Performed by the Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral & John Scott (conductor)
The CD takes its name from Michael Tippett's Sonata, influenced by a poem by Wallace Stevens which was inspired by Picasso's blue period painting The Old Guitarist. Also works by Britten, R. R. Bennett and Walton as well as Lennox Berkeley's Sonatina.
Performed by Craig Ogden (guitar)
Performed by Vincea McClelland (guitar)
Includes 'Because I liked you better' and 'He would not stay for me' from Five Housman Songs, op 14/3
Performed by Graham Johnson (piano) & Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Performed by Michael Davis (violin) & Nelson Harper (piano)
Performed by Julian Bream (guitar)
Performed by Raphael Terroni (piano) & Norman Beedie

Performed by Richard Jacobowski (guitar)
Performed by the Bristol Bach Choir & Glyn Jenkins
Performed by the Choir of Bristol Cathedral & Christopher Brayne (conductor)