“slaap klein beminde is a highpoint of the afrikaans song repertoire. The
CD would be worth buying even if only for the premier recording of this
gripping composition.”
- Thys Odendaal, Beeld, August 2010
“Lot’s Wife is ... a highly original work that has universality, featuring the
power of divine omnipotence versus human vulnerability.”
- Beverly Brommert, Cape Times, October 1997
“Schulamith’s Tanz by the young composer Jamie Wilding is a magical
pianistic firework of extasy and brilliance.”
- Starnberger Merkur, January 2000
“The Tempted Mermaid is ... one if the more successful programmatic
pieces one might hope to hear.”
- Darrell Rosenbluth, New York Concert Review, Winter 2005
“Homage to Mendelssohn comes across craftily as a refined paraphrase of
the Lutheran chorale that Mendelssohn quoted extensively in his fifth
symphony. With echoes of minimalism and harmonies of romanticism,
Wilding interlocked the different styles in a conclusive musical web.”
- Jan-Barra Hentschel, Harburger Nachrichten, November 2009
“The composition [Tchaikovsky's Seasons] was brought across in a
sensitive and engaging manner by the superior playing of the pianist-
composer James Wilding.”
- Gudrun Szczepanek, Landsberger Tagblatt, June 2008
“Wilding’s piano playing in this performance [of Grieg’s Piano Concerto]
was excellent. He seemd to know where it was all leading and moved
towards this end with a tone that was by turns crisp and robust, and gentle
and soothing.”
- David Kruger, Argus, April 1995
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