Featuring ten première recordings and a number of recently discovered ‘Sins of Old Age’ manuscripts unassigned to specific volumes, this album brings together a notable diversity of genres and instrumentation. They include the catchy Allegretto for violin and piano that Rossini used as his musical calling card, the Tarantelle pur sang for choir, harmonium, clochette and piano, and a harmonisation of the simple folk melody Marlbrough s’en va-t-en guerre that transforms it ‘into a little musical gem’.