painting [schumann charcoal drawing (1859) after a daguerrotype] Eduard Bendemann
photography by [angela hewitt] Bernd Eberle
photography by [antonio pappano] Flavio Ianniello
photography by [antonio pappano] Riccardo Musacchio
photography by [artur pizarro] Mike Owen
photography by [arvo pärt] Tina Foster
photography by [bbc scottish symphony orchestra] Drew Farrell
photography by [britten sinfonia] Patrick Harrison
photography by [harry christophers, scottish chamber orchestra, robin ticciati] Marco Borggreve
photography by [jack liebeck] Chris Dunlop
photography by [james o'donnell, westminster abbey choir] Hyperion
photography by [jennifer france] Maeve Berry
photography by [julian bliss] Ben Wright
photography by [malcolm martineau] Russell Duncan
photography by [martyn brabbins] Sasha Gusov
photography by [paul nicholson] Hanya Chlala
photography by [robert quinney] Simon Perry
photography by [stephen layton] Keith Saunders
photography by [tamsin waley-cohen] Patrick Allen
photography by [tenebrae] Eric Richmond
photography by [the florestan trio] Richard Lewisohn
photography by [the king's singers, jonathan mcgovern, polyphony] Benjamin Ealovega
photography by [the sixteen] MolinaVisuals
photography by [valery gergiev] Matt Stuart
Recorded At Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
Recorded At BBC Hoddinott Hall
Recorded At City Halls, Glasgow
Recorded At All Saints Church, East Finchley
Recorded At Westminster Abbey
Recorded At All Hallows, Gospel Oak
Recorded At St George's, Bristol
Recorded At Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Scotland
Recorded At Barbican Centre
Recorded At Wyastone Concert Hall
Recorded At Cheltenham Town Hall
Recorded At The Sage
Recorded At St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn
Recorded At Dennington Studios
Free download from Hyperion's website, including a booklet in epub and pdf format.

Track 1 from 'Bach: The Art of Fugue' (CDA67980)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
composed in 1745/50
liner notes © 1992, © 2014
Recording venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
Recording date: August 2013
Piano: Fazioli

Track 2 from 'Oswald & Napoleão dos Santos: Piano Concertos' (CDA67984)
Alfredo Napoleão dos Santos (1852-1917)
composed circa 1886; dedicated to King Luís I of Portugal; first full performance given by Evaristo de Campos Coelho on 12 February 1941 in Lisbon, the Orquestra Filarmónia de Lisboae conducted by Ivo Cruz
liner notes © 2014
Recording venue: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Recording date: October 2013
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 3 from 'Bruch: Violin Concerto No 3 & Scottish Fantasy' (CDA68050)
Max Bruch (1838-1920)
composed in 1890/1 for Joseph Joachim who gave the first full performance in Düsseldorf on 31 May 1891
liner notes © 2014
Recording venue: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow
Recording date: August 2013

Track 4 & 5 from 'Debussy: Songs, Vol. 3' (CDA68016)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
liner notes © 2014
Debussy biography © 2012
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: February 2013
Piano: Steinway & Sons
Track 4: composed between September 1883 and February 1884; dedicated to Marie-Blanche Vasnier
text from Les Aveux by Paul Bourget (1852-1935), published in 1882
Track 5: composed in 1903; commissioned by Paul Gravollet (1863-1936) for his Les Frissons

Track 6 from 'Music for Remembrance' (CDA68020)
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
liturgical text from the Mass for the Dead
liner notes © 1989 & 2014
Duruflé biography © 1990
Recording venue: Westminster Abbey, London
Recording date: February 2013

Track 7 from 'Pärt: Choral Music' (CDA68056)
Arvo Pärt (b1935)
composed in 2002; SSAA unaccompanied; composed for the Estonian TV Girls Choir and its conductor Aarne Saluveer
text from the Bible, Psalm 121 (122), New Jerusalem Bible
liner notes © 2014
Pärt biography © 1998
Recording venue: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London
Recording date: August 2013

