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24 Mars 2009

"This is one of the best and most successful crossover albums."

Revieuw of Petra Jablonskis latest cd "Valentine" i RECORD GEIJYUTSU, Japan for Arpil 2009

"Petra Jablonski is a Mezzo-soprano from Sweden.  After graduating from the Stockholm Royal Academy of Music, she studied with Graham Johnson who is a highly-respected piano accompanist in London.  Jablonski has long based her activities in Sweden and especially focuses on Opera for Children, performing “Carmen” and other operas.

This album is her debut recording, and it includes not only Rodgers, Gershwin, Weill, but also Faure, Schubert, and other works.
Initially it looks like a normal miscellaneous album for entertainment, however, all the works in this album are very high quality and the performances drive them home to the listener. 

Her protean expression is spectacular, for example, there are true tears behind a languid expression in Rodgers, on the other hand, she subtly represents the jokes disguised in Gershwin’s songs. 
In “Au bord de l'eau” of Faure, Jablonski whole-heartedly sings with marvellous and deeply touching pathos and a wider range of emotions than usual. 

In Schubert and Brahms, their elegance of performance is also a highlight of this album.

She must have absorbed Graham Johnson’s insightful coaching.  This is one of the best and most successful crossover albums".

RECORD GEIJYUTSU, Japan.

14 Febuary 2009
Bergamo - "Sala "Alfredo Piatti"
Petra Jablonski , mezzo-soprano
Patrik Jablonski , piano

This wide ranging musical encounter inaugurated the 28th edition of the festival
with a programme mainly in the spirit of the Scandinavian
countries. The title of the concert is ‘From the Deep North’ with the
Swedish duo, mezzo-soprano Petra Jablonski and pianist Patrik
Jablonski, also husband and wife in life. They covered rare and
nearly unknown - at least for us - songs from Norway and
Finland with Grieg and Sibelius: songs that they brought to life
vividly, highlighting a freer and less orthodox writing than the standard German
lieder repertoire.
The Sibelius songs for contralto exhibited stunning qualities of voice control by Petra and started the evening in the most dramatic way. The Scandinavian mood then became more mellow with the songs of Stenhammar. Here we enjoyed Petra’s shining voice in between the challenging piano parts, the difficult combination of dramatic forte and delicate pianissimo was mastered by the evening’s soloists in a
brilliant way.

Between the vocal items there was space for the some solo piano items. In the transcriptions from the Grieg’s Peer Gynt we heard a very delicate Anitra’s Dance played with all the colours imagined from a Scandinavian midsummer night and also a very accurate interpretation of the ‘Hall of the Mountain King’. Above all in
Polonaise heroic Op.53 of Chopin he seemed irrepressible, with a curious, imaginative attitude, and very furious attack of this
masterpiece. Maybe after all the finale of the evening was the highlight, ‘I Hate Music’ by L. Bernstein, brought the evening to a close with a very
comic and spirited performance.

L´Eco Di Bergamo, Italy

"Petra...presented a lyric and moving concert...it is simply wonderful
to sit and listen to this delightful mezzo-soprano. The very beautiful Petra captured
the audience."

Jersey Daily, England

"Finländskan Petra... tjusade med sitt naturliga och okonstlade kunnande...
Hennes röst var behaglig och naturlig...musikalisk intelligent framtoning...

Helsingin Sanomat, Finland

"Petra .. musicerade med sällsynt delikatess, teknisk perfektion 
och avspänd musikalitet....  Hon är både en mezzosopran med perfekt intonation
och en varm altsångerska med ett mycket personligt färgat mörkt register och
behärskar båda sektioner med samma lätthet och uttrycksfull variation"

Västmanlands Läns Tidning

"Petra...varma altstämma klingade utomordentligt vackert och uttrycksfullt.
Hennes stämma ger spontana associationer till 40-talets Karhleen Ferrier."

Arvika Nyheter

 

BARNOPERA

"Petra Jablonski en god guide till operans värld. Så bra att barnen idag kan
lotsas in i operans värld genom smarta pedagoger. Sångerskan Petra Jablonski
är en sådan... Hon ömsom berättade och ömsom sjöng i väl avvägda portioner.
.....barnen tog till sig operan med samma nyfikenhet som de betraktar världen i övrigt. 
Det var roligt att se hur Orfeus bedjande sång fick dem att sitta som små tända ljus."

Norra Skåne