�The Watkins brothers play Mendelssohn's life-enhancing Second Cello Sonata with an infectious vitality and lyrical radiance that is unforgettable...The Variations concertantes receives a desert island performance that brims over with infectious bonhomie.� --Classic FM Magazine, February 2012 *****
�The two sonatas lie somewhere between Beethoven and Brahms but still have Mendelssohn's own stamp of fresh individuality...There have been plenty of recommendable recordings of this music...but this finely balanced and recorded Chandos CD now stands high on the list of recommendations.� --Gramophone Magazine, December 2011
�The two sonatas lie somewhere between Beethoven and Brahms but still have Mendelssohn's own stamp of fresh individuality...There have been plenty of recommendable recordings of this music...but this finely balanced and recorded Chandos CD now stands high on the list of recommendations.� --Gramophone Magazine, December 2011
�This glittering, calm sub-oeuvre fits compactly on a CD and is beautifully performed by the versatile Watkins brothers...The cellist�s tone in Op 109, as throughout the sequence, combines the most immediate speaking quality (though absent, words seem imminent) with an immaculate shining loveliness� --Sunday Times, 27th November 2011
�The Watkins' extraordinary fraternal partnership resonates with Mendelssohn's own relationship to his cellist brother, Paul. Here, Huw (a composer and pianist) and elder brother (a cellist and conductor) combine to create performances of warmth and intelligence. Their Variations concertantes are irresistably ebullient: there's real fire in the belly of the fourth variation...these are good performances with a true Mendelssohnian spirit.� --BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 ****
�The fluency of Mendelssohn�s ideas, his polished craftsmanship and the music�s generally sunny disposition are matched by playing that has real verve, expressive finesse and an infectious romantic spirit.� --The Telegraph, 2nd December 2011 ****
�The Watkins' extraordinary fraternal partnership resonates with Mendelssohn's own relationship to his cellist brother, Paul. Here, Huw (a composer and pianist) and elder brother (a cellist and conductor) combine to create performances of warmth and intelligence. Their Variations concertantes are irresistably ebullient: there's real fire in the belly of the fourth variation...these are good performances with a true Mendelssohnian spirit.� --BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 ****
�The fluency of Mendelssohn�s ideas, his polished craftsmanship and the music�s generally sunny disposition are matched by playing that has real verve, expressive finesse and an infectious romantic spirit.� --The Telegraph, 2nd December 2011 ****
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