Track 8 from 'Handel: 20 Sonatas Op 1' (CDS44411/3)
Handel biography © 2014
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London
Recording date: June 1994

Track 9 from 'Brahms: The Complete Piano Trios, Clarinet Trio & Horn Trio' (Dyad CDD22082)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
composed summer 1886
liner notes © 1998
Brahms biography © 2013
Recording venue: St George's, Brandon Hill
Recording date: August 1997
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 10 from 'Bach: The Six Motets' (Helios CDH55417)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
composed before 1751: date unknown but earliest source is 1821 Breitkopf edition
text from the Bible, Psalm 117
liner notes © 1990
Recording venue: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London
Recording date: April 1989

Track 11 from 'Schumann: Symphonies' (Linn CKD450)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
liner notes © 2014
Recording venue: Perth Concert Hall
Recording date: December 2013

Track 12 from 'Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique' (LSO LSO0757)
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
composed in 1830
liner notes © 2012
Recording venue: Barbican, London
Recording date: November 2013

Track 13 from 'Maxwell Davies: Symphony No 10' (LSO LSO0267)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b1934)
composed in 2013/14
words from Opus Architectonicum by Francesco Borromini (1599-1667)
beginning Part 4 quotes the sonnet A Se Stesso by Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837)
lyrics translation © 2014
Recording venue: Barbican, London
Recording date: February 2014

Track 14 from 'Wanda Landowska – The complete piano recordings' (apr APR7305)
Mozart biography © 2007
Recording venue: RCA Victor
Recording date: May 1956

Track 15 from 'Beethoven: Alessio Bax plays Beethoven' (Signum Classics SIGCD397)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
composed in 1801; published in March 1802; No 14; Beethoven's subtitle is 'quasi una Fantasia'; the nickname 'Moonlight' comes from Ludwig Rellstab's description of the opening movement; dedicated to Countess Giulietta Guicciardi
liner notes © 2010
Beethoven biography © 2005
Recording venue: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth
Recording date: January 2014

Track 16 from 'Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Elgar: Serenade for strings' (Signum Classics SIGCD399)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
composed in 1924/5; dedicated to Jelly d'Aranyi
liner notes © 2014
Vaughan Williams biography © 2011
Recording venue: Cheltenham Town Hall
Recording date: March 2014

Track 17 from 'Nielsen & Mozart: Clarinet Concertos' (Signum Classics SIGCD390)
Mozart biography © 2007
Recording venue: The Sage, Gateshead
Recording date: April 2014

Track 18 from 'Todd: Lux et veritas' (Signum Classics SIGCD394)
Will Todd (b1970)
Recording venue: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London
Recording date: March 2014

Track 19 from 'Postcards' (Signum Classics SIGCD393)
Domenico Modugno (1928-1994)
Franco Migliacci (b1930)
Robert Rice (b1971)
liner notes © 2014
Recording venue: Dennington Studios, Wellingborough
Recording date: March 2014
ISRC: GB-AJY-14-98007 (Track 1)
ISRC: GB-AJY-14-98405 (Track 2)
ISRC: GB-AJY-14-05003 (Track 3)
ISRC: GB-AJY-14-01626 (Track 4)
ISRC: GB-AJY-14-01618 (Track 5)
ISRC: GB-AJY-14-02004 (Track 6)
ISRC: GB-AJY-14-05601 (Track 7)
ISRC: GB-AJY-95-92216 (Track 8)
ISRC: GB-AJY-98-25207 (Track 9)
ISRC: GB-AJY-90-36903 (Track 10)
ISRC: GB-ASH-14-45003 (Track 11)
ISRC: GB-DGQ-13-25704 (Track 12)
ISRC: GB-DGQ-14-26704 (Track 13)
ISRC: GB-SAM-14-30524 (Track 14)
ISRC: GB-LLH-14-39705 (Track 15)
ISRC: GB-LLH-14-39902 (Track 16)
ISRC: GB-LLH-14-39009 (Track 17)
ISRC: GB-LLH-14-39401 (Track 18)
ISRC: GB-LLH-14-39306 (Track 19)