The recording utilized Neumann and Schoeps microphones with custom Polyhymnia electronics, recorded at 88.2 kHz with Benchmark AD converters.
Richard Rijnvos, a composer featured on this album, believes that the fewer ideas a composition contains, the stronger it is.
Editing and mixing for this album were done using Merging Technologies Pyramix, and monitored on B&W Nautilus speakers.
This album, RCO Live - Horizon 5, was recorded live at two different locations in Amsterdam: the Concertgebouw and the Westergasfabriek.
Catholicism plays a role in nearly all of James MacMillan's work, both vocal and instrumental.
James MacMillan, a Scottish composer on this album, has served as principal guest conductor of the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic.
The album's concept and visual design were created by Atelier René Knip and Olga Scholten in Amsterdam.
