Jon Christensen	Release date: 1998 Label: Grappa/ECM	—
The Rosenborg Tapes, Volume I — New Life (Nytt liv)	Release date: September, 1998 Label: Tylden & Co./Philips	—
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.	—
Himmelrand \u2013 Tusenarsoratoriet text: Stein Mehrens	Release date: 1999 Label: BMG	—
"—" 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	—
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	—
Seafarer's Song	Release date: 2004 Label: Universal Jazz	—
Solskinnsdypet[17] with Kolbein Falkeid	Release date: 4 October 2004 Label: Kirkelig Kulturverksted	—
Floating	Release date: 2005 Label: EmArcy	35
Rainbow Sessions[18]	Release date: 30 October 30, 2006 Label: Universal Jazz	—
Devotions[19]	Release date: 2007 Label: Universal Jazz	—
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	—
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	—
Bartók/Debussy/Ravel[25]	Release date: 28 August 2015 Label: Grappa	—
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

• Life in Leipzig with Terje Rypdal (ECM, 2008)
• Hvalenes Sang (Oratorium) (Grappa, 2010)^[30]

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)