– Searingly passionate, powerfully intense, completely in control of the technical and rhythmic difficulties, and understanding of the musical and expressive complexities of the work, while always beautiful of sound, it seems to me to be the best performance of the cello sonata, either live or on recording, that I have experienced.
– Played with charismatic
brilliance. Johannes Martens and Joachim Kwetzinsky revel in fine detail without
ever losing a sense of its overarching shape.
Catherine Nelson, The Strad
– The most useful CD to have come
out of the Carter centenary.
Andrew Clark, chief classical music critic, Financial Times
– A top rank and highly vivid way in
for anyone aspiring to get Carter. Anyone seeking a ”way in”
could not hope for better.
Richard Whitehouse, Gramophone
–
Martens and Kwetzinsky play the Cello Sonata with great accuracy. One
really feels the relations between the rhythms, and there is great
clarity and enjoyment in their interpretation. This is a rather special
release in that way.
D. Moore, American Record Guide
–
Martens/Kwetzinsky ist überragend und in vielem noch brillanter
und frischer als die Interpretation der von Carter bevorzugten
Altmeister Greenhouse/Webster.
Toni Hildebrandt, klassik.com
–
Gripende tolket av Martens og Kwetzinsky.
Astrid Kvalbein, Aftenposten
– Der
er arvtagere etter Liv Glaser,
Einar Steen-Nøkleberg,
Aage Kvalbein og
Truls Mørk.
Konserten onsdag kveld var
slik sett en slags «forskudd på arv».
Håkon Sødal, Lindesnes
–
Marcus Paus sin splitter nye "Sonate for cello og klaver" viser en
komponist som utvilsomt har noe på hjertet.(....)De glimrende
utøverne Johannes Martens og Joachim Kjelsaas Kwetzinsky var
også avgjørende bidragsytere til det gode resultatet.
Espen Selvik, Bergens
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