CARTER • MESSIAEN • MARTINŮ • CUTLER
Lionel Handy, cello & Nigel Clayton, piano
Various composers
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Review excerpts
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This is a superbly planned and no less superbly executed disc … Handy’s and Clayton’s planning would be for nothing were their musicianship only average. It is very clear, though, that we are in the best of hands. Handy’s tone is exceptionally clean. His use of vibrato, while never obtrusive, instils the notes with life. |
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| —International Record Review (January 2010)
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The interpretations [Lionel Handy] gives here demonstrate an intuitive feeling for large-scale form combining with a meticulous attention to the detail of the music. |
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| —Gavin Dixon, MusicWeb International (December 2009)
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…the CD is a rewarding listen, the sheer discipline and interpretive integrity of the performers distinguishing it from much of the competition. |
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| —Gavin Dixon, MusicWeb International (December 2009)
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Handy, a teacher at London’s Royal Academy of Music and the Birmingham Conservatoire, has a clear affinity with Carter’s 1948 Sonata. |
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| —Janet Banks, The Strad (December 2009)
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…in Martinů’s Sonata the Allegro con brio finale, forceful and well controlled, comes across as a joyous celebration… |
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| —Janet Banks, The Strad (December 2009)
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