photography by [alexander l'estrange] Susan Porter-Thomas
photography by [bbc scottish symphony orchestra] John Wood
photography by [cédric tiberghien] Jean-Baptiste Millot
photography by [martyn brabbins - the king's singers] Benjamin Ealovega
photography by [peter phillips] Albert Roosenburg
photography by [piers lane] Eric Richmond
photography by [sir colin davis] Alberto Venzago
photography by [the cardinall's musick - andrew carwood] Hyperion
photography by [valery gergiev] Matt Stuart
photography by [yefim bronfman] Dario Acosta
Recorded At Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead
Recorded At City Halls, Glasgow
Recorded At Adelaide Town Hall
Recorded At Henry Wood Hall, London
Recorded At Merton College Chapel, Oxford
Recorded At All Hallows, Gospel Oak
Recorded At St. George's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge
Recorded At St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge
Recorded At The Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, London
Recorded At Dennington Studios
Recorded At Mariinsky Theatre
Recorded At New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Recorded At Barbican Centre
Free download from Hyperion's website, including artwork in jpg, a booklet in epub and pdf format.

Track 1 from 'Tallis: Spem in alium & other sacred music' (CDA68156)
Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585) (composer)
4vv ATBarB
Archbishop Matthew Parker (1504-1575)
No 1: Psalm 1; No 2: Psalm 68; No 3: Psalm 2; No 4: Psalm 95; No 5: Psalm 42; No 6: Psalm 5; No 7: Psalm 52; No 8: Psalm 67; No 9: Veni Creator Spiritus
liner notes © 2016
Tallis biography © 2013
Recording venue: St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London
Recording date: November 2015

Track 2 from 'Elgar: Enigma Variations & other orchestral works' (CDA68101)
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
composed in 1899; first performed in London on 19 June 1899, conducted by Hans Richter
liner notes © 2016
Elgar biography © 2006
Recording venue: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow
Recording date: September 2015

Track 3 from 'Hill & Boyle: Piano Concertos' (CDA68135)
Alfred Hill (1869-1960)
first performed in 1941; orchestrated re-working of the earlier Piano Sonata
liner notes © 2016
Recording venue: Adelaide Town Hall
Recording date: April 2015
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 4 from 'Bartók: Mikrokosmos 5 & other piano music' (CDA68133)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
composed in 1908; Op 6, BB50
liner notes © 2016
Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Recording date: March 2015
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Tracks 5 to 7 from 'Josquin: Missa Di dadi & Missa Une mousse de Biscaye' (Gimell CDGIM048)
Josquin Des Prez (c1450/55-1521)
using as its cantus firmus the tenor part from Robert Morton's chanson 'N’aray je jamais mieulx'
liturgical text from the Ordinary of the Mass
liner notes © 2016
Josquin biography © 2013
Recording venue: Merton College Chapel, Oxford

Track 8 from 'Rutter: Visions & Requiem' (Collegium Records COLCD139)
John Rutter (b1945)
composed in 2016
anonymous Medieval text
No 1: Medieval hymn; No 2: Isaiah 60, 65; No 3: from 'Bow thine ear, O Lord'; No 4: Revelation 21
liner notes © 2016
Rutter biography © 2005
Recording venue: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London
Recording date: July 2016

Track 9 from 'Twelve days of Christmas' (King's Cambridge KGS0017)
Recording venue: St George's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge
Recording date: July 2015

Track 10 from 'Christmas with St John's' (Signum Classics SIGCD458)
Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Bishop Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)
liner notes © 2016
Recording venue: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge
Recording date: January 2016

Track 11 from 'Adeste fideles' (Signum Classics SIGCD460)
John Gardner (1917-2011)
liner notes © 2016
Recording venue: Chapel Royal, St James's Palace
Recording date: April 2015

Track 12 from 'The King's Singers Christmas Songbook' (Signum Classics SIGCD459)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Alexander L'Estrange (b1974)
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Recording venue: Dennington Studios, Wellingborough
Recording date: March 2016

Track 13 from 'Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker & Symphony No 4' (Mariinsky MAR0593)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
composed in 1892
liner notes © 2016
Tchaikovsky biography © 2011
Recording venue: Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
Recording date: December 2015

Track 14 from 'Stravinsky: The Firebird; Bartók: Piano Concerto No 3' (LSO Live LSO5076)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
composed in 1945
liner notes © 2016
Recording venue: New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Recording date: October 2015

Track 15 from 'Sibelius: Symphonies Nos 1-7' (LSO Live LSO0675)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
composed in 1915, revised in 1916/1919
liner notes © 2016
Recording venue: Barbican, London
Recording date: December 2003
ISRC: GB-AJY-16-15605 (track 1)
ISRC: GB-AJY-16-10116 (track 2)
ISRC: GB-AJY-16-13504 (track 3)
ISRC: GB-AJY-16-13320 (track 4)
ISRC: GB-ADM-16-04801 (track 5)
ISRC: GB-ADM-16-04802 (track 6)
ISRC: GB-ADM-16-04803 (track 7)
ISRC: GB-AKR-16-13904 (track 8)
ISRC: GB-MY5-16-01708 (track 9)
ISRC: GB-LLH-16-45811 (track 10)
ISRC: GB-LLH-16-46023 (track 11)
ISRC: GB-LLH-16-45902 (track 12)
ISRC: RU-A52-16-09320 (track 13)
ISRC: GB-DGQ-16-07706 (track 14)
ISRC: GB-DGQ-16-05303 (track 15)