To the best of our knowledge the six volumes contain every national anthem that will be found at sporting occasions and other events requiring anthems to be performed. Included are not only those countries which are members of the United Nations, but subdivisions within those countries where national status is used in sporting events (e.g. Wales is part of the United Kingdom, but competes as a separate entity and has its own anthem).

All anthems appear in full orchestra arrangements specially made for these recordings by Peter Breiner.

Peter Breiner was born in Czechoslovakia in 1957 and is now resident in Canada. He entered the Kosice Conservatory at the age of nine, studying piano, and later added composition under the direction of Alexander Moyzes. He is a multi-talented musician equally at home in a wide range of music, his award-winning Baroque version of The Beatles greatest 'hits', being just as important to him as his performance of Mozart. He is a fine pia