Landkjenning (English: Land sighting) is the second full-length album by the Norwegian folk rock band Glittertind, released on May 27, 2009 through Napalm Records. All instruments and vocals were done by Torbjørn Sandvik and Geirmund Simonsen except the following instruments handled by session members: Harding fiddle by Erlend Viken, flutes by Stefan Theofilakis and cello by Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen. The cover-artwork was done by Kris Verwimp and the cover-layout by Julien Riesen.
This album entered the domestic chart result in Norway on position #20.[1] The song Går min eigen veg was listed in Norway's most popular radio channel NRK P1.[2]
The songs of the album have been compared to the music of Falkenbach and Fiddler's Green.[3]
^"VG-lista topp 30 album norsk". VG. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
^"A, B og C-lista uke 28 2009". NRK. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
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Symphony No. 1, Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, and finally Landkjenning, with the singer Erik Ole Bye as baritone soloist. Among the guest musicians...
States in the 1820s. His trilogy included: Hundevakt (1961; "Midwatch”), Landkjenning (1964; "Land Sighting"), and Ankerfeste (1965; “Anchoring”). This collected...
Retrieved 10 September 2009. Doug Gibson. "Glittertind Announces New Album "Landkjenning" Details". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September...
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