Britten - Folksongs Volume 1: British Isles · Folk Songs

Williams brings a gentler, more intimate touch to what Fischer-Dieskau called their 'enigmatic smile': Blake's Tyger burns bright but with less fierce teeth, and there is more melancholy than... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

At a time when many opera singers are out of work and chances to hear the full-throttle human voice in all its glory are few, a new recital disc as good as this one feels more than usually like... — The Guardian, 1st October 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Williams] has a mellow, refined tone, distinctively poetic delivery, and is keenly sensitive to the words. And with Allan’s lively support, he can unleash sufficient vigour in the emotional... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

..this is not a recital restricted to one vocal hue. Each song is looked at and receives relevant response from both singer and pianist. ….he (Mark Stone) introduces so much by way of nuance... — International Record Review, March 2009 More…

This CD is the result of an unusual collaboration and residency...The material ranges from traditional to newly written, with some less than reverential nods to Britten. The harp-heavy arrangements... — The Times, 9th July 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Word-lively, supple and instinctive of inflection, Gerhaher is the perfect voice for a song such as Haydn’s ‘Flow gently, sweet Afton’…and his command of both English and Lallans Scots is formidable…[the... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Scottish tenor has matured into one of our finest artists with time's passing, musically astute, vocally impressive and a generous communicator...the intense beauty of Wilde's lyric voice... — Classic FM Magazine, October 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…