photography by [bbc scottish symphony orchestra] John Wood
photography by [colin currie] Linda Nylind
photography by [cédric tiberghien] Jean-Baptiste Millot
photography by [danny driver, rebecca miller] Richard Haughton
photography by [françois-frédéric guy] Caroline Doutre
photography by [gallicantus] Susan Porter-Thomas
photography by [mark van de wiel] Guy Wigmore
photography by [paavo järvi] Julia Bayer
photography by [piers lane, the orlando consort] Eric Richmond
photography by [sam walton] Chris Gloag
photography by [sir john eliot gardiner] Sheila Rock
photography by [thomas adès] Nigel Luckhurst
Recorded At City Halls, Glasgow
Recorded At Henry Wood Hall, London
Recorded At St. John's Church, Loughton
Recorded At Potton Hall
Recorded At Barbican Centre
Recorded At St Michael And All Angels, Summertown, Oxford
Recorded At St. Augustine's Church, Kilburn
Recorded At Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge
Recorded At Rochdale Town Hall
Recorded At Royal Festival Hall
Recorded At Royal College of Music, London
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Track 1 from 'Beach, Chaminade & Howell: Piano Concertos' (CDA68130)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
composed in 1897/9; first performed by the composer with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Wilhelm Gericke on 7 April 1900; dedicated to Terea Carreño
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow
Recording date: August 2015
Piano: Steinway & Sons

Track 2 from 'Bartók: Sonata for two pianos and percussion & other piano music' (CDA68153)
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
BB115; composed in August 1937; commissioned by Paul Sacher
liner notes © 2017
Bartók biography © 2014
Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Recording date: June 2015
Piano: Yamaha

Track 3 from 'Beneath the northern star' (CDA68132)
Anonymous Medieval composer, Old Hall Manuscript No 90; 4vv, liturgical text
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Loughton, Essex
Recording date: September 2015

Track 4 from 'Borodin: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No 2' (CDA68166)
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
composed in 1862
liner notes © 2017
Recording venue: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk
Recording date: April 2016

Track 5 from 'Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream' (LSO Live LSO0795)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
composed in 1842
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
liner notes © 2016
Mendelssohn biography © 2014
Recording venue: Barbican, London
Recording date: February 2016

Track 6 from 'Virgin and Child' (Signum Classics SIGCD474)
Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)
Christ Church MSS 979-83
liturgical text from Responsory at First Vespers, Feast of the Purification (Candlemas)
liner notes © 2008
Tallis biography © 2013
Recording venue: Church of St Michael and All Angels, Oxford
Recording date: April 2016

Track 7 from 'Queen Mary's Big Belly' (Signum Classics SIGCD464)
John Sheppard (c1515-1558)
lyrics by anonymous Renaissance author
Sheppard biography © 2005
Recording venue: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London
Recording date: January 2016

Track 8 from 'Britten & Byrd: Choral Works' (Signum Classics SIGCD481)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
composed in March 1956
George Herbert (1593-1633)
liner notes © 2016
Recording venue: Chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge
Recording date: June 2016

Track 9 from 'Anthem' (Signum Classics SIGCD465)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
composed in 1953 for the Coronation
William Kethe (?-1594), text from Daye's Psalter, 1560/61
liner notes © 2016
Vaughan Williams biography © 2011
Recording venue: Rochdale Town Hall, Rochdale
Recording date: June 2016

Track 10 from 'Adès: Asyla, Tevot & Polaris' (LSO Live LSO0798)
Thomas Adès (b1971)
composed in 2010
liner notes © 2016
Recording venue: Barbican, London
Recording date: March 2016

Track 11 from 'Nielsen: Flute & Clarinet Concertos' (Signum Classics SIGCD477)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
liner notes © 2016
Nielsen biography © 2012
Recording venue: Royal Festival Hall, London
Recording date: May 2016

Track 12 from 'A New Heaven' (Signum Classics SIGCD475)
David Bednall (b1979)
text from the Bible, Revelation 11: 15, 16, 19; 15: 2-4
liner notes © 2016
Recording venue: Church of St Michael and All Angels, Oxford
Recording date: January 2016

Track 13 from 'Handel: Handel in Ireland, Vol. 1' (Signum Classics SIGCD478)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
composed between 22 August and 14 September 1741; first performed in the Fishamble Street Music Hall in Dublin on 13 April 1742
John Walsh (c1665-1736)
liner notes © 2017
Handel biography © 2014
Recording venue: Royal College of Music, London
Recording date: January 2016
ISRC: GB-AJY-17-13003 (Track 1)
ISRC: GB-AJY-17-15318 (Track 2)
ISRC: GB-AJY-17-13217 (Track 3)
ISRC: GB-AJY-17-16603 (Track 4)
ISRC: GB-DGQ-16-29509 (Track 5)
ISRC: GB-LLH-17-47405 (Track 6)
ISRC: GB-LLH-17-46418 (Track 7)
ISRC: GB-LLH-17-48109 (Track 8)
ISRC: GB-LLH-17-46506 (Track 9)
ISRC: GB-DGQ-16-29601 (Track 10)
ISRC: GB-LLH-17-47706 (Track 11)
ISRC: GB-LLH-17-47514 (Track 12)
ISRC: GB-LLH-17-47801 (Track 13)