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MusicWeb international
2021 May
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Michael Wilkinson (musikanmelder)
2021 May
Recommended: In any recorded recital, three qualities are surely essential - interesting repertoire, thoughtful programming and outstanding execution. All three criteria are met here, and abundantly so. Johan Dalene, from Sweden, and the Norwegian Christian Ihle Hadland, despite their youth, have already developed distinguished careers ... It is difficult to imagine more satisfactory performances than those here. This is a splendid release, aided by first-rate SACD recording. I look forward to hearing much more from these admirable performers. I hope BIS will oblige!".
The guardian
d. 4. Mar. 2021
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Erica Jeal
d. 4. Mar. 2021
"Nordic Rhapsody, a recital disc from Johan Dalene, the young winner of the 2019 Nielsen prize, and pianist Christian Ihle Hadland. Their energised, eloquent performance of Grieg's Sonata No 1 is preceded by a vibrant selection of lesser-known short pieces by Sibelius, Nielsen, Sinding, Stenhammar and Rautavaara that together showcase Dalene's fiery-sounding brilliance".
BBC music magazine
2021 May
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Geoff Brown (musikanmelder)
2021 May
"Chamber choice: Youthful passion occasionally pushes him [Johan Dalene] to stylistic excess ... but for most of the time he's beauty incarnate and in perfect step with his composers' various voices. He's also blessed with a superbly understanding piano partner, Christian Ihle Hadland, who proves especially magical in the Grieg Sonata, poetically tapering phrases and effortlessly navigating changing dynamics".
Klassisk
2021, nr. 61
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Andrew Mellor
2021, nr. 61
"Vinderen af Carl Nielsen Konkurrencen 2019, den unge svensker Johan Dalene ... byder på sonater og små stykker for violin og klaver af nordiske komponister ... og han akkompagneres af den følsomme pianist Christian Ihle Hadland ... Albummets centrale stykke er Edvard Griegs Violinsonate nr. 1 i F-dur fra 1865 ... Med to nordiske musikere til at holde én i hånden - en erfaren og en, der er godt på vej - er dette en lovende udgivelse".
Opus
2021, nr. 102
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Johanna Paulsson
2021, nr. 102
"Johan Dalene har en ton som ofta trollbinder, i bästa fall likt Näcken på nygamla äventyr. Tillsammans med den like dynamiska Hadland låter han en rikedom av temperament spränga fram likt brusande små bäckar i en vemodsvurmande repertoar med tyngdpunkten kring förra sekelskiftet ... Det kontinentala kompositionsklimatet lyser samtidigt igenom i denna känslosvallande salongsmusik ... Undantaget är Sibelius arvtagare Einojuhani Rautavaara ... Hans Notturno e Danza låter pianot föra och violinen förföra i en milt modern och mystisk månskensdans".
The gramophone
2021 May
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Andrew Achenbach
2021 May
"Editor's choice: Artistry of a high order from this gifted young Swedish virtuoso, and further proof that his dazzling debut album pairing the Barber and Tchaikovsky Concertos was no flash in the pan. Indeed, Johan Dalene's playing possesses such palpable maturity, intelligence and composure that even a (dare I say it) hoary staple of the violin repertoire such as Sinding's Suite in A minor sounds positively newly minted ... A release to relish".