The album is titled "Sonnets" and features works by Benjamin Britten, Franz Liszt, John Dankworth, and Duke Ellington.
Franz Liszt's bonus track, "Oh! quand je dors", is a setting of a poem by the French Romantic writer Victor Hugo.
Benjamin Britten's Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22, sets texts by the Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti.
John Dankworth's piece is a setting of William Shakespeare's sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?".
Duke Ellington's piece is a setting of William Shakespeare's sonnet "My love is as a fever".
Franz Liszt's Tre Sonetti di Petrarca (Three Petrarch Sonnets) are based on poems by the Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarca.
Benjamin Britten's The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35, sets texts by the English poet John Donne.
