BBC music magazine2008 JulyByByDavid Nice2008 July"Hickox's excellent cast boasts some supreme exponents ... this is a fine achirvement, anmd reminds one of the memorable ideas ... pouring out of England's greatest 20th-century composer".
BBC music magazine2013 SeptemberByByMalcolm Hayes2013 September"Fine performances, direction and Channel 4 filming of Britten's underrated TV opera are blighted by the recorded balance, reducing the score to a distant soundtrack".
The gramophone2008 SeptemberByByMike Ashman2008 September"Vurdering: Editor's choice" - "The new set, in Chandos's customary natural comfortable sound, becomes the first recording in any medium to do the work full musical and dramatic justice. It should also satisfy the curiosity of those who wonder why its devotees hail Wingrave as Britten's greatest completed opera".
The gramophone2013 JuneByByMike Ashman2013 June"The sound is fine; the pictures no longer state-of-the-art. This is a solid starting point with wingrave but a less doggedly naturalistic approach could reap rewards".