
"Kristina Vårlid plays with an incredibly beautiful tone and a deeply rooted urgency that is impossible to escape.
(...)
I am often moved by music, but here I am shaken in a much deeper sense than usual. It's a powerful experience."
- Ange Turell, Gitarr och Luta Magazine
"Vårlid has an almost insane
power in the quiet sections.
Even the softest note is
perfectly shaped - so delicate that I hardly dare to breathe.
This is the most beautiful
classical guitar record I have heard since I started as a reviewer, and a poignant memorial to Vlaskalic."
- Ola Nordal, Ballade
"...she plays so brutally that the strings slam into the fretboard. There is a will of expression here that is rare to hear.
Something similar happens in Koshkin's second guitar sonata, where she makes the phrases sing like few others do."
- Egil Baumann, Klassekampen
“Kristina Vårlid’s playing is technically immaculate and deeply involved.”
- Musicweb International
Photo: Damiano Rosa