Huw Watkins’ recording receives critical plaudits
Huw Watkins has joined forces with his brother Paul in a new recording of Martinu’s often neglected Cello Sonatas. In addition to the three sonatas, the recording also includes the Variations on a Slovak Folksong and Variations on a Theme of Rossini and has attracted an array of enthusiastic reviews:
“...These excellently-recorded performances are striking throughout. There is a strong sense of ensemble at every stage, but beyond this, the performers often have an instinctive grasp of the often mercurial dynamics of this music ... Perhaps best of all is their reading of the Variations on a Slovak Theme which manages to capture both the music’s pungency and expressive depth while never resorting to sentimentality. Altogether an enormously impressive disc.”
BBC Music Magazine, August 2010
“...these exemplary musicians ... In Paul and Huw Watkins’s hands, these rarities are eminently worthy of discovery.”
The Sunday Times, 25 July 2010
