Epigraphs (album)

Epigraphs
Studio album by Ketil Bjørnstad and David Darling
Released	2000
Recorded	September 1998
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:51
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Ketil Bjørnstad chronology
Himmelrand (1999) Epigraphs (2000) Grace (2001)

Epigraphs is an album by Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad with American cellist David Darling recorded in 1998 and released on the ECM label in 2000. Tracks from this album were used as part of the soundtrack of Jean-Luc Godard's film In Praise of Love.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz
Allmusic

Reception

The All About Jazz review by Glenn Astarita awarded the album 3.5 stars, and the Allmusic review by Rick Anderson awarded the album 4 stars, stating:

... To call this music "minimalist" wouldn't be entirely accurate, since there's quite a bit of harmonic movement and not much repetition, but because Bjornstad and Darling's playing is so consistently gentle and the music is so consistently quiet and pleasant, this album has a flavor that will be familiar to fans of Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt. Recommended...

Track listing

All compositions by Ketil Bjørnstad, except as indicated.

1. "Epigraph No. 1" – 3:04
2. "Upland" – 4:04
3. "Wakening" – 4:10
4. "Epigraph No. 1, Var. 1" – 1:39
5. "Pavane" – 3:39
   (William Byrd)
6. "Fantasia" – 1:59
   (Orlando Gibbons)
7. "Epigraph No. 1, Var. 2" – 2:20
8. "The Guest" – 2:41
9. "After Celan" – 3:46
10. "Song for TKJD" – 6:24
    (David Darling)
11. "Silent Dream" – 4:41
    (David Darling)
12. "The Lake" – 4:11
13. "Gothic" – 4:07
14. "Epigraph No. 1, Var. 3" – 1:28
15. "Le Jour S'Endort" – 3:44
    (Guillaume Dufay)
16. "Factus Est Repente" – 4:54
    (Gregor Aichinger)

Personnel

• Ketil Bjørnstad – piano
• David Darling – cello

Notes

• Recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in September 1998