CDs previously released separately: Glasgow : Linn Records, ℗1994 and: [Glasgow?] : Linn Records, ℗2000.
Disc 2 High definition compatible digital (HDCD).
Program notes (15 pages) inserted in container.
Recorded 1995 March 4-6 Fitcham Church, Leatherhead, Surrey (disc 1) and 1999 October 19-21 and 2000 February 12 St. Michael's Church, Highgate, UK (disc 2).
CD 1. A choice collection. Broken consort in D / Mathew Locke (7:46) -- Sett of ayres in F (5:40) ; Ayres for the violin (5:18) / Nicola Matteis -- John come kiss me now / Thomas Baltzar (4:34) -- Sett of ayres in D / John Weldon (9:00) -- The division flute, 1706. Old Simon the King / Anon. (2:03) -- Ground in g minor / John Blow (3:53) -- Variations on Callino Casturame / Henry Butler (5:51) -- Divisions on a ground / John Banister the Elder (4:12) -- Sett of ayres in E / Nicola Matteis (10:03) -- Broken consort in C / Mathew Locke (7:18)
CD 2. Held by the ears. Sett of ayres / Nicola Matteis (12:20) -- Scots tunes for the lute. Canaries (1:40) ; A Scots tune (0:59) ; Gallus Tom/Whip my toudie/Hench me Mallie Grey (1:11) ; Gypsies lilt (1:17) / Anon. (17th century) -- Scots airs. Dumbarton's drums (2:52) ; Bonny Christie (1:03) ; When she came ben she bobed (1:30) ; Gilliam Callum (1:30) / Traditional ; arr. Paladian Ensemble -- Sett of ayres in D / Nicola Matteis (7:23) -- Divisions on a ground in G / Anon. (17th century) (5:19) -- Sett of ayres in d minor / Nicola Matteis (6:23) -- Roger of Coverley divisions in d minor / Anon. (1684) (4:06) -- Sett of ayres in G (8:33) ; Sett of ayres for the guitar (6:16) ; Aria ad imitatione della trombetta (4:59) / Nicola Matteis -- A new tune / Traditional ; arr. Palladian Ensemble (4:28)