Songs record the beating heart of a culture – preserving the feelings and beliefs of ages past. In this CD tonos perform songs and instrumental music from across the centuries – songs which focus on universal themes: nationhood, religion, love, mortality, nature. Music from Ireland, France and Spain by Turlough O’Carolan, José Marín, Étienne Moulinié, Gaspar Sanz, Ruairi Dáll Ó’Catháin and from the Irish Traditional canon.