Simon Fryer and Lydia Wong have been playing together since 1982 when they met at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Married in 1985, they have continued to perform regularly as a duo. This is their first recording together.

Once upon a time the Goddess Saraswati seized a demon and used his body to make the world's first Veena. On this CD, Lakshmi Ranganathan takes up her great grandfather's Veena and gives us access to that other world.

Few albums in today's thickly packed CD catalogues can match Musics Ancient and Modern for a variety of style of tonal brilliance.