Marcus Blunt was born in Birmingham in 1947. He went on to study composition at University College of Wales. He settled in Derby in 1976 as a teacher of woodwind instruments, before later moving to the Scottish Borders. His output so far is mainly instrumental, for anything from piano solo to large orchestra, and has been performed internationally as well as throughout Britain and on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM.

This recording was originally released on Dunelm Records with limited availability and has been remastered. Of the original release, Jonathan Woolf on MusicWeb stated: So a most enjoyable recital, attractively recorded, and played with typical sensitivity by a pianist fully in sympathy with the music’s demands and naturemystic moments.