Complete Scottish Songs

"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 and the musical wisdom of these interpretations pay handsome compensation for the recital's want of spectacular contrasts." (Classic FM)

"Sensitive harp accompaniment brings to life this setting of poems from Robert Burns and William Soutar"
(Financial Times)

"This is a fascinating recital of all Britten's "north of the border" settings, including his final song cycle A Birthday Hansel and familiar folk-songs such as Ca'the Yowes. The mood is mostly bleak, haunted and haunting: this is Britten at his most austerely romantic and melancholy."
(Daily Telegraph)

Steeped in an atmosphere of ancient Scottish musical tradition, Benjamin Britten's setting of texts by Robert Burns in A Birthday Hansel was his final song-cycle. Who are these children? is another late cycle to poems by William Soutar, combining darkly dramatic musical depictions of wartime life with protest songs which hark back to the composer's youth.

Acclaimed Scottish tenor Mark Wilde's sensitivities embrace both the vibrantly dramatic and "gently mellifluous" (Manchester Evening News) qualities in this deeply expressive repertoire.