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The image of melancholy


Reviews (6)


DR musik

2014 uge 02

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Malene Wichmann

2014 uge 02

"Vurdering: Ugens cd" - "På Ugens Cd er den norske violinist Bjarte Eike kørt ud af grusvejene til den lille Sjøbygda ved Trondheim for at dyrke melankolien i musikken. Det er slet ikke så trist som det lyder, for Bjarte Eikes fortolkning af begrebet melankoli indeholder både smukke renæssance-satser, norsk folkemusik og egne kompositioner".


MusicWeb international

2014 January

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Dominy Clements

2014 January

"If you fancy revelling in the way Victor Hugo defined it, with melancholy as 'the pleasure of being sad', then this is a delicious place to pause, reflect, and perhaps mourn a little ... The recording is perfect, the music capable of transporting us to far away - geographically, but also more importantly on those priceless inner wanderings which can show us more about ourselves than we imagined".


Jyllands-posten

d. 22. Dec. 2013

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Jens Povlsen

d. 22. Dec. 2013

"Bjarte Eike er kaptajn med kurs mod melankoliens dybder, og på "The Image of Melancholy" har han det norske ensemble Barokksolistene med sig ... Men det er en solbleget melankoli, for i dybet under Norsets klagefulde vokal findes en gryende optimisme, der giver Dowlands tungsind poetisk balance".


Politiken

d. 26. Nov. 2013

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Thomas Michelsen

d. 26. Nov. 2013

"Et anderledes udspil fra den norske violinist Bjarte Eike, der vil være kendt af barokelskere i Danmark ... I sit arbejde med at tegne et billede af melankolien overskrider Bjarte Eike bevidst grænser og fusionerer udtryk. Fra renæssance til folkemusik og jazz ... Grænseoverskridelserne giver albummet dybde".


BBC music magazine

2014 May

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Kate Bolton

2014 May

"The results will appeal to anyone keen on folk and fusion or those looking for an alternative approach to early music. The lush, up-front recording, with its potential for 5.0 surround sound, means one can positively wallow in exquisite misery".


The gramophone

2014 January

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Lindsay Kemp

2014 January

"There is sweetly fragile singing from soprano Berit Norbakken Solset ... With its authenticity and quiet ability to move, it is one to lose yourself in on long winter nights".