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Blå Koral (Blue Choral) with Iver Kleive - '91

Knut Reiersrud and Iver Kleive's Blå Koral (Blue Choral) created quite a stir when it was released in 1991. Knut's earthbound guitars coupled with Iver Kleive's pipe organ created a sound that was previously unheard. A meeting between the religious European organ tradition and Norwegian and American folk tradition. Psalms and folk melodies performed in unorthodox, unprejudiced and free interpretations. "A thoroughly interconnected musical triumph" (PULS), "... deserves tremendous words of praise (Dagbladet). The album earned them the Spellemannsprisen (Norway's "grammy") in 1991.

Track List
1.
Blåmann og koralreven (K. Reiersrud)    
2.
Overmåde full av nåde (trad. from Oppdal)    
3.
Velt alle din veier (Hans Leo Hassler - 1601 / Knut Reiersrud)  
4.
Som den gyldne sol frembryder (trad. from Guldbrandsdalen / arr. K. Reiersrud)    
5.
Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down (trad. Clarksdale, Mississippi / arr. K. Reiersrud)    
6.
Min død er meg til gode (trad. from Jølster / arr. K. Reiersrud    
7.
Ingen vinner frem til den evige ro (trad. fra Hallingdal / arr. Reiersrud - Kleive)    
8.
Vår Gud han er så fast en borg (Martin Luther / arr. Nils Einar Vinjor)    
9.
O, bli hos meg (William Henry Monk / arr. Reiersrud - Kleive) mp3
10.
Luftslåtten (Knut Reiersrud)