The image of melancholy

"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".

"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".

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"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".