| It's Snowing on My Piano | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1997 |
| Recorded | 15–16 October 1997 |
| Studio | Rainbow Studio, Oslo, Norway |
| Label | ACT Music |
| Producer | Siegfried Loch |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |   [1] |
It's Snowing on My Piano is a solo piano album by pianist Bugge Wesseltoft.
This was Wesseltoft's first solo piano album. [1] It was recorded on 15 and 16 October 1997. [2] It was produced by Siegfried Loch [2] and the recording engineer at Rainbow Studio, Oslo was Jan Erik Kongshaug. [1]
The album contains both traditional Christmas songs and Wesseltoft originals. [1]
The album was released by ACT Music in 1997. [3] In 2017, it was described as the label's biggest seller, having sold more than 150,000 copies. [3] It peaked at number three in Norway in 2009, and has re-entered the charts in the Christmas season every year since. [4]
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