The amazing number above was included on the album Sissel put out around the time of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway, where she sang the Olympic Hymn. This was a cassette album, and Molde Canticle was included as an “extra.” When I bought the album in CD form later on, it didn’t include this one. And I missed it a lot. But here it is. The composer is the Norwegian musician Jan Garbarek.
In some alternate universe, I would like to have The Year of the Warrior made into a major motion picture. And in the scene where Erling first meets King Olaf Trygvesson, in frost-covered ships on the sea, I’d like this to be the background music.
The album you’re talking about was Innerst i sjelen, but this isn’t the version from that album, this is: https://youtu.be/LJXIFM71QiU
The version you posted is from Sissel in symphony, and based on the version from the American re-recording of All good things. It’s not bad, but I much prefer the original version, which as you say is hard to come by.
You are correct. I didn’t want to go into the deep grass with the explanations here, but I agree the original is better.