BBC music magazine2018 MarchByByMichael Scott Rohan2018 March"Gilchrist delivers "Let beauty awake" very beautifully, and the other more lyrical songs, but he doesn't seem to vary his tone enough for the darker Scottish-tinged lament".
The gramophone2018 FebruaryByByAndrew Achenbach2018 February"Chandos's Potton Hall sound is agreeably airy but occasionally not ideally focused ... this is a strongly recommendable issue".
The gramophone2014 AwardsByByAlexandra Coghlan2014 Awards"Wood is a fine musical story-teller, articulating words and melodies with equal sensitivity and care ... The melodic architecture emerges clearly in Matthew Trusler's vital performance ... Once again, Albion Records has given us a treasure trove of a disc full of fresh insights and sideways glances at familiar repertoire".
International record review2006 FebruaryByByPiers Burton-Page2006 February"Williams actually sounds as if he has youth on his side! ... As for Williams voice, perhaps it is almost too clean (strange complaint!) [Songs of travel] ... Elsewhere Williams makes Linden Lea sound smooth and utterly unproblematic, and throughout, his diction is crystalline ... This is a recital to cherish, and revisit".