Classical favourites for dining and entertaining. Handel, Vivaldi, Bach and Rameau: baroque orchestral works from some of the greatest composers of the eighteenth century make a perfect background of elegant but unobtrusive music to help create the right atmosphere at any dinner party.

Gentle piano pieces of the Impressionist period including preludes by Debussy, Satie's three 'Gnossiennes' and Ravel's neo-classics 'Sonatine'. Recorded mainly on pianos of the peiod including a large Bechstein grand of 1895.

Beautiful music evoking the lost idyll of Constable's pastoral landscapes. Music byBeethoven and Mozart rpovides the period feel alongside gentle flute and piano pieces by Sterkel and Pleyel.

WHITE TIE AND TAILS - Romantic Hits of the 30s

The spirit of England in favourite songs and music. From 'Greensleeves' to 'Jupiter', this is a celebration in music of England's green and pleasant land by Elgar, Handel and others, for orchestras and military bands.

ROCK N' ROLL HITS OF THE 50s (Rock Around the Clock)

A country church in summer, surrounded by a lovely church yard - an atmosphere for contemplation, and quiet thought. Quiet songs and slow themes create an opportunity for reflection and for time to stand still for just a moment.

Haunting songs of love and life, of lands and seas, of heroes and saints, full of the mystery of our Celtic past. With authentic instruments and the voices of the greatest folk musicians in the British Isles.

DOING A GRAND JOB - Favourite Songs of the 40s

Henry VIII was a musician and music lover. This album of cheerful songs and dances brings together some of Henry's own compositions with the best Renaissance music from England and the Continent, reflecting the taste of each of Henry's wives and giving a lively impression of Tudor court life.

Unwind in the garden - whether real or imaginary! - with classical piano music chosen with the garden in mind. This relaxing programme of classics by composers such as Mendelssohn and Schumann includes such masterpieces as 'Spring Song' and pastoral-style pieces describing spring, flowers and birds in music.

Relaxing piano music by Brahms, Debussy, Chopin, Schubert, and more recorded on a very fine period instrument by Broadwood.

Haunting songs of love and longing. Ancient melodies which tell of the landscape and the past, of heroic deeds and love lost and gained, expressed through music for harp, Aeolian pipe, small drum and the music of the sea itself. An atmospheric and very relaxing album.

Chamber music by Handel & Stanley played on instruments of the period. A collection of chamber music from Georgian England by the leading composers of the day. The programme includes a chamber version of Handel's 'Water Music' and popular music from London's pleasure gardens.

Bach, J.S.: Prelude and Fugue, Bwv 566 / Air On A G String /