soon beeing released….
Kurtág Kafka Fragemente with Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir, soprano
“What is most remarkable about this entire double album is the way in which every piece of music is treated individually, performed at the highest level with convincing interpretations.” - Matthew Whitfield, The Whole Note
“This is a gripping if curiously conceived album, divided unequally between an entertaining clutch of sinfonias, concertos, and trio sonatas from the High Baroque, and four new works by young Icelandic composers all commissioned by Barokkbandio Brak” - Guy Rickards, Gramophone
BAROQUE VIOLIN SONATAS
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Magnus Andersson theorbo
Sabine Erdmann organ
Released in April 2020
Solaire Records Berlin
"The performances on this disc are wonderfully vital and engaging. Violinist Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir has a lovely warm tone and an easy technique which makes the busy-ness of some of the violin writing seem entirely natural. Her virtuosity is expressive and musical rather than 'look at me', and it helps that this is real chamber music with a feeling of balance and dialogue between the three musicians."
"If you don't know much 17th century German violin music and perhaps the idea makes you quail, then think again. Try this engaging disc and explore some of the more amazing byways of German Baroque music in these wonderfully vivid performances."
23.04.2020, Planet Hugill /Robert Hugill
TRAUMWERK CONTINUU - M
Realeased in April 2018
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Elina Albach harpsichord / organ
Daniel Rosin cello
Andreas Arend theorbe
Robert Gwisdek speaker
Die Darbietung durch die vier Musiker Elina Albach (Cembalo), Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir (Violine), Daniel Rosin (Cello) und Andreas Arend (Chitarrone) ist von atemberaubender Qualität und setzt ganz neue Maßstäbe.
12.12.2018, Bernhard Schrammek
“...I take my hat off to her, as these are truly magical performances.“
“...I don't think I have ever heard a violinist with such a wide range of bow strokes; even in sequences of leaps across two strings, she is able to colour the notes without ever losing momentum...“
- Brian Clark (full review can be read here)
BACH VIOLIN CONCERTOS
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Lisa Immer violin
Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop
Released in 2009 - ARS Production
“One would be hard-pressed to find a better debut recording than these interpretations of Bach . . . It is much too rare to hear Bach as fresh, lively and present-day as this.” Nordische Musik about Elfa’s Bach CD
“with the charming, wonderfully sensitive, but also thrillingly powerful music-making of the young Icelandic violinist Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir . . . the brilliant and extremely versatile artist” Kultur Klassik
