 Oldfield noted in the computing magazine "MacFormat" that creating the orchestral score for the album was time consuming, as the MIDI timing and velocities varied too much.On the ITV "This Morning" show, while promoting his autobiography, "Changeling", Oldfield stated that he would be recording the album with Karl Jenkins and a full orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in early June 2007; nine months before the final release date.In an interview with British radio station Classic FM on 10 August 2007, Oldfield noted that Lang Lang had recorded his piano pieces over a webcam from Legacy Recording Studios, New York City using iChat and a Steinway piano.