Reviews on Phono Suecia, PSCD 128 “Oboe con forza”
| “…a demonstration of a rich musicianship’s ability to be a source of inspiration for new compositions” “Playing with a strong personality in which the oboe, in its elegant nudity, engraves bright lines in the clear air.
(Svenska Dagbladet, 2001) | | “Here you have an oboist with a gorgeous tone and with true temperament.”
(Blekinge Läns Tidning, 2001) | | “… extraordinary musical adventures await you in these tracks.”
(Musikindustrin, 2001) | | ”…there is both spirit and vigour and an evident, but indefinable curiosity in her way of playing.” “There are few performers that equal Helen Jahren in her ability to infuse contemporary music with vitality and warmth.”
(Norra Västerbotten, 2001) | | “Tiny Sweden has, in the classical field too, a disproportionately large number of fine soloists. The oboist Helen Jahren is one of them. This album offers plenty of suggestively exciting music, alternately challenging and beauteous,intimate and expressive. Solo, or with a large orchestra behind her, Helen Jahren plays with meticulous skill on her instrument which is so difficult to master, but never lets technique become an end in itself.”
(Upsala Nya Tidning, 2001) | | “Since she has a deep understanding of contemporay music, she is one of the few oboists through whom today's composers can express themselves using this instrument.”“Jahren gives the oboe a complex personality with a great span, far from the excessive sentimentality which the oboe is frequently smeared with.”
(Kristianstadbladet, 2001) | |
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