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Here’s an archetypal recital programme which every emerging violin virtuoso would dream of recording, though few recent contenders have done so with such unerring assurance and mastery as Johan... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Oct 2024
Catalogue No: BIS2770
Label: BIS
Length: 67 minutes

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Ravel: Tzigane

Work length10:58

Johan Dalene, Peter Friis Johansson

Massenet: Thaïs, DO 24, Act 2: Méditation

Work length5:12

Johan Dalene, Peter Friis Johansson

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42

Work length16:29

Johan Dalene, Peter Friis Johansson

I. Méditation

Track length9:16

II. Scherzo

Track length3:34

III. Mélodie

Track length3:39

Maier, A: 6 Pieces for Violin and Piano: IV. Allegro molto

Work length4:12

Johan Dalene, Peter Friis Johansson

Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Bizet)

Work length9:46

Johan Dalene, Peter Friis Johansson

Falla: La vida breve, G. 35, Act 2: Spanish Dance (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler)

Work length3:36

Johan Dalene, Peter Friis Johansson

Maurice Ravel, Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 6

Work length5:43

Johan Dalene

Waxman, F: Carmen Fantasy

Work length11:34

Johan Dalene, Peter Friis Johansson

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The repertoire we have chosen for this album consists mainly of pieces that have been with me since my childhood. With this recital, Johan Dalene, accompanied by Peter Friis Johansson, offers us a selection of popular violin pieces that have accompanied him since his early years. After hearing them in the family car on long journeys, he went on to learn them and then play them in competitions and in concerts. He now gives us (and himself) a treat and continues the tradition of great violinists such as Heifetz, Perlman and Vengerov, who have all made recordings of favourite encores and recital pieces. To finally record them himself proved to be an ‘extremely inspiring and challenging project’, says Dalene. The programme is built around three virtuoso works, Tzigane (Ravel), Introduction and Rondo capriccioso (Saint-Saëns) and Carmen Fantasy (Waxman), alongside which more reflective pieces by Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Falla and Kreisler have been included. Also featured is a rarely played miniature by Swedish composer Amanda Maier – a work which, according to Dalene, ‘is a gem full of spirit!’ A programme that celebrates the multiple sides of the violin, at times virtuoso, at times lyrical, always seductive.

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December 2024

Here’s an archetypal recital programme which every emerging violin virtuoso would dream of recording, though few recent contenders have done so with such unerring assurance and mastery as Johan Dalene. His partnership with Peter Friis Johansson yields one of the most satisfying instrumental releases I’ve considered for some time.

Awards Issue 2024

Dalene (born August 2000) claims a level of tonal distinction that many of his peers, even the best of them, lack: he knows how to use vibrato and portamento in pursuit of a singing line (he’s no mere imitator of past players), and when it comes to brief morceaux, such as most of these are, he invests each phrase with a wealth of feeling and style.

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