“Mr. Wilson is adept and sensitive and accomplished without recourse to exhibitionistic physical gestures.  He shaped each movement lovingly without slopping over into excess.”
                            
                                                                       -The New York Times


“Can it be possible that the Bay Area enjoys the talents of not one, but two outstanding Haydn interpreters? …It has probably been decades since this community heard such a buoyant reading (especially on modern instruments) of Symphony No. 104 in D major (“London”).”
    
-San Francisco Examiner

“Not since the glorious days of George Szell have I heard such consistent support from a conductor for his soloist.”

-The New Records

“…Wilson conducted as noble and dramatically cogent a reading of Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony as I have heard in a long while.”

-San Francisco Chronicle

“Wilson and the Solisti gave an impeccably played 20th Century program in Carnegie Hall last week, and the sounds in every measure radiated pure enchantment.”

-New York Daily News

“Wilson’s sensitive conducting [Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra] produced a sturdy “Entrance of the Queen of Sheba” from Handel’s Solomon and a satisfyingly classic reading of Haydn’s Symphony No. 42 in D Major.”

-Los Angeles Times

 “This is one of the best performances [of Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat] I’ve heard…it readily surpasses my previous favorite (a French reading on Erato, under Dutoit)”

-Stereophile

 “Conductor Ransom Wilson brought emotion to everything he led [New Jersey Symphony].  In both the finely pointed “Fidelio” Overture of Beethoven, and the sweepingly dramatic “Romeo and Juliet” of Tchaikovsky, he was clearly involved with the music.  And for the three concertos in between, his accompanying was impeccable.”

-The Newark Star Ledger

“Wilson appears to know what conducting is all about, and he communicated that fact in a praiseworthy local debut.”

-The Plain Dealer

(Cleveland)

“I doubt that anyone has heard this work [Tchaikovsky-Symphony No. 4] so well.  What Wilson brought to this performance [with the Tulsa Philharmonic] can only be described as a startling, at times almost frightening, sense of clarity.”

-Tulsa World

“The highpoint…was the Gala concert with the Budapest Strings under the direction of the elegant and charming American Ransom Wilson…Wilson’s direction was lively, yet with economical gestures, cueing entries only through eye contact.”

-Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

“Ransom Wilson conducted Thursday’s performance of the small original version [of Copland’s Appalachian Spring]…There was a sweeping uplift in this performance that was unlike anything European.  It was a rare experience.”

-Albuquerque Journal

“Ransom Wilson and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra play all the music in a lively style that makes the musical points with great precision and beauty of tone.”

-Stereo Review

“An interesting point is the debut of flutist Ransom Wilson as conductor, and with very fine results.  (He seems a better conductor than his mentor, Jean-Pierre Rampal.)  Highly recommended!”

-Los Angeles Times

 “Musical matters [in Mozart’s Il re pastore] were overseen by Ransom Wilson with a deft, light touch”

-The New York Times

“The artistic director is Ransom Wilson, still best-known probably as a flautist but with a rising (and well-deserved) reputation as a conductor.  He is a sensitive and lively young musician, and technically more proficient than some of the many instrumentalists who have also taken up the baton.” [Salieri-Prima la musica, poi le parole]

-Financial Times of London

“This production [of Mozart’s Il re pastore] shows that Ransom Wilson, better known for his flute playing, is turning himself into a conductor of grace and authority.”

-The Philadelphia Enquirer

“Ransom Wilson wins one of the best performances from the Glimmerglass orchestra in memory.  He not only understands Mozart but feels him as well, and he was always considerate of the singers.”

-The Post Standard    (Syracuse)

“Ransom Wilson…made his local conducting debut [in Mozart’s Così fan tutte] with a sure grasp of Mozart’s intentions…tempos flowed naturally from one section to the next…The [Portland Opera] orchestra gave an elegant performance…”

-The Oregonian

“Ransom Wilson—flute virtuoso-turned-conductor---leads some superior singers and instrumentalists in a performance {of Amy Beach’s Cabildo] demanding attention of any curious music lover.”

-San Francisco Sunday Republican

“Ransom Wilson, who has a flair for both the lyrical and the dramatic in Rossini [Ermione], conducted, and Britain’s Jonathan Miller staged the work with elegant simplicity.”

-Des Moines Register