A Night at Salle Pleyel
Live album by
Released18 November 2011
Recorded18 August 2011
VenueSentrum Scene
(Norway, Oslo)
Genre
Length47:02
LabelEMI Music Norway
Susanne Sundfør chronology
The Brothel
(2010)
A Night at Salle Pleyel
(2011)
The Silicone Veil
(2012)

A Night at Salle Pleyel is a live instrumental album by Norwegian singer-songwriter Susanne Sundfør, released on 11 November 2011.[2] The album was recorded at Sentrum Scene in Oslo on 18 August 2011,[3] and served as commission piece for the Oslo Jazzfestival's 25th anniversary.[4] It is composed solely of synthesizers with a team of four keyboardists chosen by Sundfør.[5]

Background

The album was commissioned by the Oslo Jazzfestival, which asked Sundfør to write 44 minutes of music: "I didn't have any other restrictions or guidelines or anything. So I decided to make a piece of music for a string quintet. And then, when I started writing, during the process I got more and more convinced that this would sound really cool with just five synths. So at the beginning it sounds more like classical music and then it goes more and more into this synth world."[4] Sundfør said she considers the album to be more of a side project to her main project.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Susanne Sundfør

No.TitleLength
1."Movement 1"8:53
2."Movement 2"7:24
3."Movement 3"3:58
4."Movement 4"13:30
5."Movement 5"3:37
6."Movement 6"9:40
Total length:47:02

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of A Night at Salle Pleyel.[3]

Locations

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b "Susanne Sundfør is refreshingly risqué". Something You Said. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ "A Night at Salle Pleyel - Susanne Sundfør". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "A Night at Salle Pleyel" (PDF). EMI Music Norway. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Malt, Andy (26 March 2013). "Q&A: Susanne Sundfør". Complete Music Update. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. ^ Agafonov, Mikhael (1 May 2015). "Susanne Sundfør interview". MikeyMoscow.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.