Epigraphs

by Ketil Bj酶rnstad & David Darling

Epigraphs cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 56:05
  • Community rating: 3.35/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This stunning collaborative recording pairs the sparse, evocative piano playing of Norway's Ketil Bj酶rnstad with the deeply resonant cello of American David Darling. 'Epigraphs' features incredibly delicate, spacious interpretations of Renaissance composers like William Byrd, alongside their own quietly profound original pieces. The album stands as a masterclass in austere, classical minimalism and the revered, highly reverberant ECM aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, minimalistic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Epigraph No. 1 (3:01)
  2. Upland (4:01)
  3. Wakening (4:06)
  4. Epigraph No. 1, var. 1 (1:35)
  5. Pavane (3:34)
  6. Fantasia (1:56)
  7. Epigraph No. 1, var. 2 (2:16)
  8. The Guest (2:37)
  9. After Celan (3:41)
  10. Song For TKJD (6:22)
  11. Silent Dream (4:38)
  12. The Lake (4:09)
  13. Gothic (4:05)
  14. Epigraph No. 1, var. 3 (1:22)
  15. Le Jour S'Endort (3:41)
  16. Factus Est Repente (4:54)

Credits

  • Ketil Bj酶rnstad - primary artist, piano, composed by, arranged by [arr.]
  • David Darling - primary artist, cello, arranged by [arr.], composed by
  • William Byrd - composed by
  • Orlando Gibbons - composed by
  • Guillaume Dufay - composed by
  • Gregor Aichinger - composed by

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