The series contains a useful and demonstrative proportion of archival sound recordings that capture Brian Cherney's compositional style and the evolution thereof, in addition to illustrating the prominent intellectual quality of his work and the range of artists that contributed to its public dissemination. They include master recordings, premiere performances, rehearsals, interviews, and dubbed CBC broadcasts. They highlight leading Canadian performers, including, among others, Robert Aitken, flute, Patricia Parr, piano; David Hetherington, cello; Aurèle Nicolet, flute; Robert Cram, flute; Lawrence Cherney, oboe; Erica Goodman, harp; Cary Ebli, English horn; Rivka Golani, viola; Louis-Philippe Pelletier, piano; Joseph Petric, accordion; Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord; Janina Fialkowska, piano; Andrew Tunis, piano; John Grew, organ; Lucille Chung, piano; Marc Couroux, piano; Philippe Keyser, drums, percussion, Jonathan Crow, violin; Jamie Sommerville, French horn. They also document performances of Canadian ensembles such as the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), Orchestre Métropolitain, Walter Boudreau, director; CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi, conductor; Toronto Symphony Orchestra, [Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor]; McGill Symphony Orchestra, Uri Mayer, conductor; Penderecki String Quartet; Claudel Quartet; Esprit Orchestra, Alex Pauk, conductor; Pierrot Ensemble; I Musici de Montréal, Yuli Turovsky, director, Accordes Quartet, New Music Concerts Ensemble, Robert Aitken, conductor. They are witness to numerous New Music festivals, competitions and concerts, such as the 4th annual Edmonton New Music Festival 1995, the 1992 Montreal International Piano Competition and concerts presented by the Lakeshore Music Society (Montreal). They include works by Canadian composers Harry Somers, Robert Aitken, Denis Gougeon, Claude Vivier, Bruce Mather, Malcolm Forsyth, Bengt Hambraeus, James Harley, Michel-Georges Brégent, Michel Gonneville, Christos Hatzis and Henry Brant, among others.They also feature recordings made at LUSCAR studio at the Banff Centre and in-studio for CBC-Radio. Finally, the series comprises recordings of live concerts by many international ensembles (Lydian String Quartet), performers (Antonio Lysy, cello) and featuring the work of other contemporary composers of international stature whose work may have inspired or been of interest or admired by Cherney (Nader Mashayekhi, Heinz Holliger, Jonathan Harvey, György Ligeti, Nils Vigeland, Alvin Curran).
